ON SANTORINI, LEGEND IS ALMOST INDISTINGUISHABLE FROMREALITY. AND THERE, ON THE ISLAND REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN THELAND OF ATLANTIS, THE FIVE HOUSES OF THE TSITOURASCOLLECTION ARE PERCHED ON A THOUSAND FOOT CLIFFOVERLOOKING ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR VIEWS IN THEMEDITERRANEAN. THE MANSION THAT FORMS THE NUCLEUS OF THETSITOURAS COLLECTION WAS BUILT IN 1780. OVER THECENTURIES, IT HAS SERVED AS A SCHOOL, POST OFFICE, ANDPRIVATE HOME, AND IS NOW AN EXCLUSIVE HOTEL. IT WASRENOVATED IN 1985 BY THE FAMOUS
[more]ON SANTORINI, LEGEND IS ALMOST INDISTINGUISHABLE FROMREALITY. AND THERE, ON THE ISLAND REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN THELAND OF ATLANTIS, THE FIVE HOUSES OF THE TSITOURASCOLLECTION ARE PERCHED ON A THOUSAND FOOT CLIFFOVERLOOKING ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR VIEWS IN THEMEDITERRANEAN. THE MANSION THAT FORMS THE NUCLEUS OF THETSITOURAS COLLECTION WAS BUILT IN 1780. OVER THECENTURIES, IT HAS SERVED AS A SCHOOL, POST OFFICE, ANDPRIVATE HOME, AND IS NOW AN EXCLUSIVE HOTEL. IT WASRENOVATED IN 1985 BY THE FAMOUS COLLECTOR DIMITRISTSITOURAS, WHO CONVERTED IT INTO FIVE UNITS, EACH WITH ASEPARATE THEME AND NAME, ALL DEMONSTRATING HIS PERSONALSTYLE AND RESPECT FOR THE GREEK TRADITION AND THE NEEDS OFMODERN TRAVELERS ALIKE. THESE HOUSES HAVE A CAPACITY OFBETWEEN TWO AND FIVE PERSONS EACH, AND ARE NAMED AFTER THEUNIQUE COLLECTION IN EACH ONE THE HOUSE OF THE SEA, THEHOUSE OF THE WINDS, THE HOUSE OF PORTRAITS, THE HOUSE OFPORCELAIN, AND THE HOUSE OF NUREYEV. FEATURES SUCH AS THEDOMES, VAULTS, INTERIOR WINDOWS AND SKYLIGHTSCHARACTERISTIC OF SANTORINIAN ARCHITECTURE ARE COMBINEDWITH TASTEFUL DECORATION, MODERN FURNITURE, ANTIQUES ANDSOME OF TSITOURASS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF OBJECTS DARTINCLUDING ANCIENT AMPHORAE, BYZANTINE ICONS, OLD MAPS,MARINERS CHESTS, PAINTINGS, ETC. EACH HOUSE HAS ITS OWNCOMPLIMENTARY WET BAR AND CD PLAYER WITH A SPECIAL CDCOLLECTION, SATELLITE TV AND DVD, DIRECT DIAL PHONE ANDSAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES. ALL BATHROOMS ARE IN GREEK WHITEMARBLE AND FULLY EQUIPPED HAIRDRYERS, BATHROBES,SLIPPERS, ETC.. THE HOTEL IS FAMOUS FOR ITS QUIETSURROUNDINGS IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. GUESTS LOVE TO GAZEAT THE VIEW AND ESPECIALLY TO WATCH THE SPECTACULARSUNSETS FROM OUR TERRACE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SILHOUETTE OFMARIA CALLAS. SOME OF OUR MOST FAMOUS GUESTS GIANNIVERSACE, MOSCHINO, JOAN KENNEDY, JACK LANG, DEMIS ROUSSOS,HARVEY KEITEL, NANA MOUSKOURI AND OTHERS. DOWN THE PATH AWAY IS THE TSITOURAS COLLECTION VILLA, FOR THE ULTIMATEPRIVATE HOLIDAY, WITH IT
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