Hosted as family

Patmos is our home

For us, Patmos is not simply a destination. It is our home. This is where we were born and raised, where many generations of our family have lived, and where we still live today. Our grandparents were among the first people to build a home of their own on the island, at a time when Patmos was still a very different place. Our love of hospitality began many years ago, with our grandmother, Eirini. Around forty years ago — long before the platforms that make finding a place to stay so easy today — she would open her house and host visitors on Patmos. It was her own way of sharing with people something of the place she loved. That is how it all began. Our first home, in Skala, took her name — Eirinaki House. It was a small tribute to the woman from whom, perhaps without knowing it at the time, we inherited our love of hospitality. Along the way we realised this was something we truly loved. And we decided to carry it on, creating the enplo villas in Grikos. To this day, enplo and eirinaki remain a family affair. Our mum, a teacher, is behind the immaculate cleanliness and the meticulous organisation. Our dad, Stefanos, a mathematician, has built many of the houses' furnishings himself, using wood found in the sea as well as timber from old houses of Patmos. Many of the small details you will come across in the houses were made by us. Because we wanted the homes to carry something of us — and something of Patmos: the island's history, its materials and its simplicity. I, Chrysa, look after the bookings, the dates, the rates and, above all, the communication with our guests. It is perhaps the part I love most: getting to know the people who choose to spend their holidays in our home, and being able to help them feel truly welcome. My brother, Michalis, is there for arrivals and departures, for check-in and check-out, for the first welcome and for anything guests may need while they are here. Because what our grandmother taught us over all these years is that hospitality is not just a beautiful house. It is opening your door and telling someone “welcome”. And meaning it. This is enplo and eirinaki — a piece of our home on Patmos, which we open with joy and share with you.

A home almost in the sea

The name enplo was born from the very feeling of the place. The houses stand so close to the sea that at moments you feel you are almost upon it. At night, when everything falls quiet, you hear the waves from your bed. As if you were sleeping in the sea. And perhaps that is the simplest description of enplo: a home that does not separate you from the sea, but brings you as close to it as you can possibly be.