The Samos Temple of Hera

A short distance away from Halcyon Hills Samos is the ancient Temple of Hera.

The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek Gods. The temple was built in approximately 590 BC, but was destroyed by an earthquake in the early 4th century AD.

In the Archaic Greek time period, the temple stored items important to Greek culture, and other offerings of the people. In modern times, the torch of the Olympic flame is lit in its ruins.

The Heraion at Olympia, located in the north of the sacred precinct, the Altis, is one of the earliest Doric temples in Greece, and the oldest peripteral temple at that site, having a single row of columns on all sides. The location may have previously been the place of worship of an older cult.

HALCYON HILLS - FAST TRACK

With Fast Track imminent and therefore a confirmed window in which we know that construction of Halcyon Hills can commence, we will be liaising with  the site construction companies to ensure that they are fully committed to the project.

We will also be providing regular updates and photographs of the Halcyon Hills Resort and we look forward to sharing these with all owners.

All of the paperwork has been sent to Invest in Greece for their appraisal. The Head of Invest in Greece has given us very  positive feedback regarding our project but asked for further explanation on a few areas, such as a more dynamic business plan in Excel format, as opposed to a Word document and created in a Greek format.

The siren call of Samos

SOCRATES gives us a stunning view. In the 40 minutes it takes to fly from Athens, our philosophically named plane skims so low over the jigsaw of Aegean islands that we can see their scribbled goat tracks and ragged coastlines.

In the distance, beyond the tracery of cruise ships, the island of Mykonos, known as Greece's party isle, glistens like a mirror ball. It isn't long before we descend towards the hilly outpost of Samos, uniquely shaped like a kangaroo.