Taxiarchis apartments and studios, Symi
Today’s post is all about Taxiarchis, just one of the places you can stay when you visit Symi. We were invited here the other night for drinks on one of the terraces and, as Mother is staying here later in the year, I thought this would be a good opportunity for her to see some shots of the grounds.
The complex is made up of studios and apartments, all modern and well fitted out, very clean and very well looked after. I think rooms are cleaned every day apart from Sundays. The grounds are gorgeous and Frank, who runs/owns it with his family, is very personable. I’ve heard from visitors over the years about his offers to take them out on boats for the day, he is fully licensed, and I also heard he sometimes throws barbeques for guests. He’s very generous and no one has a bad word to say about him.
The complex is not far from Campos supermarket in Horio. You get off the bus at the main stop and walk down past the doctor’s surgery a little way and then turn right into a lane that leads to the apartments. It’s not a long walk and the walk back up to the village, though up a slope, is not a steep one. It’s possible to get from Taxiarchis to the Rainbow Bar, for example, with only a few steps involved, and it only takes a couple of minutes. But, when you are at the apartments, you hardly hear any traffic. You are more likely to be ‘disturbed’ by the mules braying and the cockerels calling, the birds and the nearby goats and sheep, if such things disturb you rather than lighten your mood. It’s right on the edge of the top of the valley with great views down to Pedi.
You can book accommodation there directly with the owner, or you can go through a number of travel agents, including: Symi Visitor, Kalodoukas Holidays, Olympic Holidays, and many others. There is a You Tube video from Hotelz.TV Greece which you can find here. (Shame about the music and the image quality, but it will give you some inside views that I was not able to take the other night.) The grounds also feature a terrace for guests and a large reception area and I know for a fact that the Dolphin Pizza restaurant in Yialos will deliver there.
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