Host Giannis Komis did everything possible and thought of everything to make our stay amenable. Nothing was overlooked and the accommodation is wonderfully suitable and well equipped, adding appreciably to the comfort and attractiveness of the house itself and its surrounds. A couple, we had another couple to stay for a week as our guests, and two other friends individually for several days at different times and yet never felt crowded or inconvenienced; the house is cosy for two or four. In a quiet and authentic village, far enough away from the tourist hub-bub, while being centrally located and well-situated for hiking and getting around the Island (we used only buses and our feet, with the occasional taxi), it has everything to attract the discerning traveller. Tradition combined with modernity, such as in the slate and wooden-beamed ceilings, and modern, practical kitchen and bathroom. The tastefully decorated and comfortable living and dining areas or sheltered terrace ajoining them are alternate havens when it's windy, not breezy enough, too hot or too cool outside (you can never take your pick in the Islands). Overall, there's an impression of discrete charm provided by its general situation: the view from the terrace to the distant hills and sea, the garden of fruit trees and thyme providing open space around the house and adding privacy, the little village store and ympathetic couple who run it, greetings and exchanges with the locals, the ringing bells and almost daily braying of the donkey, the almost mysterious separation and connection between public and private spaces in the white village and its pathways, houses and churchs, interlocking and homogenus, yet each quirky or individual. We loved our time on Siphnos: not by a long chalk our first stay on the Island, but by far the longest and probably the most fulfilling, no doubt thanks in no small part to this house and the thoughtfulness of its owner and his wife.