We were amazed to read some of the negative comments left about this hotel. We were married here, and brought 8 others who also stayed here, and none of us had any of the problems others seemed to have experienced. We had a suite which overlooked the pool and the Caldera, it also backed onto the main road, which while being a busy, really wasn't noisy in the room at all, even with the windows open on that side. The room was very spacious, with a sitting room, bedroom, large clean bathroom, and a large balcony. The walk into town is about 25 minutes, and not all that arduous, although the lack of proper sidewalks can make it an adventure. The hotel also offers free bus service into town at set times, and paid rides at almost all other times up until midnight, if the van is available, at a nominal fee (The van was always available when we asked). The drivers were amazing, offering suggestions on where to eat, and where to shop, we went to Paresi, and Kamari with 6 to ten people, for 8 euro for all, not each! The hotel went out of its way to make our ceremony special, asking people to move so we could have a private setting by the cliffs. The breakfasts were wonderful, lots of choices, and non stop coffee, served by polite and attentive wait staff. The bar service was great at poolside, and they didn't mind if you took your own drinks to poolside either. We didn't eat at the restaurant, but the menu looked good, and the prices seemed to be in line with most of the better restaurants in Fira. The view from the hotel is amazing, and how anyone could say the view of the Caldera is any better from one place or another is ridiculous, it's the Caldera!! It's beautiful from everywhere that overlooks it, and different from everywhere as well, but still breath taking! All in all we would stay here again, and recommend it to friends and anyone reading this.
Cheers
Dave & Janelle

We recently visited Santorini and stayed at the Lilium Caldera Villas outside Thira. We were really happy with the standard of accommodation and the service. We found all of the staff very helpful and pleasant.
The view of the Caldera is amazing & the sunsets from the balconies of the rooms are a sight to behold.
The property is outside of the main town of Thira but within walking distance. There is a mini market directly across the road but if you are buying water/beer/wine etc it is much cheaper to buy from the Lidl supermarket just further down towards Thira.
We hired a car for one day and drove around the island - the road to Oia is not for the faint hearted!!!!
Overall if you are looking for a quiet holiday in beautiful location - this hotel is perfect. We will definitely be back!

In January, we booked a week at the villas and then spent the next 4 months until we travelled, gathering reviews and information, mainly from Trip Advisor. I am ever the optimist and my husband is not. WE were not disappointed! After one or two earlier niggles with our tour
operator and a 9 hour flight delay from Gatwick, with that operator's
own airline, we arrived at our villa at about 01.30 hours. The interior was as described. We fell into a comfortable bed and enjoyed
a good nights sleep. Finally in the daylight, we were able to look out across the pool area from our pool level villa, to the famed caldera and what a wonderful sight!!!!!!!!!!! Sunny, blue sky, very warm but windy.

We enjoyed a very good breakfast. A choice of cereals,dried fruit, canned fruit, I do prefer fresh fruit - oranges, bananas or melon would be easy enough to serve instead. There were eggs - fried one morning, scrambled the next and always hard boiled eggs. Bacon, sliced tomato and cucumber. Cheeses and cold sliced meat. A good choice of bread, cake and pastries. The fruit juice was a bit watery.
Coffee or tea was served constantly and you could spend as long as you liked over breakfast to take in the view of the caldera. We did not eat there in the evening - a bit pricey for us. We ate on 4 occasions at the hotel next door but one. Very nice atmosphere and a good reasonably priced menu. We also ate at the Mexican restaurant up the hill from villas. The first night was good. Second night, my food was cold in the middle. The waitress eventually showed up and offered to take it to be micro - waved! No thanks. It is a 2 km walk into Fira, which we did once and back again. Local buses didn't pass very often. The hotel ran an OK free mini bus service but too early for us, for the evening run into town - about 18.30. Last mini bus back was at 22.30. Taxis were 5 euros one way. The road is busy and noisy at times - probably the straightest, longest road on island, so a lot of speeding! This did not bother us. Small mini market over road, but if you walk a bit further there is a branch of Lidl. Great for water and soft drinks etc.. at a low price. Our villa was in a great position, with a large terrace area, near the whirlpool. There was good sized fridge, a very large sink, 2 hob plates, which we used to boil water for coffee, in a strange saucepan. There is NO electric kettle, so take your own. Minimal but sufficient china, glasses and some cutlery. Suites seemed to be below pool level. There were about 4 lots of steps down to these. The sunken cruise ship is marked exactly below the hotel. A constant guard is kept on this area as fuel is escaping. Boats are there to skim the fuel from water. Spooky really. This was not detrimental to our holiday. If you want to look around the island independently,we found a car for a day was adequate. Very popular were quad bikes for hire. You can roughly see the whole island from the pool area, which is a lot smaller than we imagined. In Fira, walk down to the harbour or take a donkey ride. The cobbled path is long and slippery so if you walk wear sensible shoes! We took the cable car back to the top. About 4 euros each. There are always at least 2 cruise ships anchored, so this makes Fira very crowded. There are terrific views, masses of shops, especially selling gold jewellery and plenty of restaurants which are pricier overlooking the caldera, but worth paying the extra even if you only have a beer. We actually thought we would stay
in Oia if we go back. Just a little smaller and quainter, also with the benefit of the caldera view and the prime position for THAT sun set!! Ofcourse we did enjoy fantastic sun sets from the villa too. We were more than pleased with the Caldera Lilium villas and would recommend them to mainly couples. All the staff were friendly and helpful. There was no language problem. Any concerns we had before our stay, were unfounded, so do go and ENJOY!! Don't forget your camera!!

I thought the hotel in and of itself was amazing! Breakfast was delicious. Everyone working there was more than helpful. From what I could tell, all the rooms looked out over the caldera, and the view is breathtaking. Rooms were clean, spacious, and very nicely decorated. My only complaints are that the hotel is outside of Fira, and it's about a 30 min walk into the city. There is a free shuttle from the hotel that runs on a ever-changing schedule, but they also offered to drive us when we wanted for a euro a person (worked out better than a taxi for our 6 person group). It's also hard to get to other parts of the island, as you pretty much first have to go to Fira to catch buses. The other complaint is the road noise at night. However, we stayed in the level closest to the road; other, probably more expensive rooms would definitely be quieter.