A jewel box of a hotel.
Tatler, January 2026It surfaces from a final round of restorations this month with eight enormous domed suites carved out of the original sleeping quarters and a series of splendid sitting and dining rooms fitted into what were once the offices and canteens.
Financial Times, HTSI, October 2025Thanks to the building’s historically protected status, staying at Imaret is something like sleeping in a museum. Rooms and suites are rich with character: curving lines, chestnut floors, handmade oriental rugs, intricately tiled surfaces, and glowing ornamental lanterns at every turn.
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Hotels Own Introduction
At Imaret, layers of history and singular architecture are brought to life through a pioneering cultural vision that transforms the monument into an architectural-scale, performative installation. Conceived as a total work of art, Imaret is a place to be inhabited by both guests and artists, where living, creation and contemplation coexist.
Since 2004, this extraordinary structure—one of Kavala’s most significant landmarks and among the most important Ottoman monuments in Greece—has operated as a luxury hotel. Today, it is entering a new phase. Imaret is no longer defined solely by hospitality or positioned within a conventional tourism circuit. As Missirian Tzouma explains, it embodies a new approach to hospitality, grounded in preservation, research and deep cultural immersion, redefining what it means to stay within a historic monument.
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