Key Facts
- MLS® #: Grace
- Property ID: SIRC872839
- Original Price: EUR 2,500,000
- Property Type: Residential, Single Family Detached
- Lot Size¹: 68,889.03 sq.ft.
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 5
- Listed By:
- Spyros Analytis
Property Description
Set within the green landscape of Kontokali, just north of Corfu Town, this neoclassical residence combines Ionian architecture with generous interior volumes and mature Mediterranean gardens. Elevated above the surrounding countryside, the property looks across olive groves and cypress trees toward the sea and the mountains of mainland Greece beyond.
The villa extends across approximately 630 sqm over three levels and was designed by its French architect-owner with a strong emphasis on symmetry, proportion, and natural light. A columned entrance porch leads into a double-height reception hall where marble floors, sweeping staircases, chandeliers, and tall bay windows create a formal yet welcoming atmosphere. The principal living area spans nearly 250 sqm, with a mezzanine gallery above and large openings that frame the surrounding landscape throughout the day.
Natural materials feature prominently across the interiors, including Greek marble, warm timber detailing, and handcrafted ironwork. The kitchen and dining spaces open naturally toward the terraces and gardens, while several reception areas allow for both large-scale entertaining and quieter daily living. Light moves continuously through the house, particularly in the late afternoon when the western terraces begin to overlook the changing colours of the Ionian Sea.
Two upper-level primary bedrooms open onto expansive solarium terraces of approximately 50 sqm each, with uninterrupted views across the coastline and distant mountains. Additional guest accommodation includes an independent 85 sqm apartment with its own kitchen, living area, and private entrance, offering flexibility for extended family or staff.
The grounds extend across approximately 6,400 sqm and are planted with mature olive trees, fruit trees, palms, and flowering Mediterranean shrubs. Stone pathways lead through shaded gardens toward the infinity pool and gazebo terrace, where the landscape opens fully toward the sea. Beneath the villa, an underground cave cellar of approximately 25 sqm creates a naturally cool space designed for wine storage.
The property also includes a fitness room, dressing room, guest WC, parking areas, and extensive outdoor entertaining spaces designed for long summer evenings beneath the trees.
Eligible for the Greek Golden Visa Programme.
Amenities
- Gardens
- Island
- Jogging/Bike Path
- Resort
- Terrace
Listing Agents
- Spyros Analytis
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Location
Kontokali Grace, Corfu, Ionia Nisia, 49084, Greece
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Sitting in the most northwesterly corner of Greece, Corfu is an elegant and cosmopolitan island, wearing the mantle of its colourful Venetian history with style.
‘Somewhere between Calabria and Corfu the blue really begins...you are aware of a change in the heart of things: aware of the horizon beginning to stain at the rim of the world: aware of islands coming out of the darkness to meet you’. So begins Lawrence Durrell’s 1945 ode to Corfu, Prospero’s Cell. Even today, visitors to the island often arrive by sea, approaching from Italy in the west, of the Greek mainland in the east. Emerging in the early morning sunshine, the pastel-hued houses above Corfu Town’s old port are a jumble of slim tiers with narrow passages running between them, made brilliant with washing hung out to dry from every balcony like festive bunting. The tall Venetian mansions display ancient coats of coloured paint, blurred by successive winters and giving visitors to the town the feeling of stepping into a watercolour painting.
The town is centred on a wide tree-lined esplanade called the Spianada, whose French arcades echo the Rue de Rivoli. A drop of Britishness is to be found on the noble sweep of this square, which is transformed into a cricket pitch throughout the summer - the world’s only working sports field within a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Meanwhile, the Corfiot countryside boasts an elegiac greenery, unrivalled across Greece and contrasting remarkably with the solemn barrenness of the Aegean. Bathed in brilliant white sunlight throughout the summer months, the winter rains ensure a sublime frondescence across the island, with the inland valleys thickly carpeted with wild flowers, studded with gnarled olive trees and dense groves of stiffly swaying cypresses. The sophisticated north-east is known as Kensington-on- Sea, and is the site of the Rothschild family’s imposing summer villa. It is here that the luxury villa lifestyle comes into its own, with the hillsides sprinkled with secluded, high-end properties boasting private infinity pools and awe-inspiring sea views, with the snowcapped Albanian-Epirote mountains rising mysteriously in the east.
Marketed By
Greece Sotheby's International Realty
11 Voukourestiou st
Athens, Attiki, 10671
Greece
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