# Santorini: Study for new hotel in Oia's Finikia rejected

> Authorities rejected the study for a two-storey hotel in Oia's Finikia, demanding changes to building volumes, roofs and water features.

- **Section:** New hotels
- **Published:** 2026-10-06
- **Publisher:** Voyage (https://thevoyage.gr)
- **Type:** our own summary of someone else’s reporting
- **Source:** Tornos News — https://tornosnews.gr/featured/santorini-ochi-sti-meleti-gia-neo-xenodocheio-stin-oia-poies-allages-zitoyntai.html

The Service of Modern Monuments and Technical Works of Attica, Eastern Sterea and the Cyclades, under the Ministry of Culture, did not approve a request to build a two-storey hotel with a basement and swimming pool at Finikia, in Oia, Santorini. The project concerns a plot reportedly owned by Phoebe Karavela.

The rejection states that implementing the proposed study would damage the environment of the historic listed monument and traditional settlement of Oia. The study must be redrafted with specific interventions.

Authorities are demanding the building volumes be broken up, avoiding a single compact structure along the plot's boundaries. Planted roof terraces must also be removed from the design, as they are considered inconsistent with the settlement's traditional character.

Water features in the proposal must be limited solely to the pool proposed at the edge of the plot, with other water elements removed. The redrafted study must also meet current planning and building regulations in order to obtain a building permit.

The review falls under the framework of cultural heritage protection and Thira's designation as a historic site of outstanding natural beauty. This is the second negative opinion on a new accommodation project in Santorini recorded in a short period.

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