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This unique Mansion is located in the central road of Hora. The initial building consisted of 4 traditional stone houses which were connected to one by the previous owner and were given as a dowry to his daughter. Later the Town Hall of Skyros was accommodated in the ground floor and afterwards the Mansion remained abandoned for many years.
Two years ago it was totally renovated by a famous Greek architect and local contractors. The basic structure and the openings were kept but there also became enough interventions.
The first floor living room has a picturesque balcony and a spacious veranda with lounge seating for reading and relaxing with a cup of tea. Stairs from the veranda lead to a two level terrace with magnificent view of the village and sea, tastefully furnished for a relaxing atmosphere with great views.
The mansion is ideal for families or friends, with plenty in the surrounding area to see and do during your stay. It's ten minutes’ walk from the beach, with easy access to all amenities, local market, excellent restaurants and fish taverns.
Mansion
Outside entrance of first floor
First floor veranda
First floor balcony
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The Sporades/Evia region
Evia is the second largest island in Greece, after Crete. Long and narrow, very close to the shores of Mainland Greece, separated from it by the Gulf of Evia and the famous Evripos Straits.
The Sporades islands - Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonissos and Skyros - are across the eastern coast of Mainland Greece.
These four green magic islands have unique sandy beaches with fantastic sunsets, excellent food in waterfront taverns and rare village life. They are famous for their lobsters, octopus and prawns.
Climate: April and May are fine, warm months with temperatures ranging from 55 - 75 oF. June, July and August are the warmest months of the year with temperatures reaching as high as 95 oF. September and October are both warm with a clear atmosphere and temperatures up to 75 oF. In summer the northerly wind of the Aegean Sea, the Meltemi, gives the islands a briskness and clarity.
Skyros Island / Hora area
Skyros is the southernmost island of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC and slightly later, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes, later Pelasgia and Dolopia and later Skyros. It is the largest of the Sporades, and in 2003 about 3,000 people lived in the island.
The north part of it is covered by forest while the south is rocky. The island's capital is also called Skyros or, locally, Hora. The main port, on the west coast, is Linaria. The island has a castle (the kastro) that dates from the Venetian occupation (13th to 15th centuries), a Byzantine monastery (the Monastery of Saint George), the grave of English poet Rupert Brooke at Tris Boukes harbour, and the archaeological site of Palamari.
According to Greek mythology, Theseus died on Skyros. Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, was from Skyros, as told in the play of Sophocles, Philoctetes. In 475 BC, Cimon defeated the Dolopians and conquered the entire island. The population was enslaved and replaced by colonists from Athens. From that date, it became a part of the Delian League, later to become the Athenian Empire. Cimon claimed to have found the remains of Theseus, and returned them to Athens. In 340 BC the Macedonians took over the island and dominated it until 192 BC, when the king Philip and the Roman Republican forces restored it to Athens.
Skyros has many beaudiful beaches and is also famous for its own breed of Skyrian ponies.
Local Amenities: Village life, bars, restaurants
Local Activities : Museums, Rupert Brookes Grave, Historical Sites, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boat Trips, Diving ( Port of Linaria), walking tours, bicycling,
How to get there
By plain: From Athens airport every Wednesday and Saturday and from Thessaloniki airport every Wednesday and Friday through Olympic Airways. By bus or car to Kymi port approx. 2 1/2 hours from Athens and from Kymi port by ferry boat to Skyros approx. 1 hour and 40 min. A car can be rented on the island.
Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Skyros Airport: 10 km
Ferry:
Skyros Port: 5 km
Activities near Skyros Island
Sports: Watersports Fishing
Great for: Walking holidays Rural / countryside retreats Beach or lakeside relaxation Cycling holidays
Sofabeds (4), Single beds (5), Double beds (1), Dining seating for 12, Lounge seating for 14, Sleeps maximum of 13
Other:
Linen and towels provided.
