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Every now and then, you come across a property that captures your attention from the very first moment. The once-ordinary architectural elements turn into pieces of an extraordinary composition. A villa with an unmatched aura in a spot blessed by the sea and the sun.

Are you dreaming of the perfect Greek island getaway?


Look no further than the latest Sunny Days project in the south of Crete. This brand-new project offers 25 stunning villas in the traditional Cyclades style but in the peace of a non-touristy area.

Some villages are known for their views. Kokkino Chorio is known for a film. When Michael Cacoyannis came to Crete in 1964 to shoot Zorba the Greek, he chose this small village in the Apokoronas region as his main set. Many of the people who lived here appeared in the scenes, playing versions of themselves. More than sixty years later, the village still looks much as it did then, and that is a large part of its appeal.

Have you ever dreamed about living in Greece, but busy, touristy destinations repel you? Worry not! In this series, we will be introducing some of our handpicked favorites in Greece.

"We didn't choose Plakias, Plakias chose us."


It was in 2020, when retired business owner Albert Salden and his wife, Ine de la Brassine, from a village in the far south of the Netherlands called Born, bought a home 2,304 kilometers away in Plakias, southern Crete. The decision was prompted by cold business criteria but later evolved into a flow of warm emotions, becoming one of the best financial moves, Albert, aged 62, says he ever made. The three-bedroom home was built from scratch, just the way the couple wanted it, offering spectacular sea views, an outdoor covered kitchen, an infinity pool, and comfort and luxury seen in most style magazines.

In the spring of 2022, as Europe emerged from the pandemic, Greece briefly held a remarkable title: the fastest-growing short-term rental market on the continent, with demand that March up more than 200 percent year on year, according to data provider AirDNA, ahead of Portugal and Croatia. Foreign buyers poured in, with the Bank of Greece recording 1.17 billion euros of foreign investment in Greek homes in 2021, and our own founder Giorgos Gavriilidis noted at the time that demand from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, focused on Crete and the Ionian islands, was keeping prices firm. He predicted further growth, and the years since proved him right. That boom is the backstory to today's market, and understanding what happened next matters far more to a buyer in 2026 than the 2022 numbers do. The short version: the market matured, the state caught up, and short-term rentals in Greece moved from a gold rush to a regulated, professionalised activity that still works well, in the right places, done properly.

If you're buying or selling a home in Greece, you'll come across the Electronic Building Identity (Ηλεκτρονική Ταυτότητα Κτιρίου), and it's worth understanding, because no property can change hands without it. In simple terms, it's a digital file that records what a building is and how it has changed over its life. It brings welcome transparency to a market that long lacked it, and for buyers in particular, it's a genuine safeguard. Here's what it is, what it contains, and what it means for you.