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Ionian Islands

Greece is bordered by the Aegean Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the west. The seven islands of the Ionian group (Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Kefalonia (Cephalonia), Ithaca, Zakynthos (Zante) and Kythira) were under a Venetian occupation for almost 600 years until 1797. Then, after a 75 year period of French, Russian and British protection, the islands became reunited with Greece. The Venetian occupation had some of the greatest influences on the agriculture, language, society, architecture and food of the islands. Each island has a unique charm and character but each has been given a landscape of rich green valleys of olive, pine and cypress; tall village houses, painted in pastel colours of ochre and deep raspberry; terracotta tiled rooftops; balconies with artistically shaped iron railings; bell towers, arches and colonnaded squares.

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AntiPaxos

A holiday on AntiPaxos will provide a unique escape with beautiful surroundings. If you are tempted by this, bear in mind that the island has no little ports like Paxos where you can stroll down of an evening and enjoy a waterfront drink or dinner and people-watch. If you and your partner or family really do like eachother's company then AntiPaxos will tick many boxes.

Corfu

Corfu will appeal to most tastes. A coastline of beaches, small and large, sandy and pebble, lined by sun loungers or left to nature. A rich interior of farmland hiding small hamlets with olive and citrus groves.

Here you can find waterparks, international cuisine, M & S, ginger beer and Marmite but also mountain escapes, beautiful interior landscapes fringed by olive groves, romantic waterfront tavernas, clear seas beside a coastline of cypress trees and delicious local dishes.

Corfu Old Town has a 16th Century fortress; tall Venetian houses with flaking pastel plaster; a maze of cobbled shopping streets; fruit and fish markets; simple and sophisticated restaurants; the people-watching bars of the Liston beside the cricket pitch and an exciting hustle & bustle.

Ionian Mainland

The region of Epirus is on the west side of the Greek mainland and lies between Albania and the Pindus Mountains to the north and the Ionian Sea to the south-west.

The south-west coastline of Epirus looks out across the Ionian Sea to the Ionian islands. It has a similar landscape to the islands: hillsides of olive groves, pine and cypress trees and beaches with crystal clear waters.

Many of the beaches close to the port of Syvota have a beachfront restaurant and bar with comfortable sunbeds. A holiday here will give you the choice of a different beach each day.

Ithaca

Ithaca, the home of Homer's Odysseus, lies a few miles off the north east coast of Cephalonia. There are only 3 island ports - Vathy (the capital), Kioni and Frikes.

Ithaca offers undulating, natural landscapes of olive groves; a coastline of many deserted beaches - best explored by boat; ancient monasteries and a simple lifestyle shared with a friendly community.

Kefalonia

Kefalonia is 60 miles south of Paxos. The stretch of south coast between Argostoli and Scala has a series of sandy beaches below the foothills of Mount Aenos. An interior of olive groves, vineyards and pine forest contains small villages and dramatic coastal views.

Fiscardo, near the northern tip of the island, has a waterfront of brightly painted Venetian houses, shops, bars and tavernas. Nearby east coast beaches face the cliffs of Ithaca, which turn pink as the sun sets.

Lefkas

Many say that the sandy beaches of Lefkas' west coast are the best in Greece.

From Lefkas Town at the northern tip a coast road passes a string of seaside villages until the pretty bay of Sivota in the south. The many inland villages inland hide away on forested hilltops overlooking fertile valleys of olive groves and vineyards.

Meganissi

Meganissi is special, simple, laid-back and beautifully small. Hiring a boat is more fun than hiring a car and will give ease of access to the island's many beaches - although a few of our Meganissi villas are a bit of a distance from a village.

Paxos

Paxos and its tiny sister island of AntiPaxos are the smallest in the Ionian group and will appeal to those looking for a simple escape from the crowded resort.

Paxos has no waterparks, traffic lights, cinemas or branded hamburger restaurants. A beautiful interior of olive groves, hiding small family hamlets, leads to an east coast of small coves and over 25 beaches, part shaded by olive trees.

We offer a selection of properties both in the villages and in the country - on an island 7 miles by 3 miles you are never more than a 10 minute drive to one of the villages

Zakynthos

The island of Zakynthos, also known as Zante, has many faces. In Laganas you can find beachfront hotels, apartments and music bars with crazy golf; in Vassilikos you can find an undeveloped coastline of pine forest and olive groves; close to Agios Nikolaos, on the north east coast, an undulating landscape of forested hillsides hide some of the swankier island villas.

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