1 Bedroom Villa with Infinity Pool in Pyrgos Kalistis on Santorini

Pyrgos is one of four villas on a small private estate, set into the steep south flank of Profita Elías. The land here is the highest on Santorini; the air is cooler than down at the caldera, and the sun reaches the terrace from breakfast until well after dinner.

Inside, the villa is a single open-plan room (kitchen, living, and a double bedroom) finished in the regional palette of whitewash and pale wood. A walk-in rain shower sits behind the bedroom wall. Fifty-five square metres in total, scaled for two.

Outside is where the villa earns its keep. A 17.5-square-metre heated infinity pool runs along the terrace edge; below it, the mountain falls away to the black-sand coast. Loungers, hammock, a pergola dining set, and the kind of quiet that only altitude buys you.