Luxury Greek Island vacation

Planet

The first guiding principle of offering luxury Greek Island vacation accommodation was to invite people to share our lives and begin to learn about a new environment at the same time - to offer the experience of 'living in Greece for a week or two' rather than mindlessly taking a vacation in a different country.

Producing organic olive oil has been extended to other farming activities - raising sheep and chickens; and providing a biodiversified environment which also includes gardens planted with native flora; vegetable gardens growing greens used in the local diet, a wide range of other vegetables, and Mediterranean herbs. We are a member of the National organisation for organic producers. We work to encourage the idea that vacation destinations offering high quality accommodation and services can be, at the same time, in harmony with a natural, living environment.

Providing organic foods and gardens rich in native flora and foods; having passive cooling and using our own timber for heating our accommodation; providing natural spring water; harvesting rain water for the gardens; using grey water for maintaining forest trees; recycling organic waste, we are providing a sustainable environment and encourage guests to become inquisitive about why they feel so at rest, firmly believing it's the affect of their 'whole' and peaceful surroundings.

People

Our second guiding principle is that tourism income should always 'stay at home', and so we operate independently rather than risking a compromise on this.

Our local community benefits because we provide a full time income to two people (and families); and local families own every service we recommend or routinely make use of - taxis, car hire, boat hire, sea excursions, scuba and kayaking, restaurants employing local people and sourcing foods locally, grocery stores, cafes, food producers such as shepherds and fishermen. The economy of the island therefore benefits from every guest being here.