CENTAURS PELION
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CENTAURS

PELION

Where Chiron kept his school, above the sea at Tsangarada

Spring 2027
A house that receives guests

The chestnut forest behind you, the Aegean below

Mornings that start late on the terrace. Evenings that end at a long table under the plane trees. A house that asks nothing of you.

A listed nineteenth-century mansion on the eastern slope of Pelion, restored stone by stone and kept as a house: thick schist walls, timber ceilings, a fireplace on every floor, and a garden to lose a day in.

The house
600mabove the Aegean
10,000m²of terraced grounds
6,000plantsand a hundred trees
XIXcenturylisted mansion
The House

Stone, chestnut and the light of the eastern slope

A mansion of the old aristocratic Pelion type: three storeys of schist, a central stair hall, shutters opening onto the orchard on one side and the sea on the other. Beside it the paraspito, a stone pavilion with its own veranda. Inside, the original stone and timber meet linen, walnut and marble. Nothing hums. Nothing blinks.

Rooms and suites
The mansion at night, its windows lit
A bedside of walnut and marble with a sconce and an olive branch
The Garden

A hundred trees, a pond, and paths of Pelion stone

An avenue of cypress. An orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and apricot. A kitchen garden, beds of thyme and mountain herbs, and a pond with water lilies, all watered from the estate's own cisterns.

The pond, edged with irises
The pond
An old stone path through dense green
The paths
A tall cedar
The old trees
A fruit tree in the orchard meadow
The orchard
Clipped shrubs on the terraces
The terraces
Apples on the tree
The harvest
Stone steps overgrown with ground cover
The steps
Hydrangeas beneath pale trunks
The shade garden
Rooms & Suites

Rooms that keep the rhythm of the old windows

No two alike. Most with a fireplace. All with the view they were given a century and a half ago.

Apples on the tree in the orchard
Apples in the grass beneath an orchard tree
The harvest
The Table

Breakfast from the estate, dinner from the village

There is no restaurant, by design. Breakfast comes from the orchard and the kitchen garden and lasts as long as you like. Dinner comes from the best tavernas of Tsangarada and Mouresi, or from a visiting cook at the long table under the plane trees.

  • Breakfast on the terraceMorning
  • Wine, meze and picnicsAfternoon
  • Dinner from the villageEvening
  • The Long TableBy arrangement
The cove and rock arch at Mylopotamos
Below the house

The sea at the foot of the mountain

Pelion

The mountain of the Centaurs, where the forest meets the sea

Where Chiron taught Achilles and Jason. Chestnut and beech forest, stone villages, cobbled mule paths and small beaches at the foot of the cliffs. The house arranges every day on the mountain for you.

  • The village

    Tsangarada

    Four quarters along the slope, and the thousand-year-old plane tree of Agia Paraskevi.

  • Below the house

    Mylopotamos

    Two coves of white pebble joined by an arch in the rock.

  • A short drive

    Fakistra and Damouchari

    A beach beneath the cliffs and the old harbour where the cobbled path ends in the sea.

  • On foot

    The kalderimia

    Centuries-old stone paths through the chestnut woods, past springs and chapels.

  • In season

    The harvests

    Cherries in June, apples in September, chestnuts in October.

  • In winter

    Agriolefkes

    Skiing in the morning, the sea by the afternoon.

The stone mansions of Tsangarada through the forest
A path through the chestnut woods
The old paths
Tsangarada
1,624mthe summit
1,000yearsthe plane tree
24villagesof stone and slate
20minto Mylopotamos
CENTAURS PELION
The mansion was a monument left to the weather. The only way to save it was to give it a life again. The house came first.
The mansion above its terraced gardens
The whole estate

A house, a pavilion and a garden, taken as one

For a wedding, a retreat or a gathering of family and friends, the house closes its gate and becomes yours.

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The ways of the house

Everything arranged, nothing announced

A host who knows the mountain, a kitchen that knows your breakfast by the second morning, and a few things the house always does, so that you never have to ask.

  • Arrival

    Met at the airport or the harbour, and driven up. Rooms from three; departures at noon, or later.

  • Breakfast

    Included, cooked to order, on the terrace or in your room.

  • The pantry

    Wine, mountain tea, honey and sweets in every room, without a bill.

  • Housekeeping

    Rooms made in the morning and turned down at dusk. Fires laid in the cold months.

  • The library and the fire

    Books on Pelion, Greece and the sea. A fireplace on every floor.

  • Days out

    Walks, boats, horses, the ski centre in winter, a car and driver whenever you wish.

  • Quiet

    No restaurant open to the village, no events unless they are yours, no music except what you choose.

  • The whole estate

    For weddings, retreats and gatherings, the house is yours alone.

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Getting here

A mountain in the middle of Greece, with the sea on both sides

Halfway between Athens and Thessaloniki, on the far side of the mountain. However you come, the last half hour is the same: over the ridge through the forest, and down to the house with the sea below.

  • Volos airport

    Met by the house's car.

    1 h 30

  • Athens, by car

    4 h

  • Thessaloniki, by car

    3 h

  • By helicopter

    On request, from Athens or Thessaloniki.

    1 h

  • Skiathos

    By private boat to the coast below the house.

    By sea
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Be among the first to stay

The first dates will be offered to those who have written to the house before they are released anywhere else.

The house
CENTAURS
Tsangarada, East Pelion
Magnesia, Greece
Opening
Spring 2027
Enquiries
The address will appear here when the house begins taking reservations.