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For a similar eco-village in the wilderness feel, try Onar on Andros, just a couple of hours by ferry from Athens. 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 Volos Airport guided tours earthy interiors, the cottages make the perfect base to get away from it all.
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.
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 drops into the sea has a sprinkling of small pensions - or guesthouses - rather than big hotels.
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Mountain biking, wine tasting and fishing can also be arranged. A week's half-board with flights and taxi from Volos Airport to delphi car hire costs from £1,451pp ( The owner, cost of taxi in Volos Airport greece Markos, takes guests on a number of complimentary activities, including a sunrise walk to Mount Kofinas, a cooking lesson, horse riding and a hike to the Monastery of Koudouma.
For taxi service Volos Airport greece some dramatic mountain and piraeus bus to Thessaloniki lake scenery, head to Epirus in northern Greece, where you can stay in a lodge in the heart of the Zagori region, visiting cheese farms and vineyards as well as quaint villages with medieval arched stone bridges spanning babbling rivers.
Better still, head over for lunch at one of the tavernas on Paxos's smaller, vine-covered neighbour, Antipaxos. Hire a boat to see the best bits, pottering around the coast to stop at Galazio beach, which is accessible only by water, best day trips Volos Airport and to marvel at the natural rock arch of Kamara.
Among the Ionian islands, minibus taxi Thessaloniki 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, which doesn't attract day visitors thanks to its no-through-road and a rocky beach rather than a stretch of sand.
Stay on an organic olive oil farm on the island's shores, with just four eco-luxe villas on the seven-acre Levendis Estate. A ferry ride away, Ithaca may be famous for being the home of the legendary hero Odysseus, but it is much sleepier than neighbouring Kefalonia.
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, all of which are listed buildings. Arriving at the laid-back Dodecanese island of Symi is part of the experience - too small for its own taxi prices Volos Airport, it is reached by ferry from Rhodes.
Pictured, the view from a garden view villa With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, with plenty of privacy and space. 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.
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.
A walking trail through the pine forest starts here, linking four villages and spanning 15 miles. With plenty of wood and stone, the stylish cottages - some contemporary, others more traditional - share a pool surrounded by rocks, and cost of taxi in Volos Airport greece a restaurant on the site of an old monastery that uses produce from Thalori's own farm. 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). 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.
A week-long trip, with flights, transfers and car hire, costs from £971pp (The tiny islands that will make a huge impression Ionian Island Holidays has a number of villas in the area, including the simply furnished two-bed Villa Jason, with private pool in the village of Horto.
