The luxury property consists of a main building, two residential towers and a light and airy apartment in the basement with direct access to the garden.

The villa is surrounded by 360 degree views of the sea, hills and bay of Pefkos and has a modern, contemporary design.

The property has a total of 431sqm on a large plot of land of 6, 245sqm and is made up of the main house and two guest houses.  The main house features a good sized kitchen, a spacious sitting room and dining room, a downstairs WC and a room which could be utilized as a sauna and gym.  Upstairs there are three bedrooms all with en-suite bathrooms.

Each of the guest houses has 95sqm of living space and will have open plan living rooms, a kitchen and WC on the first floor and space for two bedrooms and a family bathroom upstairs.

Outside there is a 25m long swimming pool, large terraces and a secluded garden.  This property offers a high standard of accommodation in beautiful location.

An impressive private drive leads to a grande entrance of the secluded property which has two large private yards and breathtaking views of the marvellous Pefkos Bay and the Mountains with lush gardens of pine trees, magnolias and palm trees, an oversized pool and a bar.

Villa Annamaria features two floors.  The ground floor (102 sq. m.) is divided into two sections; the east section has two bedrooms and the west one an enormous bathroom.  The first floor features the kitchen, sitting room and one bedroom with en-suite bathroom.  The intricate woodwork throughout and the mosaic floorings are of excellent quality.  On the mansion’s grounds are also a single-storey building of 37 sq.m. for use as a guest house, a building of 50 sq.m  currently used as an extra eat-in kitchen, and a 5 sq. m. tool shed. The functionality of these buildings is interchangeable. Viewing is essential to appreciate the beauty and character of this property!

Spread over two floors, with a total living space of 353sqm on a plot of 4000sqm; the ground floor is 240sqm and features an open plan living/kitchen/dining area with breathtaking views all the way down the bay of Pefkos, as far as Gennadi. Also on this floor are 4 bedrooms all en-suite, 2 with walk-in wardrobes, also a separate bathroom, all with access to the gardens and private 7m x 16m mosaic tiled, infinity swimming pool with steps.

The 1st floor is spread over 113sqm containing the master suite with walk-in wardrobes, a luxurious bathroom with jacuzzi, a gym (which can be used as a bedroom), sun decks/terraces, an outdoor plunge/jacuzzi pool and a huge veranda which has been designed as a roof garden with irrigation system and lighting. There is also a waterfall feature which overflows into a stream along the side of the villa and into the main pool. The property, currently in the stage of concrete enables the clients to follow suggested floor plans or have it altered to their own interior design and finish.

Also included in the price are; a fitted kitchen with breakfast bar including, electrical appliances, oven, hob, fridge freezer, washing machine extractor fan and dishwasher, a central air cool/heat system, solar water heating, installation for satellite, aluminium double glazed windows with electric roller blinds and mosquito screens, stylish bathroom fitments and fitted wardrobes in each bedroom. The grounds will be completed with pergola covered terraces, a BBQ area, outside shower and outside pool and garden lighting. Some of the outside walls will have a stone facade feature and there will be a natural stone perimeter wall with private entrance and parking with pergola.

Don’t miss this opportunity to own this exceptional property with unsurpassed sea views in luxurious surroundings!

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has partnered with TEMES S.A. and announced the opening of The Romanos, a luxury collection resort in Costa Navarino, Greece.

The Romanos is located amongst lush olive groves in the Messinia region on Greece’s southwest Peloponnese coast. In addition, The Romanos Resort is the first hotel to open in the new luxury destination of Costa Navarino.

The Romanos is part of a 130-hectare, mixed-use beachfront development called Navarino Dunes, the first of four major developments in Costa Navarino.

Navarino Dunes will include the first signature golf course in Greece designed by Bernhard Langer in cooperation with European Golf Design – The Dunes Course, a 4,000 square meter spa – Anazoe Spa, various restaurants, lounge areas, and retail and entertainment options, offering travelers escape and indulgence on the magnificent Mediterranean coast.

The Romanos Resort features 321 luxurious rooms and suites, including 121 with individual infinity pools. Almost all rooms offer spacious furnished terraces with beautiful views of the Mediterranean. Guests staying in the suites will enjoy access to the resort’s Butler Service.

For the ultimate in opulence, the resort’s 660 square meter beachfront Royal Villa Koroni features a private infinity pool, a secluded barbecue area, a spa treatment suite with steam room, private fitness facilities and an elevator. Guests of the Royal Villa Koroni will also benefit from a 24-hour dedicated Butler Service.

Roeland Vos, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (EAME) comments: “We are delighted to have partnered with TEMES S.A. to create a new luxury destination at Costa Navarino. Our long-standing partnership, combined with the strength of The Luxury Collection brand, will put Costa Navarino on the map as the Mediterranean’s newest destination for global explorers. The opening of this magnificent resort also further underlines Starwood’s market leading position in the region, operating a total of nine luxury hotels and resorts in Greece.”

