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Property details
 (ID = 22192)
 

Two-storey rural village home with orchard

House, rural with 2 bedrooms, sleeps 6, 2 bathroom(s), floor area of 100 m2 (1075 sq.ft), WCs 2, car optional, children OK, pets OK, NO smoking, air-conditioning, second home, including internet (highspeed), number of travellers: 2

Exchange dates

We are open for all dates, mail us.

Where we want to go
1) Mexico
2) Adelaide (Australia)
3) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- We like to go anywhere, surprise us!!
- Somewhere sunny/warm

Description of our house
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  • arabic
  • english
  • hebrew
  • italian
  • chinese
  • serbian
  • croatian
  • finnish
  • hungarian
  • spanish
  • czech
  • french
  • norwegian
  • swedish
  • danish
  • german
  • indonesian
  • polish
  • turkish
  • dutch
  • greek
  • irish
  • portuguese
  • yiddish

This is a two storey home recently upgraded and renovated, with new kitchen and two washrooms that can sleep up to 6 comfortably. Lower level contains kitchen, bathroom and common room that contains dinning room, living space and sleeping quarters. Upper level is a large bedroom that can sleep four, ensuite bathroom and balcony overlooking the Messinia Valley. There is a phone, with high speed internet, a TV, an outdoor eating area and a one acre garden with all kinds of fruits trees (orange, lemon, tangerine, fig, pear, pomegranate), olive trees and grape vines.

Accommodation and facilities
Inside:
Telephone, central heating, tv / cable, fax, sofa 
Kitchen and washing:
Fridge, oven, washing machine 
Outside:
Balcony, garage, parking, garden 
Local activities:
Diving, water skiing, hiking, swimming, fishing 
Local places to go:
Galleries/museums, fine restaurants, good shopping, nightlife 
Languages spoken:
English 
Nearest major airport:
Eleftherios venizelos intl (athens), 190 km / 118 mile
Other information:
Car recommended, children ok, pets ok, no smoking, including internet (highspeed), long term considered, non-simultaneous optional, car optional 

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  • arabic
  • english
  • hebrew
  • italian
  • chinese
  • serbian
  • croatian
  • finnish
  • hungarian
  • spanish
  • czech
  • french
  • norwegian
  • swedish
  • danish
  • german
  • indonesian
  • polish
  • turkish
  • dutch
  • greek
  • irish
  • portuguese
  • yiddish

Located in the small, peaceful village of Arfara (population 2 thousand) craddled by mountains on to the North and West. It is about 15 km north of the town of Kalamata which has approxiamately 60 thousand people. The relaxing village has a central platia, taverns, quality restaurants, and groceries. A public bus travels to Kalamata every hour where you will find all kinds of restaurants, taverns, and nightlife and beaches.

Located centrally in the Peloponese Peninsula, many of Greece's famous attractions are day-trip distance away. 15 minutes to pebble beaches of Kalamata on the Mediterranean, or 20 minutes to sandy beaches at Bouka close to Messini with other famous beaches on the west coast of Peloponese an hour away. Ancient Olympia is an hour north-west, 1 hour to Mistras, 2 hours to Modern and Ancient Corinth, and 3 hours to the capital, Athens.

Something about ourselves
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  • arabic
  • english
  • hebrew
  • italian
  • chinese
  • serbian
  • croatian
  • finnish
  • hungarian
  • spanish
  • czech
  • french
  • norwegian
  • swedish
  • danish
  • german
  • indonesian
  • polish
  • turkish
  • dutch
  • greek
  • irish
  • portuguese
  • yiddish

I (Elias) am a retired electrical engineer and my wife Mary is a retired highschool teacher. Our primary residence is in Canada, north of Toronto. Greece is where I grew up and the home there is second home (house that my great-grandfather built). As it is my second residence it is available all year around. I usually am there in the summer time (July and August) although dates are flexible.

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