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The resort is set at the base
of Mount Taygetus, which
appears frequently in Greek
literature, including
Homer’s Odyssey.I
WAS HALFWAY DOWN the mountain when the
church bells tolled. I had spent the past two
hours alone, hiking the steep, rigorous trails
of Mount Taygetus, the Peloponnese’s highest
peak, breathing the pine-scented air and
hearing nothing but the satisfying crunch of
the earth under my shoes. So when the bells
rang, sending reverberations through the valley, I jumped,
startled. Sitting down on a rock to catch my breath, it
occurred to me that these bells had been ringing at the
same time, daily, for hundreds of years. The moment filled
me with a kind of divine inspiration that carried me down
the mountain and back to Euphoria Retreat as fast as Hermes,
the winged messenger god of ancient Greece.
As a 30-year-old woman in good health, I hadn’t come to
Euphoria with any ambitious wellness goals in mind. MoreEVERYTHING
IN MODERATION
Euphoria Retreat draws on the
healing traditions of ancient Greece—
while embracing the pleasures of
a Mediterranean lifestyle.
BY SARAH SOULITAL0620_E_Euphoria.indd 41 FINAL 4/21/20 7:35 PM