The Oda
Οντάς
The reception room of 1872, under its painted ceiling of pears and garlands. Our largest room.
- Floor
- Top floor
- Size
- 38 m²
- Beds
- A king-size bed and a single
- Sleeps
- 3
- The view
- Tymfi and the village square, from two windows
The room’s story
The oda was where the merchant received the people he did business with, and he wanted them impressed. A painter from Kapesovo spent the summer of 1874 on the ceiling: baskets of pears, garlands, birds, and in the middle a double-headed eagle, which in 1874 was a political statement.
When Katerina first climbed up here the ceiling was black with a century of smoke. A conservator from Ioannina cleaned it, a hand’s width a day, with soft bread and cotton. It took five months. We ask guests not to hang anything from it, and nobody has ever wanted to.
The plan
Katerina drew every room before the masons started, and redrew it when the walls turned out not to be where the old survey said. This is the room as it stands.
In the room
- The painted ceiling, 1874, cleaned by hand
- Carved cupboards on two walls
- King-size bed and a single
- Bath and separate shower
- Seating corner by the windows
Rates by season
€150
November to March, except the holidays. The quiet months: fires every evening, snow two or three times, dinner on request nearly every night.
€190
April to October, Christmas to Epiphany, Easter week. Walking weather, long evenings in the courtyard, and in October the beech woods.
- A night, for the room, with breakfast for everyone in it.
- Two nights at weekends and three at Christmas, New Year and Orthodox Easter.
- Free cancellation until 14 days before arrival. After that the deposit is kept, unless we can let the room again.
- Cash or card when you leave. City tax is €1.50 a room a night, set by the state.
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter