The Winter Room
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The room the family lived in through the snow: the big fireplace, and walnut cupboards carved in 1874.
- Floor
- First floor
- Size
- 30 m²
- Beds
- A double bed, 180 cm
- Sleeps
- 2
- The view
- Tymfi over the roofs of the lower village
The room’s story
Every Zagori house of any size had two living rooms: a summer room at the top, open to the air, and a winter room near the kitchen, small-windowed and built around the fire. From November to April the whole Hatzigakis family lived, ate and mostly slept in here.
The cupboards along the wall are original, carved by a craftsman from Konitsa who signed the inside of one door. The keys still turn. From October, we lay the fire every afternoon; you only strike the match. Kanela has opinions about who sits closest to it.
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 house’s biggest fireplace, laid each evening
- Carved walnut cupboards with their iron keys
- Bath with a window
- Room for a cot
Rates by season
€120
November to March, except the holidays. The quiet months: fires every evening, snow two or three times, dinner on request nearly every night.
€150
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