Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort, Santorini

No views, remote location, lots of stairs, poor ac and it’s very hot in June, gaps in doors and windows for ac to escape, poor internet connection, food was ok but took over 45 mins to get it because 1 oven broke, forgot our drinks, 30 euros one way to get to bigger villages. Do NOT stay here. It’s not “Luxury” and Marriott should be ashamed.

The Vedema was incredible. We had an outstanding stay. The entire staff are warm and friendly, the grounds are spotless and charming, the rooms are spacious and clean and we thoroughly enjoyed our wine tasting and dinner. We highly recommend The Vedema!

From the moment we arrived at Vedema we were treated as a combination of royalty and family. Every request was taken care of immediately and with a warmth and friendliness that my wife and I do not generally see. Can’t recommend highly enough!

I’ll start with the good stuff. The staff are amazing and the service from them was outstanding. Both pools are well maintained and a reasonable temperature. Every drink was delicious and the ingredients in the food were fresh. They looked after my daughter very well and when I got sun burnt they got me some after sun flamigel. The wine list and cocktail list are good. Now for the bad stuff. The room (technically a suite and not cheap). We got given room 204 (the key was marked as T4). It was the furthest from the reception. Don’t expect a good sleep if you stay in this suite as there is a road that runs in front of the room and you will get woken by vehicles. There is a car park about 15/20 metres to one side of the room and a building site in the opposite direction and although no work was being done during our stay it didn’t make for a beautiful view. To get to the reception from our room it was quicker to walk outside the hotel and down the hill than to walk through the hotel. Inside the room, the air conditioning makes a lot of noise. The toilet seat was broken. The wooden blinds let the morning light in (which shined directly in my eyes). The rooms are not big. We ate at Trataro, Alati and Pergola Pool Restaurant. The best being the breakfast at Pergola Pool Restaurant as it came hot, quickly and was a good quality. I was not a fan of the food at Alati although it was creative. The food took a long time at Trataro and when served was not hot and I ordered the seafood pasta which came with bits of broken shell in so left most of it. The value for money at Alati and Trataro are not good so if you are thinking of eating I suggest heading out of the hotel to any of the local restaurants as the prices are far less. We asked the hotel to organise horse riding and it seems the day staff and the night staff don’t communicate as this was ignored by the day staff and only when I came back to see the original lady I asked did it get organised but because it had been ignored there was no availability for the local (nearest) place and I had to use a different company which cost an additional 50 euros (the cost of the taxi to and from). The taxi would only take cash which created an additional problem of finding cash (I would have expected the hotel to have paid this bill as they didn’t do as requested originally).

The wine and restaurant staff were 5 stars. The wine tasting with Michael and Elaina was a great lesson in wine making in Santorini. They talked to us about how the vines were grown in a nest shape. The food pairing was plentiful with great conversations of the island. Highly recommend

One of the most beautiful resorts with height quality service in Santorini! The manager Konstantinos personally went out of his way to cater to our every needs. Highly recommend this resort for family relaxation.

Although we didn’t love Santorini we definitely loved this hotel. We upgraded to a suite since we had our 13 year old with us. It was such a lovely room with every detail determined. Excellent breakfast, lovely poolside menu with decent prices and the best thing was the awesome concierge staff. They connect with you via WhatsApp on check and and grant your every wish! We got lost trying to find our restaurant on night 1 and they “sent us a pin” to walk to it. Then, checked to make sure we found it. All in all I loved this hotel. Wish I could’ve found “the equivalent” on some of the other Greek stops we made along our vacation.

Amazing! The rooms (Aegean Suite!), the breakfast, the staff (everyone was sooo nice), and the views! The local neighborhood has additional food and shopping as well! They will arrange excursions, make reservations, and schedule transportation. This will definitely be a return trip.