#15 in Top 20 Santorini for A Honeymoon · ★★★★★
Astarte Suites
Akrotiri side, sunset over the volcano not the sea — different photo, same vow.
Akrotiri side, sunset over the volcano not the sea — different photo, same vow.
"Akrotiri side, sunset over the volcano not the sea — different photo, same vow."
Astarte Suites is one of the few high-tier honeymoon hotels on the south end of the caldera — Akrotiri rather than Oia or Imerovigli. The geographic shift matters: from Akrotiri the sunset falls behind the volcano (Nea Kameni) rather than directly into the open sea, and the photograph is darker, more dramatic, and entirely without the Oia crowd. Eight suites, all with private outdoor space, four with private heated plunge pools cut directly into the volcanic rock. The hotel is family-run by the Karayiannis family (no relation to Astra) and has the smallest scale of any caldera-rim five-star on the island. Akrotiri is the village adjacent to the famous archaeological site — the Bronze Age city buried under volcanic ash in 1600 BCE — and a fifteen-minute walk from Red Beach, the most distinctive beach on Santorini. Astarte is the right pick for the honeymoon couple who has already been to Santorini, knows the Oia routine, and wants the south-end alternative — or for couples who simply prefer the volcano-silhouette sunset to the open-Aegean version.
Akrotiri Pool Suite — private plunge pool, volcano-facing.
Akrotiri has fewer dinner options than Oia. Book Selene (the most awarded restaurant on the island) for one night — it is a fifteen-minute drive but the meal is the strongest on the cliff. Reserve the Astarte cliffside breakfast at sunrise on day two; the morning light against the volcano is unique to this side.
Astarte Suites sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Santorini for a Honeymoon list. It scored an aggregate 9.4/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a honeymoon-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Santorini neighbourhood, see Akrotiri, south Santorini and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.