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Welcome
to Villa Verde, our ecologically friendly seaside home near Athens.
We hope you’ll like what you see here and that you’ll want
visit Nea Makri to spend some time with us.
If you’re planning a
relaxing holiday or short break based on the coast near Athens, we hope
you’ll find what your looking for here at Villa Verde.
You might have in mind an Athens city break.
Why not consider basing yourselves an hour’s comfortable coach
ride away in the green and pleasant seaside town that’s Nea Makri?
We call it “Athens with a breath of fresh air”.
On
these pages you’ll find information about our town, our home, and us.
The Local Attractions page includes many links to sites with additional
information. We’ve also included a Links page that we hope will help visitors
to appreciate Greece in a wider sense.
We
designed and built Villa Verde in 2008-09, with some help from local
architects and builders. The
house is built to very high environmental standards.
Geothermal energy provides most of our heating and cooling needs.
Those needs are relatively small because the house is extremely
well insulated. Very large
solar panels provide hot water for personal use with geothermal back up
if there’s no sun. Water
from a well is used for the garden.
We
live upstairs whilst on the ground floor we have four self-contained
guest studios. Two of those
can be linked for family use.
Who
Are We?
Silvia
is from the Ukraine and Chris from England.
We came to Greece for work and business reasons in 1996.
We recently decided to stop work and to move a short distance
away from the hustle and bustle of the Athens metropolis.
We
have travelled quite extensively around Greece, with and without friends
and family, so we’ve got to know the country quite well.
We are both very good with the Greek language.
We very much look forward to welcoming guests to share our ecologically
friendly villa and its garden.
What
Can We Offer You?
We can offer you:
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A
friendly base for a seaside holiday or a short break, with easy
access to the city of Athens and to the islands of the Aegean Sea
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A
chance to relax without worrying about your carbon footprint by
enjoying the comfortable room temperatures and hot water that are
provided by our eco friendly renewable energy systems.
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Continental
breakfast (at extra cost) - NEW for 2012.
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Subject
to other commitments, transfers for up to three people to and from
Athens International Airport, Rafina port, or Pallini metro and
railway station.
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Help
in dealing with the locals for things like car and bicycle hire,
ferry tickets or shopping.
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Simple
interpretation and translation between the Greek, English, Russian
and Ukrainian languages.
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Ideas
on where else to go in Greece to best satisfy your own personal
objectives, and advice on how to get there and back.
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Help
in putting together a detailed itinerary to make the most of your
visit, for example trips to famous and fascinating ancient sites
or time on the islands. Under
the right circumstances, Chris could even accompany our guests on
some trips.
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Out
of the peak season when the weather is pretty much guaranteed, we post
local weather forecasts to help our guests plan their time. |
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So
that you don't waste journeys, we make phone calls to confirm opening
times of archaeological sites and museums and to make sure that they are
unaffected by strikes.
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If
there are marches or demonstrations in Athens, we can explain how you
can still enjoy most of the city and its attractions without getting
close to those problems. PLEASE DON'T BE PUT OFF VISITING ATHENS
BY THINGS YOU SEE ON TELEVISION NEWS OR READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
Serious problems only occur rarely and they are confined to very small
areas, away from most places that are of interest to visitors.
Please
see the Sample Itinerary page for an example of the kind of trip around
Greece that we
can help you to arrange.
Weather
These
average Athens weather conditions are taken with thanks from the Weather2Travel
web site.
Contact
If
you want to know more or to discuss a possible stay, please get in touch
with us. We will be happy
to telephone you if you would like to let us have your number by email,
phone, SMS or post.
Chris
and Silvia Feather
Villa
Verde
Parodos
Papapoliti (Pisidias)
Nea
Makri
190
05 Attica
Greece
Telephone +30
22940 95512
Mobile
+30
6932 655065
Email
chris@verdevilla.gr,
silvia@verdevilla.gr
or featherc@hotmail.co.uk
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