Our story
Helotica opened in 1998 as a guest house with twelve rooms, a kitchen garden and a pool that was mostly for show.
The pool came first when the money allowed it: a proper 25-metre one, long enough to swim lengths. Then the old barn became the apartments, and the attic, used for storage for years, became the six suites guests now ask for by name. Today there are thirty-eight rooms and suites, two pools and a roof terrace, and the kitchen garden still supplies the breakfast herbs.
What has not changed is the size of the team behind the desk. We have kept it small on purpose, so the person who checks you in is usually the one who books your dinner and waves you off.
On site
Around the hotel
Two pools
The 25-metre main pool with its bar, and the quieter infinity pool for reading. Open 7 am to 10 pm.
Breakfast room
Eggs to order, our own granola and local bread, 7 to 10.30 am and until 11 on Sundays.
Roof terrace
The best view in the building and a small honesty bar, open until 11 pm.
Gardens
Two acres of lawn, shade trees and the kitchen garden that started it all.
Bikes to borrow
Four town bikes with locks and lights, free for guests. Book them the evening before.
Free parking
Forty spaces behind the gardens, two with car chargers.
The people you will meet
Behind the desk
Elena Marsh
Front desk manager
Has sent guests down to the river path since 2009 and knows which dinner table has the best light.
Tomás Reyes
Head of breakfast
Bakes the granola every Monday and will make your eggs any way you like them.
Grace Holt
Housekeeping
Runs the team that makes up thirty-eight rooms a day and remembers who wanted the extra pillow.
Getting here
Find us
Helotica Hotel & Resort
701 Old York Drive
Richmond USA.
Fifteen minutes by taxi from the station; the desk can book one for you. Free parking on site.
+1-202-555-0100
stay@helotica.com