The end of October may not be the time of year that springs to mind when booking a trip to the seaside in Wales, but my brother-in-law was taking part in the Barmouth Beach Race so the family headed over for the weekend
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Santorini Guide – Part 2
Santorini Guide – Part 1
We returned from our holiday to Santorini 3 weeks ago and I though it might be fun to show you what we got up to and where we went! Our aim for the week was to have a really chilled time, enjoy our lovely hotel and only do what we fancied – there were obviously more things that we could have done, which I will list as the end of part 2 of this post
It’s pretty long and photo heavy so stick with me and I hope you enjoy!
Day 1
We landed in Santorini at about 4pm local time, thankful for our private air conditioned transfer that drove us the 20 mins to Sun Rocks Boutique Hotel. I’ve written a seperate, more in depth post all about our hotel here so take a look!
Sun Rocks Boutique Hotel, Santorini
When looking for a hotel in Santorini it’s very easy to get overwhelmed – so much choice and so many beautiful properties with whitewashed rooms, turquoise pools and sunset views, it’s hard to know where to start!
Usually opting to book each element of our holidays seperately – flights, hotel, transfers etc – for once we just wanted someone to do it all for us! We booked our trip through Kuoni and they arranged it all. We chose to stay at Sun Rocks in the quiet village of Firostefani, a small adults only Relais & Châteaux hotel with just 17 rooms and suites dotted along the hillside
Catch Bar-Restaurant, Oia, Santorini
You may have heard that Oia is the best place to watch the sunset in Santorini. You may not have heard that at sunset the little town gets so busy you can hardly move and there’s a mad rush for buses when the sun has gone down as everyone tries to leave at the same time! Wanting to avoid the squash but still see the sunset, we booked a table for dinner at Catch
Ammoudi Fish Tavern, Ammoudi Bay, Santorini
For our first full day in Santorini we booked a table for lunch at Ammoudi Fish Tavern. Following a lazy morning by the pool, we jumped in a taxi and headed down to Ammoudi Bay, which is just underneath the town of Oia
Les Sources de Caudalie, Bordeaux-Martillac
After booking our vineyard tour of Chateau d’Yquem in Sauternes, rather than argue over who was going to have to drive home later that day (thus having no more to drink – a waste of a trip to the area if you ask me!) we decided an overnight stay was in order
As usual my first priority was to find a restaurant for dinner and after a little search online settled on La Grand’Vigne (more on that in my next post…) which conveniently happened to be located at Les Sources de Caudalie, so where better to book a room for the night?
