Ganimede Hotel

The house

Ganimede is a nineteenth-century captain's house on a quiet street in the centre of Galaxidi, five minutes' walk from the harbour. From 1966 it was run by the Italian Bruno Perrocco, who made it famous, and in 2003 Kostas and Chrysoula Papalexi took it over and still follow their jam and chutney recipes. The heart of the house is the courtyard, a garden where you have breakfast, read or have a drink in the afternoon. It has three official stars.

The rooms

The superior rooms, on the first floor, measure 17 or 20 m² and have their own or a shared balcony onto the village and the garden, for two or three people. The standard rooms, 12 to 14 m², are on the garden floor or have a shared balcony. The traditional suite, 40 m², has a fireplace, a full kitchen and a mezzanine with two beds: it suits a family of four. The Deluxe and the Modern Suite, also with kitchens, are for two to four people. All have air conditioning, heating, wifi, a fridge and coffee and tea.

Breakfast

It is the reason many people come back: assorted breads, sponge cakes with lemon cream, home-made jams, local ham and cheese, sweet or savoury tiganites, milk pie, chutney, fruit, eggs cooked to order and freshly squeezed juice. In good weather, in the garden; in winter, in the dining room by the fireplace.

Getting there

By car, about two and a half hours from Athens by the Lamia motorway, Livadia, Arachova and Delphi; Delphi is half an hour away. By KTEL bus from Athens, about two and a half to three hours. The house also organises cookery classes.