Costa Grand Resort & Spa

- HOTEL - Lovely, clean hotel with all the usual amenities: choice of many pools, well priced bar, decent breakfast, spa, gym (small but has the main things you'd need for a decent workout - treadmill, bike, cross trainer, smiths machine, cable pulls and free weights). Hotel is direct on the beach (one of the two black beached of Santorini) - ROOM - We had a sea facing room which was a decent size with a (small) pool. included fridge, tea/coffee making facilities, robe, slippers, sun loungers - TAXI - taxis were expensive given airport is only 10 mins away. Cost us 30E from airport to hotel and 35 from hotel to airport (private hire not via hotel). Tap water is not drinkable, hotel provides a free water bottle on day 1 only. - BUSES - I would recommend getting to places like Fira & Oia by bus, it is VERY EASY, VERY CHEAP & very comfortable! Simply ask the hotel concierge for the bus timetable and location of the bus stop (warning: bus stop is further up than shown on the hotel map, it's past the pharmacy on the corner on the right. Ask the shop keepers they'll let you know. It costs 1.60 Euros per person per journey. For Oia, take a bus to Fira (15 mins) and then change for bus to Oia (about 25 mins). Buses are clearly marked. - LOCATION - Hotel is situated in a fabulous location. There are many great bars and restaurants to choose from. There are ATMs and supermarkets close by too. - SIGHTSEEING - I would recommend doing Oia during the day as it is less busy. A lot of the cruise ships and tours aim to visit Oia for sunset making it very busy. If you want to see a Santorini sunset, I would recommend going to Fira, which is on the same side of the island as Oia and has a similar setting to Oia and a lot less busy. We stayed 3 nights mid-Oct and had a couple of very windy days which made it feel colder than what it was, would recommend taking layers. as when the wind drops, it's lovely and warm! I would stay here again.

very unsatisfied by the SPA services, where the lady taking care of the massages waned to do only the massages she wanted and not what was requested: no sense at all, in fact we haven't had any further massage

Lovely staff!! They remembered the kids names and would engage in conversation with us and this all the time. Breakfast was delicious such a large variety. Beach front. Soooo clean! Every morning I’d wake up to see staff everywhere mopping floors cleaning sun bed! Ramps everywhere which made it very easy to get around with the kids/pram. Staff helped with everything from taking luggage to and from our room, and even taking us by buggy!

Great location close to bars beach and restaurants.Very clean bright and airy rooms.lots of pool areas and beach.Good bar and staff with a good selection of food and drinks.

The hotel was fabulous! There were many pools so if one was busy you could easily find another one. Breakfast which was included and was a buffet had a huge selection. The beach was very accessible with many beds to choose from. The hotel was right at the end of the Kamari strip of restaurants which made them very easy to walk to and also you had nobody other than residents walking past the hotel or on the beach. The concierge was extremely helpful with lots of recommendations of things to do on the island. The hotel is immaculately clean. Above all the staff were so friendly and helpful. WE were three generations ranging from 17 to 80 and everyone had a fabulous time.