A quieter
kind of summer.
Six sea-facing rooms above a private cove, cut into the caldera at Oia. A long pool, a marble bath house, and no schedule at all.
Six rooms,
room by room.
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Built in 1864 as a sea captain's house.
We kept the walls.
Four levels of terrace, joined by forty-two steps and one very old lift. The cistern became the baths. The boat store became the kitchen.
The cliff
Four levels, one lift
Terrace above terrace, all of them facing west.
The water
Nine minutes down
A cove with three moorings and two boats.
The table
One menu a day
Written in the morning, cooked once in the evening.
The quiet
No music by the pool
No televisions either. One bar, open late.
Three things we do properly.
Dining
A table on the wall, dinner at eight.
The kitchen writes one menu each morning and cooks it once each evening. Fish from the boats at Ammoudi, vegetables from the terrace above the baths, oil from a grove we have bought from since 1998.
- 19:00
- first seating
- 12
- tables
Baths
The old cistern, warm all year.
Three marble basins under a dome, lit by lamps and nothing else. Salt scrub, olive soap, and a cold plunge cut into the rock next door. Booked by the hour, never shared with strangers.
- 07:00
- opens
- 50 min
- the ritual
Sea
Nine minutes down, two boats waiting.
The cove below the house is reached on foot and holds three moorings. Take the small boat to the far side of the island for the afternoon, or the long one out to Thirasia for the day, with a basket from the kitchen.
- 2
- boats, skipper
- 24°C
- in September
May to October.
Three ways to stay.
Per room, per night, for two. The baths, the boats and breakfast are included in all three.
Room only
€620
From · per night
- Terrace room, 34 m²
- Breakfast on the terrace
- Baths, by reservation
- Free cancellation to 14 days
Most booked
Half board
€780
From · per night
- Cave suite, 42 m²
- Breakfast and the evening menu
- Baths, whenever you like
- One boat afternoon included
- Free cancellation to 7 days
Full board
€1,050
From · per night
- Villa or cliff suite
- All meals, no menu
- Baths and both boats
- Airport transfer by car
- Free cancellation to 2 days
Rates include local tax. A minimum of three nights applies in July and August.
Questions
Fly to Santorini, forty minutes from Athens. The house is twenty-five minutes from the airport by car, which we will arrange, and the last hundred metres are steps. Someone will carry your bags.
Yes, from six upwards. The terraces have walls, but the cliff is a cliff. Cots are available and the kitchen will cook plainly on request. The pool is unheated and unfenced.
Free cancellation up to fourteen days before arrival on room only, seven days on half board, and two days on full board. Inside those windows we charge the first night.
We open on the first of May and close on the thirty-first of October. In May and October the island is quiet, the water is 21°C, and the rates are at their lowest.
Come for the light.
Two rooms left for the first week of the season, and the water is warm until October.