It was July 1967 when the Beatles visited Greece, with the intention of buying an island and setting up their own "psychedelic" resort there. In his autobiography, McCartney even writes that there "no one could tell us what not to smoke".
That year the Beatles passed through Delphi and Arachova (where they came into contact with Greek traditional music), but also the Cyclades and the Sporades. When they were informed by Alexis Mardas that they could buy the Holy Trinity or Fish, they were fascinated by its shape (it resembles a guitar) but also by the perspectives it gave them for their holidays.
As George Harrison wrote in his memoirs, the band took a cruise on their private yacht MV Arvi. "We were cruising near Athens looking at islands. John had the idea to invest money in an island. It was a great trip. John and I were drunk the whole time sitting at the front of the ship playing the ukulele. To our right was a big island. The sun was shining and we chanted Hare Krishna for hours. Finally we tied up at a small beach and when we got off the boat it started to rain. There was a small building and we huddled inside. Alex even told us he was going to bring the army to remove the rocks from the island. Finally we sailed away and never went back there".
The islet is truly a haven of peace, near Athens, in the waters of South Euboea. Today, Agia Triada, which covers an area of 13 acres, has two beaches, a church, olive trees, fruit trees, a 17th-century watchtower and even a four-room residence with outbuildings.
Our haanity drone video captures the gorgeous scenery:
The island did not come under the possession of the "Skatharia" as the then owner regretted it and did not want to sell it. The group had also expressed interest in the purchase of the island of Tsougria across from Skiathos, however this purchase never went ahead either due to bureaucracy in the middle of the junta regime.
The private island of Agia Triada was however sold for the first time in 1958 to the Papanikolaou family and had recently come into the news on the occasion of the tragic accident of Sifis Valyrakis, off the coast.
The island is still listed by Sotheby's under the name Ethereal and is being sold with an initial price of 7.5 million euros. According to the Sotheby's sale ad, Agia Triada has roads connecting the main residence to all the beaches, has trees (curated by Sophocles Papanikolaou) and a private marina for mooring. It is also reported that in the 1960s it was visited by Frederick, Winston Churchill, the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie, artists, businessmen and many others.
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