Welcome to Tesseris Filoi.
Tesseris Filoi is a private, modern villa in Poseidonia, on the south-west coast of Syros. Six en-suite bedrooms, two acres of planted gardens and stone pathways, and a fourteen-by-five-metre infinity pool with a shaded pergola. Five minutes to Agathopes beach, supermarkets and restaurants; fifteen minutes to Ermoupoli's port and airport. Private driveway with parking for four cars. No immediate neighbours.
Inside the house →What to expect.
Family-owned
Built and run by a family with roots on Syros since the '70s.
Six en-suite bedrooms
Sleeps twelve in air-conditioned comfort across two stone-built buildings, joined by a covered veranda that does most of the living.
Infinity pool, Aegean view
A fourteen-by-five-metre pool runs to a horizon broken only by distant islands. Pergola, loungers, sunset bench.
Built for twelve.
Accommodation is split across two stone-built buildings, joined by a covered veranda with a long dining table that becomes the centre of every day. Four of the six bedrooms can be arranged as a double or two twins. Three couples and a family of six, or two large families, or any combination in between.
Every bedroom opens through French doors to its own stretch of garden. Doors and windows have secure shutters with sliding insect screens, and all rooms are air-conditioned with individual controls.
Covered terraces, shade and sunset views.
Two covered verandas frame the day. Coffee on the east side at first light, shaded lunches under the pergola, dinners that drift into the night while the sun slips behind a small distant island.
The dining table seats the whole house comfortably. A separate sunset bench is set further down the garden for anyone who wants to be alone with the view.
An island in mind.
Sustainability and protecting the local environment matter to us. Hot water is provided by roof-mounted solar panels, and rainwater collected on the property is stored in tanks and used for the garden.
The house is designed to sit naturally within its planted hillside setting.
The quiet Cyclade.
Syros is the capital of the Cyclades, with Ermoupoli as its year-round working port town. Syros has a stronger year-round local life than many better-known Cycladic holiday islands: no super-club season, no row of beachfront resorts.
There is Ermoupoli, a 19th-century neoclassical port town carved into two facing hills. Most of the south and west coast is within an easy drive; Ermoupoli, the port and airport are around fifteen minutes away.