July 4th Fittingly for July 4th, we have here at Villa Skinos, a house full of American guests – a press officer from the State department, a CBS producer and two actors from California, so at every meal time, before we sit down, someone says “Off the record…” followed by something outrageous. We are desperately … Read More
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June 29th The Five Star Greece office has moved for 3 weeks to Ithaca with me – at this time of year everything is easier from Greece, as our role becomes more pastoral than commercial, looking after clients rather than taking new bookings. Well, that is the excuse.
June 22 No, this is not a catalogue of last-minute offers on Five Star Greece villas, although of course there are plenty to be had even on our top VIP luxury Greek villas with pools. (Yes, I admit, I have had my first SEO lesson..sorry about that…) We are far too elegant to trumpet that sort of … Read More
June 20th Medusa’s Island When people ask me for my favourite island, one of the answers I often give is Serifos. The Gorgon’s island; the island of Andromeda and Medusa, of Perseus and Hermes. Apart from its right to have “here be dragons” written on its map, it is the sort of island that a … Read More
June 18th I had dinner yesterday with the President of the Greek Chamber of Shipping (oh, all right then, my cousin…), and we both agreed that the failure of our Hellenic lawmakers to make reasonable laws that normal people would be more or less happy to comply with , as happens in normal countries, was … Read More
June 17th Floods in Provence, unseasonable chill in Spain, but Greece is having a heatwave that leaves people gasping and flapping like fish in a net. The only place to be is by the sea now. As soon as Evi in the Five Star Greece Athens office can detach herself from her air conditioner, she will … Read More
June 11th I finally managed to view the villa where a group of Russian clients, (not ours) were staying; they very kindly let me have a quick scoot around. I brought out my best schoolgirl Russian and told them that dark night lay over the hills of Georgia, that the River Aragva was foaming far … Read More
10th June Five Star Greece villa tour – Corfu continued My villa tour continued, with an animal theme; Villa SK, just above a secluded cove up the coast from Avlaki, has an elderly bull-mastiff called Abi, She is doted on by Anna, the laughing girl who looks after the house, and is taken for a … Read More
June 9th Five Star Greece villa tour continued A dawn start to get some good photography done at Corfu CH, which is really one of the top villas on Corfu now, and then non -stop, frantic rushing from house to house, sending pictures, answering clients and forgetting mobiles, cameras and car keys all over the … Read More
June 8th Corfu High life It doesn’t get much better than this – magnificent villas in Corfu on the sea, two of which compete for the crown in this area – Corfu CH is an oasis of Aman-style serenity in the happy-go-lucky muddle of Greece. The colour of the pool matches the blue of the sea … Read More
June 7th The island hopper plane jumps from Crete, to Zakynthos, to Kephalonia, to Preveza, to Corfu. The stewardess just has time to explain about seatbelts before it is time to land each time. A great day out for 40 euros! The first house to be visited was Corfu AT which sits grandly above … Read More