The House: 2 Bedrooms Above Polis Bay | Orion Hesperos, Ithaca

Inside

One open room for the day, two bedrooms for the night.

The living room, kitchen and dining table share one bright, open space, with air conditioning for the hot afternoons. A double bedroom and a twin bedroom sleep up to four guests, and there is one bathroom.

68m²: square metres
2: bedrooms
1: bathroom
By: the sea

The living room: two linen sofas with blue cushions, a woven pendant light and pale tiled floors — The living room: cool, pale and quiet in the middle of the day.

The open kitchen with pale blue cabinets and a long wooden table laid for six under woven pendant lights — The kitchen and the long table, where most of the day ends up happening.

Outside

Where the evenings are spent.

A paved terrace looks straight out over the channel, with a long table under a wide umbrella for slow lunches and the sunset. Behind the house, a courtyard under the trees is strung with lights for dinner after dark.

The terrace table under a white umbrella at sunset, the sun setting over the sea behind Kefalonia — The terrace table at sunset, the sun going down behind Kefalonia.

A small blue bistro table and two chairs under a tree strung with lights, looking down over Polis Bay at dusk — A table for two under the trees, looking over the bay at dusk.

The paved courtyard at night, a table for six under the trees and strings of warm lights — The courtyard after dark, under the trees and the lights.

Included

The water comes with equipment.

Being in the sea is the reason to come here, so what you need for it is already at the house. Nothing to hire in the village, nothing to carry down the hill.

A double kayak
Two seats, paddles and vests. The coves on either side of the house are close enough for a morning out and back.
A stand-up paddleboard
Best early, while the channel is still glass and before the afternoon breeze picks up.
Four sunbeds on a small beach
On a small beach 180 metres from the house, just before Polis Bay, and yours for the whole stay. That is enough for everyone in the house, so no one has to get up early to claim a spot.