Eastern Peloponnese, Greece - A Place in the Sun

2024 / Eastern Peloponnese, Greece, Jasmine Harman on 7 November 2024

Eastern Peloponnese, Greece, Jasmine Harman

Builder Mark and financial planner Sally met fourteen years ago at a running club where Mark was teaching and Sally was training. Now they’ve been married for seven years, and with retirement on the horizon they want to find their dream holiday home in Greece’s Eastern Peloponnese. Jasmine Harman has 5 great options for their budget of £200,000 – but will any of them be perfect?

About the area

A popular location for Athenians to own a holiday home, the eastern Peloponnese is just an hour and a half drive from the capital’s airport. A magnificent combination of ancient history, exceptional food and stunning landscapes make this a very attractive place to visit. Coupled with over seventy five miles of coastline home to a number of beaches and some twenty five ports or marinas you’ll find everything you could want from a Greek holiday here.

Property 1

2 Apartments in Kantia

This property comprises two apartments, and there’s a good amount of space on offer here with the driveway and patioed garden surrounding the property. Each apartment also comes with a large terrace at the front. Inside on the ground floor there’s an open plan living and kitchen space, bright double bedroom and shower room. The upstairs apartment also has an open plan living and kitchen space, as well as the bedroom and shower room at the back, but then taking advantage of the increased ceiling height an additional mezzanine space.

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Valued at £161,017 at the time of filming.

Property 2

2 Bedroom Country House in Kato Vervena

This house has a patio’ed garden that wraps around the property and includes a barbeque area. There’s also a raised front terrace and one above on the first floor offering countryside, mountain and sea views. Inside the large living and dining room has lots of light coming through double doors and is open to the modern kitchen, there’s also a toilet on the ground floor. Upstairs are two bedrooms, one larger than the other but both with access to the terrace and a shower room.

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Valued at £148,305 at the time of filming.

Property 3

4 Bedroom Villa in Korfos

This villa still needs a bit of finishing off inside and out. At the front there’s a first floor terrace with a covered area below, and a similar set up out back with the additional of some pretty special views. Then a small balcony off one of the bedrooms and a garden home to a one hundred year old olive tree. Inside the layout is upside down. The good size living space with feature fireplace is upstairs giving it access to the terrace and views. There’s plumbing ready for a kitchen to be fitted in one corner and the smallest of the bedrooms and a shower room are also up here. Then downstairs are the remaining three bedrooms, all large and with direct access to outside, and a big bathroom.

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Valued at £152,542 at the time of filming.

Property 4

2 Bedroom Apartment in Paralio Astros

This property comes with three balconies, two at the side and one the front and it also comes with a parking space. Inside it’s all in great condition and there’s an open plan living, dining and kitchen space, two bedrooms with their own balconies and built in storage and a bathroom.

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Valued at £127,119 at the time of filming.

Property 5

4 Bedroom Villa with Communal Pool in Porto Cheli

This villa has a communal pool, and there’s also a large private garden with parking. Plus a covered seating area and raised terrace looking over the pool as well as two first floor terraces that wraps around the property with views down to the sea. Inside it’s over three floors with on the ground floor a large living room, open to the dining area at one end and the kitchen at the other. There’s also a toilet on this floor and then down below are two bedrooms. The first has an ensuite shower room as does the larger second one. Up on the top floor there’s the main bedroom with terrace access and an en suite bathroom while the second one up here has an en suite shower room.

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Valued at £220,339 at the time of filming.

Hot Property

Luxury Home

This luxury home blends into its surroundings and occupies a rather remarkable plot. The property really comes to life once you get inside, where it’s been finished with quality local materials alongside beautiful touches of interior design all pointing towards its stunning views.

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Valued at £1,398,305 at the time of filming.