Spa
Why we use salt from the island
Every summer the rock pools on the west coast dry into thin white crusts. We gather it by hand for the stone spa.
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On the west side of Paxos the sea fills small hollows in the limestone. In July and August the water evaporates and leaves a crust of salt, thin as paper and slightly grey.
We collect it early in the morning, a few jars at a time, and dry it in the sun on linen. Mixed with oil from the grove and a little thyme, it becomes the scrub for our stone and salt ritual.
It is gentler than bought salt, and it smells of the rocks it came from. Guests often ask for a jar to take home. We keep a few by the door.