Andronis Boutique Hotel sits on the caldera cliff at Oia, and it holds 24 suites and villas, renovated throughout, each one looking out over the Aegean. The house restaurant is Lauda, open since 1971, advised by Emmanuel Renaut, and by the group’s own account the first place to eat in Oia: in 1971 the village held 306 people, and Lauda carried its only telephone line.
The address is Nikolaou Nomikou, Oia 847 02, Santorini, the caldera path that runs through the village. Oia takes no traffic, so a member of staff meets you at the arrival point and helps with the luggage. The airport and the port at Athinios are both about 35 minutes by road, and the Blue Domes and the old castle of Oia are about seven minutes on foot. Check-in is at 3pm and check-out at 11am.
The suites and the water
Suites run from 30 to 100 square metres, across 11 categories. The smallest is the two-storey Petite Suite, 30 square metres with a hot tub, for two. The largest is the Prestige Suite, 100 square metres with an infinity pool and a hot tub, for three. Between them sit the Signature Suite at 35 square metres with an infinity pool, a Cave Pool Suite of 40 square metres in the cut rock, a Two Bedroom Villa of 80 square metres with a pool of its own for four, and a two-storey Eternal Suite that looks at open sea. Ten of the 11 categories face the volcano and the caldera together.
A hot tub or a pool to every suite, plus a shared heated infinity pool with caldera views, is the arrangement, and the house heats all of it. Every Andronis property has a pool or a hot tub, which began with the group’s first 13 villas and stayed.
Lauda
The menu draws on the advice of Emmanuel Renaut, the chef of Flocons de Sel in Megève, who counts Lauda among his own houses. That reaches the table as a six-course tasting menu, with a wine pairing drawn from Santorini and beyond, alongside the à la carte. Orestis Sotiriou is the head chef, working local ingredients with contemporary technique. Service runs 8am to 11am, 1pm to 4pm and 7pm to 10.30pm, indoors and out, both rooms are smoke-free, and a table is worth booking well ahead.
The arrangements off the property
Aged 13 and over is the rule for a guest, and the house sends families with younger children to its sister properties. There is no lift, because the traditional caldera architecture does not allow one, and the house says plainly that the steps may not suit a guest with limited mobility.
The spa is not on the property. Guests use the Mare Sanus cave spa at Andronis Luxury Suites, a three-minute walk along the caldera: a room cut into the cliff, adults only, open daily from 10am to 7pm. The gym is at Andronis Arcadia, about seven minutes on foot. Reception is staffed around the clock, parking is complimentary, and the tap water is not for drinking, so still water is left in the suites. The hotel’s own concierge books restaurant tables, yacht cruises, wine tours and helicopter flights, and arranges private transfers to the airport or the port on request.
The group
Miltiadis Andronis was a hairstylist before he turned to hotels. He came to Santorini in 2006 and began with 13 villas above the caldera, which are now Andronis Luxury Suites. He is still involved in the houses, from scouting a site to drawing it. The group has five properties in Greece, and Villa del Monte, a Tuscan house of eight centuries, will open in May 2027 as its first outside the country. Among the Greek houses, the Boutique Hotel is the one the group puts forward for honeymoons.
Who is this for
Couples, and in particular two people with a week and no plan beyond the terrace. The paths are black volcanic stone and steps, and you walk everywhere: down to Ammoudi Bay for fish and a swim, or out on the 10-kilometre trail to Fira. The sunset draws a crowd into the streets, and a private terrace with its own water is the quiet way to watch it. Bring shoes you can climb stairs in.