Outdoors:
Balcony / Terrace
Further details indoors: GROUND FLOOR
It consists of a big entrance hall with nice old style tiles, wooden traditional couch and wooden stairs leading to the 1st floor. On the left there is a guest apartment with a double bedroom, sitting room with the old fireplace of the house, concentration/bedroom and a full bathroom with shower. The tiles in the floor are black and white, maintaining the traditional style of the building and the roof is manufactured from wood and canes. On the right there is an autonomous apartment with separate entrance from the road, a sofa bedroom, a sitting room with fireplace and an old well covered with glass, and a full bathroom with shower.
FIRST FLOOR
Going upstairs you are led to the first floor where there is a large living and dining room with a beautiful fireplace, a spacious and sunny kitchen, a sofa bedroom, an office and a full bathroom with Jacuzzi. The floors and the roof are from wood. In the living room there are two doors leading to a sunny balcony and a door to the veranda from where you go downstairs to the road and upstairs to the terrace.
The Mansion is uniquely furnished with old and new furniture from the family, furniture from other houses of the island but also from abroad. The walls have paintings of known greek artists.
It sleeps 8 - 13 persons in total. 3-4 persons in guest’s apartment, 2-3 persons in the autonomous ground floor apartment, 3-6 persons in the 1st floor.
Further details outdoors: From the first floor living room two doors lead to a sunny and picturesque balcony with view of the village. Another door leads to the veranda with stairs to the road and to a two level approx. 100 sq.m. terrace with panoramic view of the village and the sea. Part of the terrace is covered.
Further details
RENTAL RATES
Rental rates per day/ Ηigh season / Low season
Guest’s room / 300 Euro / 250 Euro Autonomous apartment / 250 Euro / 200 Euro 1st Floor / 400 Euro / 350 Euro
House rent / 800 Euro / 600 Euro
Minimum rental period one week.
Conditions
Available from May to September. Minimum rental period one week.
Rental rates
Rental prices originally quoted in: Euros €
Convert to:
Prices for group size 13
Period
From
To
Weekly
Nightly rate
Minimum stay
Weekday
Weekend
Low Season
23 Sep 08
1 Nov 08
4200£3,529
0-
0-
1 Week
Not available
1 Nov 08
1 May 09
1£1
0-
0-
1 Week
Low Season
1 May 09
17 Jul 09
4200£3,529
0-
0-
1 Week
High Season
17 Jul 09
1 Sep 09
5600£4,706
0-
0-
1 Week
Low Season
1 Sep 09
1 Nov 09
4200£3,529
0-
0-
1 Week
43
Prices for group size 6
Period
From
To
Weekly
Nightly rate
Minimum stay
Weekday
Weekend
Low Season
23 Sep 08
1 Nov 08
2450£2,059
0-
0-
1 Week
Not available
1 Nov 08
1 May 09
1£1
0-
0-
1 Week
Low Season
1 May 09
17 Jul 09
2450£2,059
0-
0-
1 Week
High Season
17 Jul 09
1 Sep 09
2800£2,353
0-
0-
1 Week
Low Season
1 Sep 09
1 Nov 09
2450£2,059
0-
0-
1 Week
43
Prices for group size 4
Period
From
To
Weekly
Nightly rate
Minimum stay
Weekday
Weekend
Low Season
23 Sep 08
1 Nov 08
1750£1,471
0-
0-
1 Week
Not available
1 Nov 08
1 May 09
1£1
0-
0-
1 Week
Low Season
1 May 09
17 Jul 09
1750£1,471
0-
0-
1 Week
High Season
17 Jul 09
1 Sep 09
2100£1,765
0-
0-
1 Week
Low Season
1 Sep 09
1 Nov 09
1750£1,471
0-
0-
1 Week
43
NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
RENTAL RATES
Rental rates per day / High season / Low season
Guest’s room / 300 Euro / 250 Euro
Autonomous apartment / 250 Euro / 200 Euro
1st Floor / 400 Euro / 350 Euro
Chateau rent / 800 Euro / 600 Euro
High season : July & August
Low season : May & June September & October
Minimum rental period : 1 Week
The price includes cleaning of rooms and change of towels and sheets twice a week
Daily maintenance of rooms 8-10 Euro per hour paid on the spot.
Availability
See below for next 6 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here
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