Xenia (hotel) explained

Xenia (Ξενία) was a nationwide hotel construction program initiated by the Hellenic Tourism Organisation (Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού, E.O.T.) to improve the country's tourism infrastructure in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] [2] [3] [4] It constitutes one of the largest infrastructure projects in modern Greek history.

History

Until the 1950s, Greece featured only a few major hotels, mostly situated in the country's great cities, and a few smaller ones in islands like Corfu or Rhodes. In 1950, EOT began a program to construct and operate hotels across the country, especially in the less-travelled areas. Locations were specially selected and the architecture combined local knowledge with standardized elements. The buildings were embedded in the landscape, but at the same time followed a modernist style.[5] [6]

The first manager of the project was the architect Charalambos Sfaellos (from 1950 to 1958) and from 1957 the buildings were designed by a team under Aris Konstantinidis. Many private hotel projects in Greece were inspired by the Xenia hotels and the program had reached its aims in the early 1970s.[7] [8] In 1974 the construction program was complete. The Xenia program itself was officially terminated in 1983, and the hotels were given over to private operators or eventually sold off.[9] [10]

Some hotels are still operated privately under the Xenia name.[11] Many of the program's hotels have been designated as historic monuments for their architectural value. Three have been demolished, while other surviving examples have been substantially altered or are in a dilapidated state.[12] [13] [14]

Xenia hotels

This section lists the tourist establishments according to the administrative region to which they belong:[15] [16] Attica Region

Central Macedonia Region

Western Macedonia Region

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region

Epirus Region

Western Greece Region

Thessaly Region

Central Greece Region

Peloponnese Region

North Aegean Region

South Aegean Region

Ionian Islands Region

Crete Region

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hotels "Xenia": The story behind the post-war tourism . Thanasis Diamantopoulos . el. 29 June 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240629065616/https://www.newmoney.gr/fine-living/ξενοδοχεία-ξενία-η-ιστορία-πίσω-από-τ/ . 29 June 2024.
  2. Web site: The rise and fall of Xenia hotels. LiFO. 15 September 2019. el. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230624220017/https://www.lifo.gr/culture/design/h-anodos-kai-i-ptosi-ton-xenodoheion-xenia . 24 June 2023.
  3. Web site: The architecture of the Xenia Hotels: The organization, the basic compositional principles and the course of Xenia. 13 August 2009. el. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20230506231119/https://www.greekarchitects.gr/gr/αρχιτεκτονικες-ματιες/η-αρχιτεκτονική-των-ξενία-id2333 . 6 May 2023.
  4. Web site: The renaissance of the legendary Xenia Hotels. Giorgos Lialios. Kathimerini. 3 September 2018 . el. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240629071913/https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/982810/i-anagennisi-ton-thrylikon-xenia/ . 29 June 2024.
  5. Web site: Hora Sfakion accommodation – Xenia Hotel . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403055533/http://www.xeniacrete.com/hora-sfakion/ . 3 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Ιnhospitable state for 44 «Xenia hotels». 24 January 2005. el. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002122727/http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text?c=112&id=22376432. 2 October 2011.
  7. Web site: The architect Aris Konstantinidis and the EOT's Xenia hotels. Eleni. Fessa-Emmanouil. el. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240226221036/http://www.gradreview.gr/2018/06/k00318.html . 26 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Xenia: The legendary history of the jewels of Greek architecture. el. 4 June 2022. Viki. Vamiedaki.
  9. Web site: Hotel "Xenia" in Andros: An example of indifference for the greek modern architecture . 25 February 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220810200726/http://www.monumenta.org/article.php?perm=1&IssueID=2&lang=en&CategoryID=19&ArticleID=19 . 10 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Photographs of the abandoned Xenia hotel in Paliouri, Chalidiki (1962/ today). Christos E. Dimakis. el. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071217013419/http://genesis.ee.auth.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2039 . 17 December 2007.
  11. Web site: Seeking a second life for the Xenia . Maxi . Tratsa. 1 September 2018. To Vima. el.
  12. Web site: Xenia: The history and design of an innovative program . el. 4 January 2024 .
  13. Web site: The contribution of the Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT) . Museum of Tourism. tourismmuseum.gr. el, en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240221021639/https://tourismmuseum.gr/the-contribution-of-the-gnto/?lang=en . 21 February 2024.
  14. Web site: Xenia, the long pending issue of Andros island . 7 August 2018. Dimitris. Athinakis . el. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230509233809/https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/978813/xenia-i-chronia-ekkremotita-tis-androy/ . 9 May 2023.
  15. Web site: Spatial, morphological and economic criteria for the development of Xenia hotels in Greece . Eirini-Maria. Kachrila. el. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231018035803/https://ir.lib.uth.gr/xmlui/handle/11615/50705 . 18 October 2023.
  16. Web site: The Xenia hotels of Macedonia. el. 20 July 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230507093123/https://www.greekarchitects.gr/gr/ερευνητικες/τα-ξενία-της-μακεδονίας-id10947 . 7 May 2023.

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