{"id":3015,"date":"2024-08-14T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thermae-agiasmata.gr\/businesses\/%ce%be%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b4%ce%bf%cf%87%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bf-%ce%bf%ce%bc%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b9%ce%b1-%ce%bf%ce%b9%ce%ba-%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%cf%83%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%8d\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T08:07:28","slug":"hotel-omonia-katsaros-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thermae-agiasmata.gr\/en\/businesses\/hotel-omonia-katsaros-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Omonia &#8211; Katsaros family"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3015\" class=\"elementor elementor-3015 elementor-668\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00ace9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c00ace9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hotel Omonia - Katsaros family<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e3512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3e3512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) 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class=\"ryNqvb\">small accommodations that existed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e5735 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69e5735\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc9bf0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5bc9bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ed39a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7ed39a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea2956 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eea2956\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0ade5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d0ade5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical review<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d5119 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d5119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">In this sense, the &#8220;OMONIA&#8221; hotel was innovative.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Along with the provision of modern accommodation facilities for the time (double rooms, shared toilets on each wing and floor, two shared kitchens, 1 oven and shower in the bathing areas), the hotel had two individual baths, with modern bathtubs, so that the<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">bathers to be fully serviced with their thermal baths within the hotel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The thermal water was transported from the source located at a distance of about 200 meters, with the help of animals, stored in a special tank and channeled to the individual bathers after being mixed with cold thermal water to reach the desired temperature, according to the medical instructions for each bather<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Architecturally and spatially, the hotel, when it was erected, with plans by the NTUA civil engineer, Adamantios Saliaris, smoothly joined the hillsides and can, without exaggeration, be described as a tasteful architectural specimen in the Agiasmata area at that time.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Together with the house of G. Kaloutas, who was the manager of the antimony mining company&#8217;s quarries, they were the two buildings that, built in a traditional way and with respect for the environment, dominated the coast of Agiasmata, one on the right and the other on the<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">to the left of the river Arvanos.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The Kalutas house, unfortunately, was left to collapse, after the mines were abandoned.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02140c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b02140c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e883b7 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e883b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u03a4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c7\u03ad\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u03af\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8999e20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8999e20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Having strong childhood memories and experiences of the hotel and Agiasmata, since I spent almost all the summers of my childhood there, participating in the carefree children&#8217;s company, I have reduced the revival and reopening of the hotel to a life&#8217;s work.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Certainly on new, modern bases.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It is a promise I have made to myself and to all those guests who passed by and loved the hotel and the Valley of Agiasmata.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My vision is the creation of a modern small unit, which, with absolute respect for the preservation of the tradition and form of the building, will offer thermal tourism services, on a modern basis.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The omens for such a unit in Agiasmata are good.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Agiasmata is the only source of thermal water on the island of Chios and can develop into a small center of thermal tourism, thermal baths, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, healing, wellness and rejuvenation for visitors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Spa tourism is an alternative form of tourism that includes, in addition to traditional hydrotherapy, other applications based on thermal water and in some cases in combination with seafood, which aim at healing, restoring and caring for the physical and mental<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">health and general well-being of the visitor (heating, spa, etc.).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The construction of the &#8220;OMONIA&#8221; 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