Why the walls are white
Lime wash, cave houses and the quiet engineering of the Cycladic home.
April 2026 · 6 min read
Every spring the walls of Kallisté are painted again by hand, as they have been for a century and a half. Lime wash reflects the heat, disinfects and lets the stone breathe.
“We did not design the hotel. We listened to the buildings that were already here.”
The cave suites were once homes and wine stores dug into the soft volcanic rock. They stay cool in August without any machinery at all.
