Fresh, crisp air

There is a place where it’s really great to stay for an extended 

weekend and even more. Zarouchla is a little village on the 

slopes of Mount Helmos at 1200 of altitude. It takes about 

1 hour of driving from Corinth so we can get there even 

unexpectedly .... like we usually do!There is everything you 
can demand from a mountain experience and mainly fresh, 

crisp air as temperature has been nastily high on the coast 

where we live. Sleeping with a warm quilt,this is one 

of the greatest delights especially now when you feel so 

weary from the prolonged summer heat. Food is another 

attraction but it’s something “between us”. An old lady is 

cooking in an old fashion hostel changing the menu 

according to her kitchen garden crop or the forest supplies. 

Chanterelle preserves was so unusual but exquisite to taste 

while the peach cake in the breakfast was divine!We stayed 
in a comfortable new built hotel  Styga Mountain Resort

a family enterprise whose owners do their best to satisfy 

the mountain lovers and keep the village alive. 

The hotel’s name come from Styx which in Greek mythology, 

was a river which flows out from a rock near Zarouchla. 
Styx formed the boundary between Earth and the 
Underworld. According to some versions, Styx had 

miraculous powers and could make someone invulnerable. 

In his childhood, Achilles was dipped in it, acquiring immortality 

except of his heel, by which his mother held him.

Whence the expression Achilles’ heel, synonym of weakness.   

   

That’s all for the moment. 

I’m sending you a fresh, breezy hug 

from an unrepentant hot region. 

O