Windmill Karamitsos since 1859

This place is magical. Greeting and orientation warm and informative. Incredible location. Daily service. Very generous supply of food and beverages. One of our best stays in 40 years of travelling together.

Nothing. All perfect.

La localisation et la vue ainsi que le confort et l’hospitalité de Kallioppi.

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Our beautiful host Kalliopi met us as the windmill and made us feel like family as soon as we met. Our flight was delayed a little but she waited for us and we were blown away by everything, Kalliopi's hospitality, the accomodation (which felt very new, clean and very cool. Not to mention the spectacular view) the location. All of it. We were traveling with family and the Windmill made our trip one to remember! We hired a car to drive around the island and see the beaches but the Windmill was just a quick walk down to the coffee shops / restaurants. We are already planning our next trip back to the island, we loved it so much!

The buildings were rustic, but adorable. The feeling in the round windmill rooms with the wind blowing was great. The whole setup with garden, grill, many benches, lots of options for shade was great. The view was incredible. We were able to observe both sunset and sunrise in one of the best locations on the island. In general the location was great and super-convenient. A small town with a very nice tavern was just a couple of minutes walking distance and the island capital was 3 minutes drive away. The on-site staff was very nice and super-helpful. They were available for our needs any time. It was cleaned every second day and beach towels were provided in addition to the bathroom towels.

Issues: Air-conditioning (none), Payment, Ants - details below. There is no air conditioning, even though it is advertised via booking.com. The two rooms in the Windmill itself are ok without air-conditioning (but with open windows). The room in the separate building was boiling hot at night. Windows couldn't be opened because of mosquitoes. The payment wasn't done via booking.com or in cash. Instead, the credit card information was entered into a POS terminal in Athens. Obviously, booking.com doesn't hand over the CVV code required for such a transaction and I was pressured to provide it on the phone (alternative modes of payment like a proposed wire transfer were rejected by the host). There were ants in both buildings, but as long as no food or food-like substances are left outside, they are no trouble. The main bathroom (with a real shower) is in the small separate building - which we were warned about, but is inconvenient. Similarly the toilet is on the ground floor - we knew about it beforehand, but still inconvenient at night.