Sophies Boutique Home will exceed your expectations! This was my second trip to Kalymnos to climb. I spent two weeks in this beautifully appointed house at the end of a dead end road directly above the harbor in Myrties. The house is away from the bustle of downtown Masouri providing peace and quiet, but close enough for easy access (casual 15 min walk). The patio has a serine view of Telendos and the boats traversing the channel between the islands and provides a nice place to have coffee in the morning or a relaxing cold drink in the afternoon after playing (climbing) around the island. There are several restaurants, a couple places to rent scooters or cars, and a small but well equipped market within a 5 minute stroll, with much more just a few minutes further in Masouri. Helle ( Maria Foy’s middle name and the name she prefers, pronounced LE) built this house as a rental just a couple years ago so it is quite new. It sits adjacent but not connected to the main house, so Helle is always available to help with plans or answer questions but never invades your privacy. She can arrange for all sorts of adventures around the island or to other islands using her vast network of connections. She was raised in the UK so her English is perfect but also speaks French and is learning Greek (maybe more). She arranged for my taxi from and back to the Kalymnos airport and was at the house for both my arrival and departure to welcome me and to say goodbye. She filled the cupboards and refrigerator with essentials prior to my arrival, making my transition to the time zone as easy as possible (I came from the SW USA, 9 time zones away). In short, Helle, her mother, and this place really made my trip to Kalymnos a wonderful memory. My only reservation with sharing all this publicly is that it might make it so popular it may not be available to me for my next trip, and there will be several.