How can I describe the heaven that awaits you at Tamarix Del Mar Villas and Suites in Kamari Beach Santorini?
It is a truly luxurious and peaceful hideaway where serenity and genuine hospitality awaits from the moment you push open the large wooden door. You’d could never imagine what lies in side and you’d never find out about Tamarix villas and suites, a 5 star boutique hotel with only 19 rooms unless someone you know and trust had already been.
We were greeted by Zena a seasoned hotelier and expert in the art of hospitality and Constantina who offered warmth and efficiency in equal measure to get us checked in and ensure everything ran seamlessly.
That feeling when you are being effortlessly looked after without fuss or ceremony.
The lunch we enjoyed poolside was delicious, the produce fresh and tasted like tomatoes just plucked from the vine and feta and olives no one does better than the Greeks. Even the chips tasted better than anywhere and the freshly made lemonade and gorgeous mix and match ceramics makes you feel like a guest in someone’s home, that someone has great taste and the highest of standards, but easy and effortless like the best is just where they live.
The rooms have everything you could ever want. The crispest of white walls, beautifully appointed with mirrors, a hair dryer, an iron, luxury linens, down pillows, matelasse coverlets,
handmade arts and crafts furniture, wicker buffets and colourful throw pillows, books, a DVD player, a private terrace and a roof top hot tub with a spectacular ocean view.
You’d never want for anything.
We awoke to bird song, the place is spectacularly quiet the guests stylish, respectful and discerning. Everyone is clearly loving the energy in Tamarix villas and suites. The feeling is palpable.
It’s not an air B and B, it’s not a big 5 star hotel. It’s personal and yet tasteful, massages and spa treatments booked with 24 hours notice, sauna, fitness gym and indoor pool all available to be enjoyed at your leisure.
If you are looking for a lively bar and a party scene this is not the place for you.
It’s a luxurious home from home a villa, with individual pool side cottages, the scent of magnolia and jasmine arches permeates, whilst the bougainvillea climbs the milky walls, the whole place set with the mountains on one side and the ocean on the other, a short walk to the volcanic beach, the promenade, restaurants, cafes, cocktails and shops.
I have done my best to describe what awaits you at Tamarix Villas and Suites but it’s the kind of place you really have to experience for yourself to understand how unique this beautiful hideaway actually is.