Aenaon Villas

Villa Elidami — the smallest of the six villas — carries its own completely private veranda and plunge pool, separately positioned from the main infinity-pool deck. The configuration is the property's most secluded honeymoon and anniversary option, with the cliff-edge view shared by no other villa.

Aenaon Villas sits on a secluded plateau at the highest and narrowest point of Santorini, between the villages of Imerovigli and Oia, on the ancient pedestrian path that has connected the caldera-arc villages of Fira, Imerovigli and Oia for centuries. The position is editorially exceptional within the Cyclades: most caldera-edge properties on the island sit either directly in Fira (crowded), directly in Oia (crowded), or in compact clusters in the southern Akrotiri area. Aenaon's plateau location delivers what most Santorini properties cannot — uninterrupted caldera views with no surrounding development, both east-beach and west-caldera aspects visible simultaneously, and a genuinely quiet site without the foot-traffic density of the principal villages.

 
The architectural register is contemporary Cycladic — whitewashed surfaces combined with the island's characteristic black volcanic stone, with the spiraling-upwards site design ensuring each of the six villas occupies its own discrete level. The Alexiou family worked across more than fifteen years to develop the property, acquiring adjacent ground and adding villas progressively as the site allowed. The most distinctive design detail is the use of dark cement as a deliberate departure from the whitewash-everything convention that dominates most Santorini accommodation; the result is a more architecturally considered register than the standard sugar-cube reference allows. Gates handmade by craftsmen in Athens, devotedly buffed wooden doors, and hand-built furnishings layer the bespoke design signature across the villa interiors.

 
Villa Charissa is the property's editorial centrepiece and the most recent addition to the inventory. Designed by Elly Alexiou (founder Giorgos's elder daughter, a practising architect) with lighting by Maria-Christina Alexiou (the younger daughter, a mechanical engineer and lighting designer), the villa accumulated three major design awards in 2020: an Honorable Mention from the Greek Architecture Awards / DOMa in the "First Project by a Young Architect" category; the Winner position at the BigSEE Tourism Design Award (Ljubljana) in the "Architecture and Design as Experience" category; and the Gold Award at the Athens Lighting Awards in the Interior / Residential category. Few small-villa properties in Greece carry this density of verified architectural recognition for a single villa.

 
The six villas — Charissa, Zaneti, Anezina, Feggeri, Elidami, Marily — each carry distinct configurations within the shared Cycladic register. All include a living and dining room, a stone fireplace, a private veranda, a fully-equipped kitchenette, satellite television, high-speed internet, air conditioning, and the full luxury-amenity inventory. Villa Marily is the largest, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a double-height living space — appropriate for families or small groups. Villa Charissa carries the most architecturally distinguished configuration as the award-winning recent addition. Villa Elidami is the most editorially secluded, with its own private veranda and plunge pool separate from the main pool deck. Villas Zaneti, Anezina and Feggeri handle the intermediate two-person configurations across the site's spiral.

 
The infinity pool built on the caldera's edge is the property's principal shared amenity — the pool deck delivers the uninterrupted view of the Aegean Sea, the volcano and the sunset that defines the Santorini editorial experience. Each villa's private veranda opens onto the pool area; loungers and sun terraces are distributed across multiple levels. Breakfast is included in all bookings — full English, Greek or Continental options available — and served either in the villa or at the property's communal breakfast area with the caldera view. The wider service inventory runs across 24-hour reception, room service, massage by appointment, business centre facilities and transfer arrangements; medical service is available on request through the property's concierge.

 
The Imerovigli–Oia position delivers the principal Santorini cultural circuit on foot. Oia village is approximately a 30-minute walk along the caldera-arc pedestrian path — through cliff-edge scenery that frames the sunset experience the village is internationally known for. Amoudi Bay sits below Oia at the foot of the cliff path, accessible via the 200-or-so stone steps down from the village. Amoudi carries the seafood-taverna tradition (the lobster pasta at the Sunset Ammoudi taverna is a regional editorial standard), the 10-metre cliff-jumping into the Aegean for those wanting the swim, and the small fishing port with boats running to the surrounding islets. Skaros Rock — the medieval Venetian fortress remains directly below the Imerovigli village — is a 15-minute walk in the opposite direction along the caldera arc, with the Anastasi chapel at the rock's tip as the focal point. Fira — the island's principal town — is a 45-minute walk further south along the same arc, or 10 minutes by car / taxi.

 
Worth the journey for: honeymoon and anniversary travellers wanting genuinely uncrowded caldera views (the property's plateau position delivers what most caldera-edge properties cannot); design-conscious travellers attracted to the Villa Charissa awards profile and the Alexiou family's contemporary Cycladic architectural language; multi-generational family groups using Villa Marily's three-bedroom configuration alongside the smaller villas as the wider family complex; travellers prioritising the walking access to Oia, Skaros and Fira along the ancient pedestrian path. Less so for: travellers prioritising full hotel infrastructure with restaurant, bar and spa (Aenaon is a six-villa boutique complex with breakfast service rather than full hotel dining); families with young children who would find the cliff-edge site safety register restrictive; visitors wanting central Fira nightlife at the doorstep (the property is rural by intent at 10 minutes by car from Fira); guests prioritising winter Santorini visits (the property closes mid-October to end of April).