A new addition in our residencies: Villa Cortesia Maritima Writing Retreat in Amarynthos, Evia.

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Villa Cortesia Maritima Writing Retreat is located in Amarynthos (Evia). It is a 60 square meters independent cottage inside a half acre plot with an all day stunning seaside view. 

It has one bedroom with a double bed, one bathroom with shower and hot water all day, a fully equipped kitchen, a spacious patio with insane sea-view, A/C, fireplace and BBQ outside.

The Villa Cortesia Maritima Writing Retreat in Amarynthos, Evia  offers:

  • Wireless Internet
  • Fireplace 
  • Toiletries, bed linens & towels
  • Freshly cooked meals & complimentary drinks 
  • Social media networking & promotion of your project*
  • Transportation to & from the Athens International Airport provided by The Greek Taxi or Evia Private Transfers

Pricing: Please download for FREE our Season 2024 Brochure

Generous discounts apply for travel nomads, writers, journalists & translators who plan to leave and return as well as long stays in order to start & finish a project in our retreat (which will be a great honor). Please drop us an email at [email protected] or send your application today.

Do not forget to check out our handy guide with some really useful info before visiting our Retreats in Evia.

Also, you can always take a look on the range of services we are offering besides the writing retreats. 

Wine & Olive Oil Retreat – December 2022

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We, Nikos and Georgia, the people of Writers’ Retreats in Greece have decided to take another step forward and start offering small groups retreats (8-10 people).

Hence, we have initiated a solid network of locals who have one thing in common.

We come from Evia, we grow up in Evia, we love Evia.

So, we have joined forces to create Evia Retreats.

Evia Retreats is a fresh initiative to bridge the gap between the people who decide to visit Evia -but have a little or no idea what this non-advertised destination has to offer- with the small business owners who are offering accommodation, transportation, F&B and recreation services and doing their best for the people who choose to visit our island.

Those who have visited our retreats and have stayed in our spaces have a good idea about our passion and true love about hospitality! So, you know what to expect 😉

Those who have not done it yet, are more than welcome to come join us and experience first hand what Evia is all about and who is Nikos & Georgia!

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We are thrilled to invite you in our first Wine & Olive Oil Retreat that will take place from 6th until 11th of December 2022 in Evia island.

Daily revitalizing yoga and meditation sessions inside an olive grove, two mediterranean cooking classes and workshops, one natural soap seminar, wine tasting and visit in local vineyards and a full day extra virgin olive oil farm-to-table workshop are making up a 6 days immersion package to the Greek culture and nature like no other!

You, creative people, are more than welcome!!!!

Early bird pricing is ON for bookings until 31st of October.

More info can be found here: https://www.eviaretreats.com/wine-olive-oil-retreat/

Writers’ Retreats in Greece being featured in the Most Incredible Writing Retreats to Attend in 2022 by KOTOBEE

writing-retreats-Blog KOTOBEE

Kotobee is a digital publishing platform to create and publish interactive ebooks for Android, iPad, iPhone, HTML5, desktop, SCORM, LTI, and more!

Kotobee has over 60,000 current users, over 1,200 new users joining each month from over 200 countries in K12, higher education, corporate training and publishing sector. 

Kotobee Services is a series of services to help writers along the path from inception to completion of ebooks, ebook apps, and ebook libraries. Clients select from one to all services: consultationdesignconversionscripting, and deployment. Clients provide the text, Kotobee does the rest.

The Kotobee Platform, launched in 2016, is an end-to-end solution to create, manage and deliver interactive ebooks in multiple formats for countless platforms and devices. Four Kotobee products and services comprise the Kotobee Platform: Kotobee AuthorKotobee CloudKotobee Library and Kotobee Reader.

Writers’ Retreats in Greece had been featured in the Kotobee 2021 Writing Retreat GuideLa Casa Grande and La Bodeguita Writing Retreats had been selected along with other retreats around the world to escape to in 2021

Writers’ Retreats in Greece could not be missing by this year’s list that Kotobee published recently. Both our Writing Retreats have been featured -among others- as the most incredible writing retreats to attend in 2022.

COVID19 explosion has been hitting our industry like no other. Luckily, summer 2021 was far better than summer 2020. We hope and wish that in the summer 2022, we will see some signs of recovery and start hosting again visionary people who are looking for a place to commit and create.

So honoured, so proud, so responsible to keep up the great work! THANK YOU Kotobee!

>> Read more: https://blog.kotobee.com/writing-retreats-2022/

The New York Times 2022 Destinations List for a Changed World features Evia Island

The New York Times 2022 Destinations List for a Changed World features Evia in No9

In February 2020 just before COVID19 explosion, The New York Times published a list on how to choose a Greek Island.

Luckily, Evia was not included.

Why? Cause it is an unparallel true hidden gem with little infrastructure, few landmarks & zero beach resorts!

We celebrated this list like no other!!!!

A few days ago, The New York Times published a list with 52 destinations around the globe where travellers can be part of the solution for a Changed World.

Guess what?

Evia is No9 in the list.

