The stone house and vine-covered courtyard at Sparta Gaia Retreat

Agios Dimitrios Zarakas · Laconia

Welcome to a house with a story.

Make yourself at home in Agios Dimitrios: five stone apartments, an almond and herb garden, and the traces of generations who lived here.

The story begins below

Sparta Gaia Retreat

An authentic Spartan rural mansion, restored for people drawn to slow travel, living heritage and places beyond the familiar route.

Here, the stone vault still cools the ground floor. Rain is gathered for the garden. Cedar shutters carry the touch of older hands.

The house has been adapted with modern comforts without smoothing away the marks that make it itself. Wake to the hills, sit beneath the old vine and let the day move at the pace of the village.

Read the house story →

Five ways to stay

Rooms with their own character.

Each apartment carries the shape and materials of a different chapter in the estate’s life.

Oikos 1860 salon with timber ceiling and vintage furniture

The mansion’s upper-floor home

Oikos 1860

A generous apartment shaped by ochre, cedar and the quiet dignity of a lived-in house.

4 guestsUpper floor
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Romantic 1936 double room in warm rose tones

Light, intimate, garden-facing

Romantic 1936

A serene double room with its own veranda and views across the almond garden.

2 guestsUpper floor
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The vaulted Kamara 1860 living and dining space

Life beneath the stone vault

Kamara 1860

The original vaulted ground floor—cool, spacious and anchored by stone, timber and fire.

5 guestsGround floor
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Cottage Nest 1790 fireplace and stone interior

A small house gathered around the hearth

Cottage Nest 1790

An intimate stone cottage where the fireplace, roof timbers and old craft remain close.

3 guestsGround floor cottage
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Loft Gallery 1790 arranged across two levels

Two levels of stone and timber

Loft Gallery 1790

A characterful split-level apartment decorated with traditional craft and woven pieces.

4 guestsTwo levels
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Stone steps leading to the upper floor of the mansion

Restored, not remade

The age of the house is part of the welcome.

Stone walls, tsatma partitions, cypress floors, cedar shutters, the rainwater cistern and the old wine press were kept because they tell how people made a life in this dry land.

Walk through the centuries →

Made for this place

Old wisdom, quietly at work.

01

Thick stone

Walls and the vaulted ground floor naturally soften the heat of summer and cold of winter.

02

Rain kept close

Built channels lead rain into the old cistern, continuing a practice born from the dry landscape.

03

A resilient garden

Almond, fig, olive and aromatic plants grow within old dry-stone walls.

Beyond the garden wall

Mountain quiet. Sea-blue days.

Set out for Monemvasia, Geraki, Parnon and the wild coves of eastern Laconia—then return to the cool evening garden.

The dry landscape and orchard around the house

Explore Laconia

Get to know the place around us.

From the stone lanes of Monemvasia to the coves and villages of Parnon, these are some of the places we would love you to discover during your stay.

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Come closer

Stay inside a story still being lived.

Choose the room that feels like yours, check the indicative calendar and send us your preferred dates.

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