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Mera’s twelve limewashed suites stepping down the cliff above a small bay on the north coast of Sifnos, late afternoon

Twelve suites on the cliff above a small bay on Sifnos. Open from 15 May to 15 October.

The house

The house

Eleni’s grandfather fired clay pots on this cliff for forty years. His kiln still stands at the end of the path, and its dome now covers our largest suite.

In 2021 we rebuilt the house he left as twelve suites in limewash and local stone, laid floor tiles made in the workshops at Cheronissos ten minutes down the road, and turned every bed so that you wake up facing the water. Linen dries on the terrace wall in an hour.

Three terracotta pots in a limewashed niche beside an olive wood bench, linen towel and coiled rope
Pots from the Cheronissos workshops, set into the wall by the Fig Suites
A linen curtain lifting in a limewashed doorway that opens onto the sea
Eight in the morning, Cliff Suite 3
Terraced hillsides of north Sifnos with dry stone walls, a white chapel on the far headland and a turquoise bay below

Sifnos

Sifnos is a small island in the western Cyclades. Greeks know it for its potters and its cooks. Mera sits on the quiet north coast, above a bay you reach by 140 stone steps, and when your ferry ties up at Kamares one of us will be on the quay with the car, a bottle of cold water and a fair guess at when the wind will drop.

Piraeus to Kamares by fast boat
2 h 40 min
Kamares to Mera, we drive you
35 min
Apollonia, the main village
20 min
Cheronissos, the potters’ harbour
10 min
Stone steps down to the bay
140
Open
15 May to 15 October

Suites

All twelve have their own terrace and a view of the sea. They differ in size, and in how close you sleep to the edge.

A Fig Suite with a low linen bed, terracotta floor and double doors open to a fig tree and the sea

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Five suites

Fig Suites

Five ground-floor rooms around the old fig tree. Open the double doors and breakfast is twenty steps away.

Size
32 m²
View
Garden terrace under the fig, the sea over the trees
Sleeps
2
From
€380 a night

A day here

The part of the day you are in now opens first.

A swimmer far below in clear water at the foot of stone steps, bright morning sun

Now07:30

Morning

Take the steps down while the water is still flat.

Breakfast under the fig runs until 11, with thyme honey, figs and bread from the bakery in Artemonas.

A white and faded blue wooden boat in clear water, with bread, tomatoes and a clay jug on deck

Now11:00

Afternoon

Yannis takes the kaiki out at 11 to a cove on the north shore.

Lunch on deck is whatever he caught, with bread and tomatoes.

Back by four for a sleep in the shade.

A long olive wood table set under an old olive tree with the sun going down over the sea

Now20:00

Evening

Watch the sun go down from the pool wall.

Froso cooks one menu each night, served at the long table under the old olive or at a table for two.

The sea-water pool at blue hour, lamps glowing in arched niches of a limewashed wall

Evenings

Hands lifting the lid of a clay pot of slow-baked chickpeas on an olive wood table
Revithada, out of the wood oven at one on Sunday

Froso grew up in Apollonia and cooks what her mother cooked. On Saturday night she seals chickpeas in a clay pot and leaves them in the wood oven until Sunday lunch. That is revithada. Ask for a place at the table on your first day.

The sea-water pool stays lit until midnight. Drinks come from a small bar set into the wall, and plenty of guests take their last swim after dark, when the water still holds the heat of the day and the only lights on the bay belong to the fishing boats leaving Cheronissos.

  • Dinner from 20:00, one menu€58 a guest
  • Revithada on Sundaysfrom 13:00
  • Sea-water poollit until midnight

Rates

Prices are per suite, per night, with breakfast for two. In July and August we ask for three nights or more.

Nightly rates per suite, 2027 season
SuiteSizeSleepsMay, June, Sept, OctJuly, August
Fig SuitesFive suites32 m²2€380€480
Cliff SuitesFour suites40 m²2€520€640
Dovecote SuitesTwo suites55 m²3€690€820
The KilnOne house75 m²2€790€950
  • Book with us directly and the boat to the cove is included once per stay.
  • Transfers from Kamares are always included.
  • Eleni answers every request herself, within 12 hours.
Eleni standing in an arched limewashed doorway, looking out at the bay at golden hour

Your host

Write to Eleni

I grew up running down those steps to the bay. Tell me when you are coming and I will have the boat ready.

Eleni Marou

WhatsApp Eleni
Mera

Open 15 May to 15 October
+30 22840 00412

Plan your stay

4 nights × €380

Total€1,520

Breakfast for two and the transfer from Kamares are included. Booking here adds the boat to the cove once per stay.