Corfu Exclusive Property - Outstanding Real Estate.
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The site is on the sea, with uninterrupted views north and east of the mountains of Albania, the beach of Avlaki bay, and a peninsular national preserve on Corfus Northern coast. The view to the southwest is of Corfus own mountain range; its lower slopes covered with olive trees. The slopes of the terrain and the opportunities for design allow the villa having a clear view of the sea while maintaining the essential privacy. The private road winds its way through the topography slowing vehicular traffic. Tall cypress trees will be planted in the Venetian tradition to screen the villas private driveways from view.

Villa Paskalyas different volumes recall the stepped villages found in the mountains of Corfu. This strategy divides the large pool deck into more comfortably scaled gathering places and gives each bedroom more privacy. Each bedroom at Villa Paskalya has two french doors which lead to different type of exterior space: a southern garden, a covered veranda by the pool, a dining area under a pergola, or a private deck with views of the sea.

On the south side, Paskalyas volumes are linked by an exterior eating area covered by a pergola. Stepped planters extend southward for herbs, vegetables, fruit trees or flowers.

Opening the front door to Villa Paskalya reveals a framed view of the poolside deck, the horizon edge pool and the sea. The dining room and living room French doors arranged to receive southern sun and expose the panoramic northern views. The dining room also gives onto a covered pergola on the south side, a warm place to enjoy a meal or sit secluded from the boisterous noise of children in the pool...

Three (3) bedrooms occupy the ground floor. Each sleeps two and has its own en-suite bathroom and air conditioning. The kitchen, most-often the functional hinge for a house, uses an L shape to link not only the interior of the house to its exterior pool-deck area but also to act as bridge between the pergola-covered dining area south of the house to the roofed dining area facing the sea.The unusual placement of the bedroom volumes gives each its own view but also gives Paskalya the appearance of an old Corfiote house to which generations have added. The planted terraces below the pool deck are also reminiscent of the stone retaining walls used in Corfus olive groves for centuries. They soften the edge of the pool deck as a flowerbed takes on the role of a retaining wall or fence, further enabling the sweeping view from this villa. The master bedroom on the second floor is totally secluded from the noise of the rest of the house. The bedroom commands the wonderful views north and east, and has a dressing area and well-appointed bathroom. The master suite also enjoys its own private deck shaded by a wrought-iron pergola covered in paskalya or wysteria from which the villa gets its Greek name.AT A GLANCE
Ground floor (167m²)

• Living / dining room with open rafter ceiling and wood burning fireplace


• Powder room


• Kitchen with custom cabinetry and granite countertops


• 3 bedrooms


• 3 en-suite bathrooms

Upper floor (38m²)

• Master bedroom with bespoke dressing area


• Master en-suite bathroom with six fixtures


• Exterior Veranda

Mechanical

• Natural Gas heat


• Natural Gas hot water


• Air-conditioned bedrooms


• Clothes washer and drier


• Garden Irrigation system

Private swimming pool of 60m²

 

Location
The island of Corfu, with its unique combination of climate, Venetian, Greek and English cultural and architectural history, has attracted tourists for decades. As one of the largest islands in Greece, it boasts a capital city, Kerkyra (Corfu Town), with all of the historical appeal of an old European town, from the Venetian Canal and fortresses, to the French styled Liston, to the cricket green which dominates the old towns esplanade.

Geographically stunning, Corfu maintains its appeal outside the hushed bustle of Kerkyra. The island is full of wildflowers in spring; and soft breezes characterise the clear autumn weather. Winter rains keep the island green, and a warm summer season ensures abundant fruit trees, including the traditional olive and citrus trees, and the more unusual kumquat, an island specialty said to have been brought to the Venetians by Marco Polo from China.