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Greece Hotel Guide: The Orloff Resort in Spetses
January 9, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
Our far-flung correspondent Monica Guy has once again slapped together a guide to place we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? Send it our way.
If you're in Athens and fancy a bit of island-hopping without having to hop too far, you'll be heading to the islands of the Argo-Saronic, right near Athens.
Aegina, Poros and Hydra are three of the best, but they're becoming more and more overrun by foreigners and tacky tourist shops. And we wanna be with locals, no? So escape to Spetses, a 2-hour trip from Athens by ferry and a favourite weekend spot for Greeks.
There are only a handful of cars due to strict regulations, and most people pop about the place by horse and carriage. No really, not just for the photos. And the place is packed full of citrus trees and pines - smells like you're in a perfume factory (or a just-cleaned toilet).
The 22-room Orloff Resort is a hip and quirky and as off-the-conventional-tourist-path but convenient as Spetses.
