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A network of footpaths weaves among the lemon and in greece olive trees - it's a mile-and-a-half hike to the village of Spartia. 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.
Its people claim direct descendancy from the ancient Spartans. The rugged Mani peninsula, the middle prong of the Peloponnese, is one of Greece's most isolated and starkly beautiful regions, with the Taygetus Mountains running down its spine.
Its interior is glossy magazine-quality with tasteful décor in muted colours and the odd splash of modern art in the living area and four bedrooms. The Architect's House is, appropriately, owned by a successful architect, based in Athens — and it shows.
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It has a kitchen with a large dining table, two bedrooms and a sofa-bed. The village of Bassacutena, two miles away, has a little café, bar and shops. The villa's interior is simple and homely in style.
With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, with plenty of privacy and space. 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.
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. Built from stone, wood and river reeds, with white and earthy interiors, the cottages make the perfect base to get away from it all. For a similar eco-village in the wilderness feel, try Onar on Andros, just a couple of hours by ferry from Athens.
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Take the glass lift from the large dining area and lounge (with its wood-burning fire) to the rooftop infinity pool. On a hillside facing the Bay of Villefranche on the Cote d'Azur, Les Terrasses is hidden away in woodland and built into a rockface.
On the Greek island of Alonnisos in the northern Sporades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, Jura is a villa with great views across the water. It's just above the fishing village of Steni Vala, with a well-maintained garden featuring a ten-metre pool.
The interior is decorated with Andy Warhol and Gilbert & George prints and has a 'chill room' with a cinema screen. The five bedrooms are super-comfortable. There's no pool, but a beach is a short drive away.
Stay on an organic olive oil farm on the island's shores, Pelion tours with just four eco-luxe villas on the seven-acre Levendis Estate. A ferry ride away, Delphi escorted tours Ithaca may be famous for being the home of the legendary hero Odysseus, Delphi airport bus but it is much sleepier than neighbouring Kefalonia.
Greeks come here to ski in the winter and to swim in the summer. With pretty villages, lush forests and hidden beaches, the area where Mount Pelion taxi drops into the sea has a sprinkling of small pensions - or guesthouses - rather than big hotels.
Tick off Serifos and Sifnos, Naxos and Paros as well as the wild, mountainous island of Kythnos. You can also hire a catamaran complete with skipper and chef to sail round the less-well-known Cyclades.
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Arriving at the laid-back Dodecanese island of Symi is part of the experience - too small for its own airport, it is reached by ferry from Rhodes. But it is worth it to be greeted by superb views of one of the most picturesque harbours in the Aegean, with its colourful red-roofed houses, Meteora guided tours all of which are listed buildings.
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. There are superb sea views, too, from rooms at Pedi Beach Hotel, which is right on a pebbly beach in the pretty village.
Hire a boat to see the best bits, pottering around the coast to stop at Galazio beach, which is accessible only by water, and to marvel at the natural rock arch of Kamara. Better still, head over for lunch at one of the tavernas on Paxos's smaller, vine-covered neighbour, Antipaxos.
