Woke up to an eerie red glow in the bedroom, so pulled the curtains back and got greeted with this view! What a stunner start to the day! When a day starts like that, it seemed remis to not stretch out by the waters edge to digest your breakfast. After warming up like lizards we… Read more

Another stunner sunrise and breakfast on the balcony, but this time, despite the beautiful looking sea, dispensed with the morning swim in favour of setting out on a climbing adventure in Katafyki Gorge. The 178m route follows the ridgeline that is just visible in the photo below (leaning diagonally upwards above the bridge from left… Read more

After a delightfully lazy morning spent swimming around the bay, we set out into the afternoon to check out Castle Thermisia (and more specifically, the rock climbing on the walls below the ruins). It was pretty easy to spot from afar… The road to get there was paved, but in places the tarmac had washed… Read more

Christmas morning and what a treat to be able to roll out of bed and take a morning brew down to the waters edge under a brilliantly blue sky. Out on our private jetty, we blinked the sleep out of our eyes and celebrated the day. There is an elevated terrace that looks over at… Read more

There was a very pleasing view out of the bedroom window this morning – Christmas eve blue skies and flat calm seas. We went straight from bed, down the garden to the waters edge to soak it all up. It turns out we also have a private jetty at the edge of the garden too!… Read more

I quite like arriving in new places under the cover of darkness as in the morning, you never quite know what you’ll find when you draw the curtains. Happily, we were greeted with some very nice scenes and blue sky when we woke in Athens. The pool looked very inviting, but although the sky was… Read more