Hermes Hills

Stroumpi · Paphos · Cyprus

Hermes Hills

Two residences stepping down a Cypriot hillside, turned towards the valley and the mountains beyond.

Film · Atmospheric film of the Paphos countryside, with Villa Allegra after the architects’ design. Generated imagery, not footage of the site.

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01The project

Quality rather than ostentation. Simple forms, the materials of the Mediterranean, and a constant dialogue with the land.

Hermes Hills is a pair of private residences to be built on a slope at Stroumpi, in the hills of the Paphos District. Designed by Saint & Saint Studio in cooperation with DANA Arquitectos, the houses are composed of low, simple volumes, finished in a careful selection of materials — honey limestone, mineral render, polished concrete, wood and glass — made to feel unmistakably of Cyprus, and to outlast any passing trend.

Inside and outside are treated as one: courts, terraces and gardens are part of the house, not additions to it. The idea, in the studio’s own words, is a timeless elegance to be enjoyed without hurrying.

Developer
Saint & Saint Studio
Design
Saint & Saint Studio with DANA Arquitectos
Architect
Iliana Socratous, SIGMA & Co. Architects
Location
Stroumpi, Paphos
Basic Project
30 January 2025
Permit
Granted

02The place

A hillside above an open valley.

Cyprus

The third-largest island in the Mediterranean, at the sea’s eastern edge — long summers, mild winters, and a light that defines its architecture.

Paphos District

The island’s west: a coast of harbours and archaeological sites, and behind it a hinterland of villages, vineyards and hills.

Stroumpi

A village in the hills inland from Paphos. Distances are shown in a straight line from the plot, on Hermes Hills.

The plot

A slope with a fall of about five metres, looking out over a cultivated valley towards the mountains. Parcel 348, 1,853 m², is being divided into two plots — one for each house.

The architects’ ground-floor plan, October 2026, turned with north to the right: Villa Allegra above, Villa Idalia below.

34°53′20.8″N 32°28′57.4″EThe architects’ drawing

03The idea

The house follows the land.

Rather than impose a platform on the slope, the design reads it — and breaks each house into pieces until it fits.

01The landAfter “The Idea”, Saint & Saint Studio

  1. 01The land

    A steep plot, with a fall of about five metres.

    Rather than level it, the design uses the slope. The two houses overlap gently, private from each other without losing the landscape — and the contour lines set the orientation, towards a horizon of fields, native vegetation and mountain ridges.

  2. 02The programme

    Two long houses, each open on both sides.

    The upper house, on the highest ground, is the larger of the two. Both are elongated and dual-aspect, so that their principal rooms open towards the horizon.

  3. 03Fragmentation

    Each house is broken into pieces.

    A simple, almost modular structure keeps the building rational, and leaves the architects free to size and place each volume — adaptable, without losing coherence.

  4. 04Adaptation

    The pieces settle into the ground.

    Turned and offset, the volumes follow the terrain rather than imposing on it. The uneven ground does the work of privacy: no direct views between the houses, and no walls built for the purpose.

In section

Two houses, one slope, two horizons.

The plot falls about five metres. Villa Idalia sits below the sightlines of Villa Allegra, and both roofs are planted. With the planting between the two plots, Villa Allegra looks down on a green roof and treetops, and Villa Idalia up at greenery: each house looks out over the valley, and neither sees into the other. Both pools are infinity pools, open to the view.

Villa AllegraVilla IdaliaLines of sightExisting ground

Section · Schematic, after the Basic Project, DANA Arquitectos, January 2025.

04Residences

One plot. Two houses, each entirely its own.

The parcel is being divided in two. Each house has its own entrance, pool, gardens and outlook — and the slope keeps them out of each other’s view.

The lower residenceFor sale

Villa Idalia

Lower on the slope, entirely its own.

Set below Villa Allegra on its own plot, with its own pool, gardens and parking: a principal suite, two further bedrooms and two bathrooms around one long living room. The same architecture, materials and landscape on a calmer scale, licensed and ready to build.

Total area
Approx. 203 m² · interior and terraces
Net interior
Approx. 112 m²
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Pool
Infinity pool, 7.56 × 3.00 m
Parking
Carport for one car
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The upper residenceThe family’s home · not for sale

Villa Allegra

Highest on the slope, and the family’s own.

A living pavilion, a wing of bedrooms and a long pool terrace open to the horizon. Villa Allegra is not for sale: it will be the home of the family behind the project, built at the same time as Villa Idalia.

Net interior
Approx. 161 m²
Bedrooms
4
Pool
Overflow pool, 44 m²
Parking
Carport for two cars
About Villa Allegra

05The plan

How the houses work.

