About us
Christos Place is run by German Simone Bosch and Anidri-born Christos Vardoulakis. The couple met and fell in love here on Crete in 1992 and started a family. Their two daughters are now grown up.
In 1993, they converted the village’s old school into the café “Sto Scolio” (the school), which became a popular café with a few snacks for hikers and the local population. However, visitors soon wanted more than just a few Greek specialities. So in 2001, the café became a restaurant serving local dishes made with local ingredients according to traditional and newly combined recipes.
Christos Place is a family property owned by the Vardoulakis family in the mountain village of Anidri, which was passed on to their youngest son Christos. The first six bungalows were built there, guaranteeing peace and privacy for each house and offering breathtaking views of the Libyan Sea and the surrounding mountains.
In 2023, they built the two luxurious stone houses directly in the village of Paleochora overlooking the sea. The houses are intended for their two daughters when they return to Paleochora from the wide world. That’s why they were allowed to choose the names for the houses: Selini and Eos. Selini is the moon goddess who, together with her sisters, brings about the change from day to night every day. The Romans called her Luna. Her sister Eos is the goddess of dawn. She heralds each new day by emerging from the ocean in a chariot in the east. Both belong to the ancient goddesses, the Titans, and were disempowered by Zeus.
Does the logo represent a church? No!
Before Christos’ parents cultivated the land in Anidri to grow wheat and collect olives, this land was used to raise beehives. This entire upper hillside in Anidri was also known as the “bee garden”.
In 1908, what is believed to be the oldest printed work of mankind (ca. 1,700 BC) was unearthed in the palace complex of Phaistos, a Bronze Age Minoan settlement here on Crete. The Phaistos Disc, a disc made of clay, was printed with individual stamps in a spiral arrangement of human, animal and plant motifs. “As a symbol of a beehive is also imprinted on the disc and it also means ‘house’, there was no question in my mind that the beehive on the disc would become the logo for Christos Place,” says Simone, explaining the choice of logo.
