Every room has its own bathroom, a ceiling fan and shutters that close properly. None has a television, and nobody has asked for one in years.
The house has no lift. The Small Room and the Courtyard Room are on the ground floor, the Arch Room and the Blue Shutters on the first, the Long Room on the second, and the Roof Room on the third, at the top of a stair that Kostas rebuilt himself.
The old storeroom off the hall, with one window onto the lane and a single bed that is a little wider than most. It is the coolest room in the house in August and the one walkers ask for, because they are out all day and want a good bed and a low price.
Its door opens straight onto the courtyard and the fig tree, so you are first to breakfast and last to bed. The walls are the original stone, a metre thick, which keeps it cool and quiet.
Named for the stone arch that divides it in two, the bed on one side and a writing table on the other. The beds can be put together or apart; say which when you write.
The front room, behind the shutters in the oldest photograph of the house. A narrow iron balcony looks along the lane towards the harbour, and in the evening you can hear the town walking past below.
Two rooms knocked into one, with a double at one end and two singles at the other, and a curtain between them that children always close. Families with children of any age are welcome here.
The last room finished and the one people write to ask for first. It has its own terrace on the roof, with two chairs, a table and a view of the fortress on the hill. It is three flights up and there is no lift, which is why it is the quietest room in the house.
Every stone on the top stair went up on my shoulder. I tell guests that, and then I carry their suitcase for them.
| Room | April, May, October | June, September | July, August |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Small Room | 70 EUR | 80 EUR | 90 EUR |
| The Courtyard Room | 95 EUR | 115 EUR | 130 EUR |
| The Arch Room | 105 EUR | 125 EUR | 140 EUR |
| The Blue Shutters | 110 EUR | 130 EUR | 150 EUR |
| The Long Room | 140 EUR | 160 EUR | 180 EUR |
| The Roof Room | 130 EUR | 155 EUR | 175 EUR |
Per night for the room, with breakfast and the city tax included. Two nights at least in July and August, one night the rest of the season. Breakfast itself is on the breakfast page.