Santorini, Greece · Greece

Canaves Oia Epitome

Oia, Santorini, Greece

Caldera-and-sunset views from every single suiteA private pool with every roomA rare family resort on Santorini's caldera

★★★★★Super-deluxe

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Location

On the Oia cliffs

On the cliffs just outside Oia above Ammoudi, Santorini, with caldera, Aegean and sunset views, around thirty minutes from Santorini airport — the most romantic stretch of the island.

Transfer

A Santorini transfer

Around thirty minutes from Santorini airport, out to the cliffs above Ammoudi just outside Oia, the caldera dropping away below.

Villas

Around 53 suites & villas

Around fifty-three suites and villas from one to five bedrooms, all with a private pool or plunge pool, in Cycladic architecture and nature-led contemporary design with caldera and sunset views.

Best For

Who it suits

Couples and honeymooners for the sunset romance and families drawn to a rare family resort on the adults-leaning caldera, plus groups in the multi-bedroom villas — every suite with a caldera view and a private pool.

Board Basis

Bed & breakfast

Bed-and-breakfast with full breakfast, with sunset dining at the floating-deck Elements, the Armeni fish tavern at Ammoudi by boat and a sommelier's wine cellar.

Overview

A cliffside Santorini sunset resort at Oia

Canaves Oia Epitome is the family-friendly cliffside Santorini sunset resort — on the Oia cliffs above Ammoudi, with caldera-and-sunset views from every single suite and a private pool with every room. Around fifty-three suites and villas from one to five bedrooms rise in Cycladic-contemporary design, two shared infinity pools face the sunset, and the Canaves Collection table reaches from the floating-deck Elements restaurant to the Armeni fish tavern at the water's edge in Ammoudi, reached by boat, with a sommelier's wine cellar behind it. Rare for the caldera, it is built as a family resort, with private yacht and catamaran cruises, a pottery class with a master potter and the Epitome Spa. The setting is the most romantic stretch of Santorini: Oia's blue-domed lanes and the famous sunset are minutes away, the volcanic caldera drops to the Aegean below, and the island's wineries, the Minoan site at Akrotiri and the black-sand beaches lie beyond. It is the Santorini sunset, with a pool of your own — distinct from the beach-and-scene glamour of Mykonos. Seasonal, at its best in the warmer months, when the caldera glows at dusk.

Accommodation

Suites & villas

Around fifty-three suites and villas from one to five bedrooms rise in Cycladic-contemporary design, every one with a caldera-and-sunset view and its own private pool or plunge pool. Carved into the Oia cliffs, they give each room the famous Santorini sunset and a pool to watch it from, a rarity even on the caldera. Cool whites and natural textures keep the focus on the view, the terraces stepping down the cliff toward the sea.

Signature

Honeymoon Suite with Plunge Pool

Sleeps two. A 45-square-metre king with a plunge pool and sunset views, over the caldera and Aegean.

Plunge poolCaldera outlook

Cliffside

Hideaway Pool Suite

Sleeps two. A cliffside king with a private pool, over the caldera and sunset.

Private poolSunset outlook

Family

Two-Bedroom Pool Villa

Sleeps five. A 110-square-metre Cycladic villa with a private pool, over the caldera and Aegean.

Private poolCaldera outlook

Group

Five-Bedroom Pool Villa

Sleeps seven or more. The flagship villa with a private pool, over the caldera and sunset.

FlagshipCaldera outlook

Food & Drink

Dining

The Canaves Collection table runs from the floating-deck Elements restaurant with its sunset views to the Armeni fish tavern at the water's edge in Ammoudi, reached by boat, with a sommelier's wine cellar for tastings behind it. It is romantic caldera dining, much of it built on Santorini's own produce and the catch from below. Dinner at Armeni, reached by boat to the little harbour at Ammoudi, is among the most memorable on the island.

Signature

Elements Restaurant & Bar

Elements Restaurant & Bar, on a floating deck, with sunset views.

Fish

Armeni

Armeni, a Greek fish tavern at the water's edge, by boat.

Cellar

The wine cellar

The wine cellar, sommelier-led tastings.

Wellbeing

Epitome Spa & pools

The Epitome Spa brings three treatment rooms and Valmont facials, joined by two shared sunset-facing infinity pools and a private pool or plunge pool in every suite. Wellness here is the setting itself, the caldera and the sunset framing every swim and treatment on the cliffs, the light shifting from morning blue to the famous gold of the sunset.

The Epitome Spa

The Epitome Spa, Valmont facials.

Sunset infinity pools

Sunset infinity pools, two, shared.

Catamaran cruises

Catamaran cruises, from Ammoudi.

Activities & Experiences

Signature Experiences

The sunset, the private pools and the sea define a stay — watch the famous Santorini sunset from your own private pool, dine at the Armeni fish tavern reached by boat at Ammoudi, and cruise the caldera by yacht or catamaran. A pottery class with a master potter, Oia's blue-domed lanes, the island's wineries and the island's Assyrtiko wineries and the Minoan site at Akrotiri round out a stay, with volcano-and-hot-springs boat trips from the caldera.