Firostefani is the village most visitors walk through without noticing they have arrived. It starts where Fira ends, a few minutes north along the caldera path, and it has the same white houses, the same blue domes and the same view of the volcano. What it does not have is Fira’s noise. That is the whole point of it. Our Santorini Tours drivers collect guests from Firostefani hotels every day, and the most common thing we hear on the way back is that they would stay there again.

This guide covers everything you need to know about Firostefani Santorini: where it is, how it compares with Fira, Imerovigli and Oia, what to see and do, where to watch the sunset, where to stay and eat, how to get there from the airport and port, and the practical details, like stairs and parking, that hotel listings leave out.

Top photo: the caldera from a terrace in Firostefani, with Thirassia on the horizon. Photo by LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.