The Room

Storehouse

The storehouse is a beautiful old renovated building built-in 1939. Its main use was as an additional storage building for the large country house of the estate. The front ground floor was used for stabling the horses and donkeys while the rest of the building was used to store the harvest of olives, currants, grain, and cheese. The upper floor stored hay and other animal feed.

The 1953 earthquake, which razed Zakynthos, destroyed the two-storied farmhouse leaving the family unharmed and the storehouse intact. The time had come for the agricultural way of life to give way to the swiftly and steadily growing tourist industry. The storehouse was abandoned until early 1980s when it was renovated and restored into a building suitable for habitation.

The buildings insulation is unparalleled as the exterior walls are 1 meter thick. The exterior ocher walls provide a welcoming atmosphere for a shady and beautiful veranda.