The Romanos Resort offers an array of culinary delights, including Pero a destination restaurant featuring ethnic and indigenous cuisine based on local organic ingredients, Eleon a Greek restaurant complete with a well-stocked wine cellar, extensive lounge areas and a lobby bar. The resort will also have outdoor areas for grilling offering a serene, romantic and casual mood for outdoor dining.

The Romanos, a Luxury Collection Resort, is the first of two Starwood properties to open in Costa Navarino this summer. The Westin Resort, Costa Navarino will open on July 1st bringing another magnificent resort to this exciting destination.

In 2012, Starwood will introduce its W Hotels brand to Greece with the opening of W Athens, Astir Palace Beach.For additional information, please visithttp://www.romanoscostanavarino.com/

It was recently restored to an exceptional standard and old-fashioned Symi taste. The space behind the house can be used for building either one more house or a nice garden. The comfortable yard next to the house is used for dinners and it is great to spend the evening there overlooking the bay. There is more land behind the yard keeping neighboors away from this beautifull property.

The house originally build on 1900, has been graciously restored in 2003. It is sold with 2 additional lots for an extra building capacity of 100 m2.

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Melanie, my niece from Germany, came to visit me here on Crete, where she met Kassiani & her friends and had the time of their lives!

In a clear, sleek, glass flask simply engraved with a modern Greek letter logo and hand-sealed by a special silicone cork, exists one of the most expensive olive oils available today.  At $185.00 dollars (150 Euros) for 1,000 ml, Lambda is branded as the first luxury, ultra-premium extra virgin olive oil in the world. Its founder says behind its stylish presentation is unmatched quality from a country famous for its olive oil production.

“Too many brands were claiming the extra virgin olive oil description but were not of special quality. I love olive oil and I wanted to do something more, to create and reinvent the way people view it,” says Giorgos Kolliopoulos who developed Lambda through his luxury food and beverage company, Speiron based in Athens, Greece. Available since 2007, Lambda remains the priciest ultra premium labeled brand on the market, consistently maintaining benchmark qualities that rate better than extra virgin standards.

“Lambda was ahead of its time,” says Kolliopoulos who named the product after the Greek letter, lambda, which is the first letter of the Greek word for oil or ladi.  “My intention was to make something that one can really savor, like the way one does with an expensive champagne or Bordeaux wine.”

In a growing trend over the past few years, entrepreneurs like Kolliopoulos and organizations like the Italian organization Association 3E, are recognizing a more exclusive, narrowly defined category above the extra virgin status. Association 3E members label their products as super-premium extra virgin olive oil and look to develop a niche market by establishing exclusive partnerships.

Besides the absence of sensory defects, super-premium is defined by analytical characteristics superior to extra virgin baselines, including free acidity levels of less than 0.3%, a peroxide value of less than 7.5, UV absorption of 232nm (K232) less than 1.85. The 2010 harvest of Lambda is quite competitive with a 0.29% level of acidity, a peroxide value at less than 5.1 and UV absorption of 232nm (K232) at 1.63, without defects.  But Kolliopoulos insists Lambda is quite special on its own compared to any super-premium product due to its luxury marketing, packaging and its taste.

“It has special organoleptic properties, by this I mean you feel the difference in your senses which is exceptional and perhaps even addictive,” says Kolliopoulos about his product which has a deep green hue and a distinct fruity flavor and aroma solely coming from the Greek olive variety called Koroneiki .  Lambda’s particular Koroneiki olives hail from the famous
olive oil producing island of Crete, in the village of Kritsa.

“From my extensive research, knowledge and just my love of olive oil, I found growers in Kritsa doing an amazing job among some of the oldest olive trees in all of Greece,” says Kolliopoulos. “There the acidity is constantly low.  Plus Lambda is produced with extra control measures. Only a certain amount can be produced yearly.”

Lambda’s olives are pressed within eight hours of picking and processed through careful cold extraction. Then workers fill and label each flask by hand, without any machinery, to limit the harmful oxidation process which can affect taste and quality.

In his vision to continue to blend his ultra premium product with high-class design,  Lambda can be ordered online in a handcrafted gift box and most recently, as part of a $1,240.00 (1,000 Euro) package which includes a signature of the client’s choice engraved right on the bottle.

The company’s recommendations for consuming any bottle of Lambda remain the same: don’t expose the bottle to heat or sunlight to avoid oxidation and to try to consume it within four months after opening it for the first time.

“Lambda is my attempt to create one the best olive oil products in the world and today with a growing clientele,” says Kolliopoulos,  “I am just as determined to always offer the best of the best.”