FAMILY DROSSOS:
The Drossos family originates from Santorini itself. It is a large, old family with a
farming background. Despite the hardships of everyday life in the early years, the family
maintained a good sense of hospitality and has always seen visitors in a friendly way. Ever
since tourism began in the sixties in Santorini, the family saw it as an opportunity to meet
interesting people and learn from them as much as they could, while at the same time providing
accommodation. The first tourists the family ever hosted, actually lived with them in a spare
room in their house.
An entire generation of Drossos family has grown up since then, learning how to like other
people and to cater for their needs. As a natural result of this, nearly every family member
now owns a hotel or villa, or other types of accommodation.
However, things have changed, tourism is now the most rapidly developing industry on the
island and this has lead to the gradual loss of the original atmosphere the tourists and the
locals once enjoyed.
Maybe for the first time in the history of the island, a whole family has decided to regroup
and unite its efforts in order to preserve the friendly style holidays they have always known
how to provide. For them, tourism is not an opportunity. It is a way of life.
Over the last forty years, the family has not moved away from Perissa, but has spread and
now covers a larger area. This is a perfect environment for the visitor; the various types of
accommodation owned by the twelve youngest members of the family were not created to a specific
pattern. They form a wide variety of Rooms that can satisfy even the most demanding guest,
while being only walking distance from each other. This is very convenient if you meet or
already know people who are staying in other hotels or villas owned by the family. The Hotel
Drossos is an ideal meeting point and the owners of all our combined accommodation will be
happy to assist you with all your queries and help you organize any type of event.