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Cosmos Travel
Greek, January 2000
Hydra always provides us with more reasons to come back: its stone paths, noble mansions, warm sunsets, almond cookies, the romantic view of the port... You will be led to the Orloff by donkeys carrying your luggage to the central door of the noble mansion, crowned by an enormous bougainvillaea. This stone- building dating of 1789, with its blue doors and windows, was built by a Russian diplomat, ascendant of the actual owner. Nine rooms, each one with a character of its own, all furnished with antiques and surrounded by a warm atmosphere. Keeping in mind your ultimate aim of full relaxation and calm, you will enjoy the secret corners of the house, arcades and shaded patio, all suitable for meditation. The breakfast, enriched with fresh fruit and home-made cakes, is served al fresco in the garden. While you enjoy your breakfast among the scents of hundreds of herbs and flowers, you will understand how these smells inspired a french “nose” to create a wonderful fragrance, coming from essences of the varieties growing here.
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Madame Figaro
French, July-August 1995
The best relation between price and quality in Hydra is without any doubt offered by the Orloff hotel. This ancient, white mansion, we were told that it was built by a former lover of Catherine II of Russia, in exil, - was he going away from the woman or from the country?-, is a true oasis of peace. Walls are thick, granting a nice coolness and protecting from the noise of the outside. Furniture are antiques or excellent copies and emanate a pleasant scent of furniture-polish. Beds are excellent, tight. Morning is a happy hour here on Hydra. The light is still low and level, heat is just starting to act upon the plants and flowers, creating a little symphony of perfumes in the Orloff garden. Honeysuckle, jasmine, citrus flowers participate into the breakfast: a buffet of yogurt, fruits, boiled eggs, cheese, fresh sesame breads, a bit of everything that can be found in the Hydra marketplace. Such an environment, allows the senses to smoothly wake up.
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House and Garden
British, April 1993
We stayed at the Hotel Orloff, a nineteenth-century mansion near the harbour. The Orloff, with its period furniture, white-washed tranquillity and walled, shaded garden, had the kind of ambience that instantly soothes the spirit. The garden was overrun by honeysuckle, jasmine and bougainvillaea, and at dusk the scent was heady enough to make one swoon.
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Dove
Italian, May 1991
Though it is a two-hundred years old house, it does not show it. This private mansion turned into a hotel, was built by a Russian diplomat. White washed walls with sea-blue windows, the Orloff has ten rooms furnished with rare antiques, today even in traditional Greek houses. The garden is magnificent, full of jasmine and aromatic herbs, forming the basis for the creation of a fragrance named Orloff.
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