For those who do not know, North Evia went through a dramatic environmental disaster. An estimated 300,000 acres of forest and bushland were incinerated over last summer amid temperatures that reached 47.1C, the highest on record.

About 5% of travellers, choose to visit non touristic destinations with little or zero tourism infrastructure but tremendous interaction with locals.

Evia was such a destination and still is high in this list.

Lets celebrate together this summer.

Be our guests!

Writers’ Retreats in Greece being featured in the Most Fascinating Writing Retreats in 2021 to Escape To by KOTOBEE

Writing-retreats-blog KOTOBEE

Kotobee allows you to create interactive ebooks, export them in multiple formats, and deliver them securely to your users.

Kotobee is a digital publishing platform to create and publish interactive ebooks for Android, iPad, iPhone, HTML5, desktop, SCORM, LTI, and more!

Kotobee has over 60,000 current users, over 1,200 new users joining each month from over 200 countries in K12, higher education, corporate training and publishing sector.

Kotobee Services is a series of services to help writers along the path from inception to completion of ebooks, ebook apps, and ebook libraries. Clients select from one to all services: consultation, design, conversion, scripting, and deployment. Clients provide the text, Kotobee does the rest.

The Kotobee Platform, launched in 2016, is an end-to-end solution to create, manage and deliver interactive ebooks in multiple formats for countless platforms and devices. Four Kotobee products and services comprise the Kotobee Platform: Kotobee Author, Kotobee Cloud, Kotobee Library and Kotobee Reader.

Writers’ Retreats in Greece have been featured in the Annual Writing Retreat Guide that Kotobee publishes every year. La Casa Grande and La Bodeguita Writing Retreats have been selected along with other retreats around the world to escape to in 2021.

So honoured, so proud, so responsible to keep up the great work! THANK YOU Kotobee!

>> Read more: https://blog.kotobee.com/writing-retreats-in-2021/

Guest Writer Agnes Marton Got Published!

Long Poem Magazine - Issue 24 | Autumn 2020

Back in September 2019, Agnes Marton from Hungary/ Luxembourg spent ten days in La Bodeguita Writing Retreat in Dafni, Evia. According to her review, she seemed to enjoy her stay and she thanked us for our hospitality.

At that time, Agnes was working on several projects but we can remember that she was quite busy with a jaguar research. A few weeks ago, we got some exciting news!!!

Agnes Marton poem “Mission Jaguar” got published in Issue Twenty Four of Long Poem Magazine in the UK.

Congratulations Agnes!!! This is really impressive.

Honestly, we cannot describe better our excitement, pride and honour for this accomplishment which somehow took place in one of our Writing Retreats.

Please allow 5 minutes to read an extract:

The Jaguar God of Terrestrial Plague

The Aged Jaguar Paddler,

steering the canoe with Tonsured Maize God.

A nagual, protecting shamans from evil spirits.

Earth, you gave me pace and reproach.

I keep repeating the same mistake.

Habitat loss.

The Jaguar Patron of the War Mouth of Pax.

The Jaguar Goddess of Midwifery and War.

Peacing out sea, piercing out the Earth —

the Jaguar of the Backward Glance.

Agnes comments about this publication:

“To be able to explore the jaguar corridor and the jaguar habitat in Costa Rica, to do field trips to national parks like Corvcovcado, Amistad and Piedras Blancas, and to become familiar with the Boruca culture, I applied for and won the Jaguar Luna Arts Collective Residency and also the Mauser Harmony with Nature Foundation residency.

However, because of COVID-19, my research trip had to be postponed, probably until March 2021, maybe longer. I used the lockdown for doing the necessary research, and for finishing my poem sequence anyway. I studied wide-ranging areas from felid conservation to animal tales.

I tried to make the best of the situation and to reflect on the lockdown as well as ecological issues, the extended role of social media in our limited lives, the selfie-culture and artistic self-representation, the way mythology and shamanic practices might infiltrate the mundane and ephemeral. Instead of looking into the necessity and the advantages of wearing surgical masks, but certainly hinting at them, I elaborated on numerous aspects of artistic masks: their history, techniques  to create them, cultures where they were widely used.

Masks also gave me the opportunity to ruminate over identity, integrity, trust and betrayal, even blasphemy. Another part of the poem sequence revolves around desires and expectations, fulfilment and loss. The text is multi-layered with vivid imagery and playful language.

These jaguars lured me and haunted me throughout the lockdown.”

Issue 24 of Long Poem Magazine that includes Agnes’s poem Mission Jaguar (along with other amazing pieces of writing of course) is available for orders here: http://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/issues/issue-twenty-four/

Long Poem Magazine is recognised as a place to encounter the best of traditional and innovative new writing, with a prestigious and growing list of contributors. More details about it can be found here: http://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/about/.

From the bottom of our heart, we wish to Agnes some more greater achievements in the future.

Agnes, once again we would like to deeply thank you for your decision to spent time in La Bodeguita and work on your writing projects in Greece. Looking forward to hosting you again in December 2020!!!

As long as you love what you do, success is the only way.