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It was back in December 1933 when the 18-year-old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out to walk across Europe, from the Netherlands to Constantinople. Literally, he travelled mostly on foot, and sometimes with a horse, carrying with him a little more than a rucksack.

Imagine starting each day with your own private pool, watching the sun rise over the Ionian Sea. This is what life at Corfu Sunset Hills looks like.

Housing investment in Greece has grown almost sevenfold since 2017, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

A project shaped by the landscape rather than the trend: natural stone, earth-toned plaster and olive groves, with the Messinian Gulf on the horizon. In Avramio, a living village in the countryside outside Kalamata, four villas bring together the building traditions of the region and the comfort of a modern, energy-efficient home.

Good properties in Greece don't stay on the market for long, and a free Elxis account puts you one step ahead. Tell us once what you're looking for, and you'll receive an email as soon as a matching home is listed, a property on your favourites list drops in price, or a new off-plan project goes live in its early stages.

In his poem, "Days of Kindness", from 1985, Leonard Cohen describes Greece as being a good place to read by moonlight on the terrace. He knew this from experience. Hydra was his home for much of the 1960s. He arrived in the spring of 1960, aged 25, and later bought a house on the island, where he wrote much of his early work. Many places on Hydra still carry traces of him, even now that Hydra has become far better known.

After several years of rapid price increases, Greece’s housing market is showing signs of a more moderate pace in 2026. But the slowdown is not appearing in all segments in the same way. Holiday homes and newly built properties continue to attract strong demand internationally, while in the broader residential property market price growth is beginning to slow.