Houses

The Irini Holiday Homes fully express their owner's aesthetic principles.
Each house has two floors, a stone-paved yard, and its own veranda facing the sea, and a garden that during the first hot days of May explodes into color.
The walls build of local stone, are 60 cm thick and left unpainted to preserve the visual character of the stone.
To the right of the entrance are the traditional built-in benches, which create a hospitable place.
The beamed ceilings and the upstairs floors are made of dark wood.
Patmian tiles were used for the downstairs floor, and inner arches as well as kitchen cupboards are painted in pleasing blue.

Architecture & Decoration

The large double beds, wooden tables, the old mirrors that decorate the bedrooms, the traditional furniture and even small decorative objects and the white curtains were all selected with the greatest attention to detail to reflect and respect the island's traditions.
All the rooms have a natural simplicity and a welcoming friendliness, open to the air, the sun the Mediterranean Sea.
While the seven holiday homes are each an individual variant of style of building, they also, of course, cater to every modern comfort, being fully equipped with air-conditioning, television and CD-player, hot and cold water, refrigerator etc.


Services

While you stay with us, Patmos hospitality will bring you fruit, juice and Patmian specialties for a full breakfast on the veranda overlooking the sea.
You will find it easy here to relax and to forget the strains and stresses of your everyday working life.
Also, the owners can organize visits for you at the Holy Monastery of Saint John, the sacred cave of the Apocalypse (Revelation) and other religious monuments and establishments in Hora.
Alternatively you could take a boat-ride around the island, or visit the nearby islands, all of which have ideal places for swimming, fishing and diving.
We can also offer fitness training in a closed gymnasium (incl. aerobics and martial arts), the use of a tennis court and lessons in Greek folks dances.


Pleiades

The seven Holiday Homes bear the names the seven stars of the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, a bright constellation visible during the summer nights.
In Greek mythology, the Seven Sisters were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
Pursued by the giant hunter Orion there fled and were turned into stars.
Other popular stories about them are responsible for their being shown as seven gems in a tiara, or as golden bees flying around the neck of a bull.
In ancient times, Patmian sailors considered the Pleiades a good omen for a long journey, especially when seen during the month of May.