Need to know
Rooms
34 suites and one beachfront villa
Check–Out
11am. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates include a daily Greek breakfast.
Also
Dexamenes is a hotel that wears its art on its sleeve. Local artists regularly curate exhibitions and installations in the gallery and silo (hanging lamp that doubles as a playable musical instrument, anyone?) and there are exclusive ceramics and jewellery pieces, also designed and made locally, available in the little gift shop.
Hotel closed
November to March
At the hotel
Restaurant and bar, gift shop, free WiFi, free beach loungers and parasols. In rooms: Double bed with Coco-Mat mattress, Nespresso coffee machine, minibar, flatscreen TV, beach towels, private patio, bathroom with shower, dual sinks, bathrobes, slippers and Zealots of Nature toiletries.
Our favourite rooms
The singular experience of sleeping inside a 1920s wine tank is likely to be memorable whichever suite you choose (assuming of course that you’re into industrial concrete minimalism), but only Beachfront WineTank Suites promise a sea view. And what a view it is: horizontal blocks of ochre sand, azure sea and deep indigo sky that – framed through huge glass patio doors – look for all the world like a Rothko painting. But our favourite has to be the grand neoclassical Beachfront Villa, previously a wine chemistry lab, now reimagined as a 10-person standalone stay.
Packing tips
Elis is the region of Greece that birthed the Olympics, so now might be a good time to steep yourself in the country’s rich history. You could finally get round to the Herculean task of reading The Odyssey. Or, perhaps less dauntingly, lose yourself among the ancient ruins with Mythos, Stephen Fry’s audiobook retelling of the Greek myths.
Pet‐friendly
Dogs over two years old and under 12kg are permitted (one per suite). A one-off sanitation fee of €50 applies. See more pet-friendly hotels in Western Peloponnese.
Children
Over-12s are welcome at adult pricing; the Beachfront Villa allows children of all ages. All other suites are adults (over-12s) only and have a maximum occupancy of three people (one on a sofa bed).
Sustainability efforts
Extensive reuse of original materials from this industrial 1920s winery has kept the environmental impact of Dexamenes Seaside Hotel’s luxury upgrade to a minimum. Here you’ll walk over floors that used to be walls, and there steady yourself on handrails made from reclaimed water pipes. Even the slab-like stepping stones across the decorative courtyard pools enjoyed a previous life as wine-tank walls.