La Maltese Estate is a five-star boutique hotel of eight rooms and suites in Imerovigli, the highest village on the rim of the Santorini caldera, between Fira and Oia. The main building is an aristocratic house of the early twentieth century, restored, with high ceilings, groined vaults and arches that carry touches of Venetian and Black Sea influence. Newly built suites stand beside it, and between the two lie a breakfast veranda and an infinity pool turned towards the caldera and the Aegean.
Weddings take the whole hotel on an exclusive-use basis and stay small by design. Ceremonies are held on the caldera-view terraces or beside the pool, with the sunset ahead. Breakfast is served on the veranda, and dining moves a hundred metres along the cliff to the sister Buddha-Bar Beach, where Greek and Aegean cooking, Santorini wines and a rooftop bar are on offer. The eight suites keep the wedding party together, all soundproofed and air-conditioned. Thira airport is about fifteen minutes away and Fira about ten.