Canaves Oia Epitome
Oia, Santorini, Greece
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.
About the Resort
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.
Sunset from every suite
Sunset from every suite, caldera views.
A private pool per room
A private pool per room, throughout.
The Armeni fish tavern
The Armeni fish tavern, by boat at Ammoudi.
Yacht & catamaran cruises
Yacht and catamaran cruises, from Ammoudi.
A pottery class
A pottery class, with a master potter.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Santorini
Around thirty minutes from Santorini airport.
On the cliffs
Oia
On the cliffs just outside Oia above Ammoudi, with caldera and sunset views.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Canaves Oia Epitome. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast with full breakfast.
Seasonal
- Seasonal, open roughly April to November.
Made for couples
- Made for couples and families, on the caldera.
Getting there
- Around thirty minutes from Santorini airport.
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