Key Facts
- MLS® #: Amethyst
- Property ID: SIRC872855
- Original Price: EUR 2,100,000
- Property Type: Residential, Single Family Detached
- Lot Size¹: 4,500 ac
- Bedrooms: 5
- Bathrooms: 3
- Listed By:
- Konstantinos Volikas
Property Description
Positioned on a gentle hilltop between Corfu Town and the island’s golf club, this contemporary villa looks across olive groves and the layered inland landscape of Corfu. Mature trees and landscaped gardens surround the property, while the architecture combines clean lines and pale natural materials with the quieter character of the countryside setting. Although private and sheltered, the house remains within easy reach of the coast, the marina and the main amenities of the island.
The residence extends across 440 sqm (4,736 sqft) on a 4,500 sqm plot and is arranged over two levels designed to maximise natural light, accessibility and the relationship between the interiors and the surrounding grounds. Pale stone façades, broad terraces and soft neutral finishes give the house a calm architectural presence that sits naturally within the landscape.
Arrival is through a long driveway bordered by olive trees, lawns and low stone walls, leading gradually towards the main entrance and covered parking areas. Inside, the principal living spaces unfold beneath high vaulted ceilings finished with exposed timber beams, creating a sense of warmth and openness throughout the interiors. Large sliding openings frame uninterrupted countryside views and connect the sitting areas directly to the terraces and pool beyond.
The kitchen and dining spaces form the centre of the house, arranged as a continuous open-plan environment connected closely to the outdoor terraces. Wide openings allow natural airflow to move easily through the interiors during the warmer months, while changing daylight softens the pale stone floors and textured surfaces across the course of the day.
Five bedrooms are arranged across both levels of the villa. The principal suite occupies a more private position on the main floor, with views across the surrounding hills and direct access to an elevated terrace. Additional bedrooms are positioned to maintain independence and privacy, while the lower-level accommodation opens directly onto the gardens through wide glazed doors, allowing the landscape to remain closely connected to the interior spaces.
The lower ground floor has been carefully designed with level flooring and broad circulation spaces throughout, creating ease of movement across the entire level. This floor also contains additional recreational and storage areas integrated discreetly within the architecture of the house.
Outside, the gardens and terraces are arranged around a long infinity-edge swimming pool positioned to face the open countryside. Shaded seating areas are distributed throughout the grounds beneath mature trees, while stone pathways and planted borders soften the transition between the built structure and the landscape surrounding it. In the evening, the final light settles gradually across the hills beyond the pool, while the surrounding olive groves become almost completely still.
Additional features include central heating, air conditioning, alarm system, eco-conscious technical systems, fireplace, storage facilities and extensive parking.
Despite its peaceful inland setting, the property remains closely connected to Corfu Town, nearby beaches, the marina and the island’s golf club, allowing it to function equally well as a permanent residence or a seasonal retreat.
Amenities
- Gardens
- Mountain
- Outdoor Pool
- Privacy Fence
- River View
- Scenic
- Terrace
Listing Agents
- Konstantinos Volikas
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Location
Agios Ioannis Amethyst, Corfu, ionian islands, 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
+30.210.968.1070