Pavilions for living and for sleeping, set around terraces and water. Select a space to see what it is for, and how large it is.

Ground floor

01Villa Idalia

Living, dining & kitchen

Area41.45 m²

One room for cooking, eating and sitting — a kitchen island, a table for six and a pair of sofas — opening to the terrace and the pool.

Plan · Redrawn from the current ground-floor plan (October 2026), with the walls taken from the drawing. Areas are the net areas shown on it and may vary slightly in the final drawings, now in preparation.

The architects’ drawing

06Take a closer look

Honey limestone, polished concrete, wood and glass.

Few materials, used with restraint: the honey limestone Cyprus has always built with, concrete polished to a soft sheen, warm wood and glass that keeps out the heat — softened by native planting. Point at any of them to look closer.

Elevation · Schematic, after the Basic Project (DANA Arquitectos). Materials as indicated by the architects.

07Living

A constant connection with the exterior.

In a climate like Cyprus’s, the house is not a shelter from its surroundings but an extension of them. Courts, terraces and gardens are rooms of the house — and the vegetation is part of the design, not decoration.

Morning

The day starts outside.

The table stands in the court between the pavilions — breakfast is taken in the open air, not at a kitchen counter.

Midday

Shade, then stillness.

Timber pergolas and planted terraces temper the light at the hottest hour, and the house falls quiet.

Afternoon

Water and limestone.

A long pool along the terrace, loungers on the warm limestone, and the valley opening out below.

Evening

Light spills outward.

The pavilions glow through their large windows, and dinner moves outdoors for as long as the evening lasts.

08Location

Stroumpi, in the hills of Paphos.

Inland from the coast, among villages and vineyards — near the town, the beaches and the airport, and far enough from all three.

Places near Hermes Hills at their true bearing from the plot, on a logarithmic scale of distance1 km5 km10 km20 kmNPolis Chrysochous17 km · 24 minOak Tree Taverna1.0 km · 2 minPolycarpou supermarket0.5 km · 1 minCoral Bay11 km · 24 minTombs of the Kings14 km · 25 minPaphos14 km · 18 minKamanterena Winery1.4 km · 4 minMinthis Golf Club7.4 km · 10 minPetra tou Romiou28 km · 35 minPaphos International Airport19 km · 26 minHermes HillsBoutique delicatessen25 m · planned

The places nearby · Each at its true bearing from the plot, north up; distances on a logarithmic scale, with rings at 1, 5, 10 and 20 km.

Address

Hermes Hills, Stroumpi, Paphos District, Cyprus

Coordinates

34°53′20.8″N 32°28′57.4″E

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Places near Hermes Hills, with straight-line distances from the plot
PlaceStraight lineBy car
Boutique delicatessenPlannedDelicatessen · Planned beside the villas: wine, oysters, cheeses and cured ham25 mOn foot
Polycarpou supermarketSupermarket · In the village · 8 min on foot0.5 km1 min
Oak Tree TavernaTaverna · In the village · 14 min on foot1.0 km2 min
Kamanterena WineryWinery · SODAP winery, at Stroumpi · 22 min on foot1.4 km4 min
Minthis Golf ClubGolf · 18 holes, par 71, at Tsada — the nearest course7.4 km10 min
Coral BayCoast · Sandy beach on the west coast11 km24 min
PaphosTown · Harbour, old town and Kato Paphos14 km18 min
Tombs of the KingsCulture · Part of the Paphos UNESCO World Heritage site14 km25 min
Polis ChrysochousTown · Town on Chrysochou Bay, gateway to Akamas17 km24 min
Paphos International AirportAirport19 km26 min
Petra tou RomiouCulture · Aphrodite’s Rock28 km35 min

Distances are measured in a straight line from the plot, using OpenStreetMap coordinates; the delicatessen’s is as planned. Times are by car in light traffic.

09The opportunity

One residence, for sale.

Interior & terraces
≈203m²
Net interior
≈112m²
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2

The lower residenceFor sale

Villa Idalia

The lower house of Hermes Hills is licensed and ready to build: the same architecture and materials as Villa Allegra, on a smaller scale and a plot of its own. Drawings, specification and terms are shared privately with interested buyers.

Price
€795,000Plus VAT where applicable
Building permit
Granted — ready to build
Construction
6 to 12 months
Pool
Infinity pool, 7.56 × 3.00 m
Parking
Carport for one car

Stage

  1. Basic Project30 January 2025
  2. Building permitGranted — ready to build
  3. Final drawingsIn preparation
  4. Construction6 to 12 months, both houses
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