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In the protected wetlands of Ahla Valley, this collection of 14 cottages lies between a white-sand beach on a secluded bay and a rockpool fed by a waterfall. For a similar eco-village in the wilderness feel, try Onar on Andros, just a couple of hours by ferry from Athens. Built from stone, wood and river reeds, with white and Pelion guided tour earthy interiors, the cottages make the perfect base to get away from it all.
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A week's half-board with flights and car hire costs from £1,451pp ( Mountain biking, wine tasting and fishing can also be arranged. The owner, Markos, takes guests on a number of complimentary activities, including a sunrise walk to Mount Kofinas, a cooking lesson, Pelion guided tours horse riding and Pelion airport to city taxi cost a hike to the Monastery of Koudouma.
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Inntravel has a ten-night walking trip in September starting in Athens, including B&B but not flights, from £1,095pp (inntravel.co.uk). On volcanic Milos, Meteora transport explore the lunar landscape and soft sandy beaches along a shoreline that also features sea caves.
Among the Ionian islands, Kefalonia may have become busier since its 2001 starring role in the film of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, but there are still quiet corners, including the small peninsula of Cape Liakas, rafina to Pelion airport taxi cost which doesn't attract day visitors thanks to its no-through-road and a rocky beach rather than a stretch of sand.
A week in Koulka House costs from £830, excluding flights (Lunar landscapes - and island-hopping in style Villa company Scott Williams has many properties on Paxos, including the simple stone Koulka House, with a pool, sleeping four in the hamlet of Kastanida on the west coast.
Six nights' B&B costs from £1,660pp with flights (Alternatively, follow the gods, Pelion guided tour who, Pelion guided tour according to Greek legend, chose the Pelion guided tours peninsula between Athens and Thessaloniki for their revelries, but which is blessedly free from mass tourism. A separate visit explores one of the six remaining monasteries once the day-trippers have left, ending with a magical view of the sun dipping behind the rocks.
Here, a group of 19 individually owned and decorated villas are available for hire, each with sea views. There are sunloungers and shade at the rocky shore, or it's a five-minute drive to a sandy beach. A network of footpaths weaves among the lemon and olive trees - it's a mile-and-a-half hike to the village of Spartia.
Just don't make too many journeys on the tortuous roads in the mountainous interior, which might make you feel you've shaved years off your life. The local goat's milk, olive oil, organic vegetables and red wine must help, as well as the beautiful setting of sandy beaches and lush hillsides.
Tucked away near the bottom of the peninsula is Citta dei Nicliani, a rustic but chic hotel in a restored 18th Century tower, with just seven rooms plus two new interconnecting suites in a separate building.
Pictured, the view from a garden view villa In the Cyclades, The Rooster has just opened on the under-the-radar island of Antiparos, offering a luxuriously contemporary take on an authentic Greek hotel. With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, Pelion guided tours with plenty of privacy and space.
Stay in the Erofili Hotel by the fishing village of Armenistis, and take a dip in the seawater pool or in the sea at nearby Livadi Beach. With plenty of wood and stone, the stylish cottages - some contemporary, others more traditional - share a pool surrounded by rocks, and a restaurant on the site of an old monastery that uses produce from Thalori's own farm. A walking trail through the pine forest starts here, linking four villages and spanning 15 miles. Seven nights' B&B costs from £978pp with flights and transfers (It may be one of Greece's most popular holiday destinations but Crete still has some off-the-beaten-track areas. In the remote, rugged landscape of the Asterousia Mountains in the south, a collection of 20 cottages form Thalori Retreat, which takes its name from its position between the sea (thalassa) and mountain (ori).
There are superb sea views, too, from rooms at Pedi Beach Hotel, which is right on a pebbly beach in the pretty village. A week's B&B costs from £1,059pp, with flights and transfers (Sunvil also runs holidays to Ikaria in the Aegean, which is one of the world's Blue Zones - places where people live the longest as a result of their healthy diet and easy-going lifestyle.
While the monasteries are among the most-visited sites in mainland Greece, the company's guides use hidden trails known only to the locals that follow in the footsteps of the first monks who arrived in the area in medieval times.
