Excellence Luxury Villas — Greece
Luxury Villa Rentals in Greece
Mykonos · Santorini · Corfu · Crete · Paros · Zakynthos · Rhodes · Peloponnese
1,400+ individually vetted Greek island and mainland villas — infinity pools, Aegean views, private concierge
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The Aegean at its most iconic — and its most glamorous
Mykonos is the most cosmopolitan island in the Mediterranean — a place where the world's most discerning travellers have been converging since the 1950s, when the jet-set first discovered its sugar-cube architecture, its crystalline beaches and its legendary capacity for hedonism. Rent a clifftop villa above Psarou or Agios Lazaros, where private infinity pools hang above the Aegean and a concierge can secure a table at Nobu Mykonos or a sunbed at Nammos. Or retreat to the quiet north near Ftelia, where the windmills stand above untouched beaches and the only sound is the Meltemi wind in the tamarisk trees.
Santorini is the most photographed island on earth, and from inside a private villa perched above the caldera you understand precisely why. Rent a traditional yposkafa cave house carved into the volcanic cliff in Oia or Imerovigli, or a sleek contemporary estate above Fira with walls of glass and the entire caldera below. The Santorini sunset from a private terrace — the light turning the caldera from gold to copper to violet above the lights of the villages clinging to the rim — with a glass of Assyrtiko from the Sigalas estate is one of the most extraordinary experiences available anywhere in the world. Our concierge books these experiences routinely. They never become ordinary.
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Lush Ionian coastlines — Europe's finest family islands
Corfu is unlike any other Greek island — greener, lusher and architecturally more varied, shaped by centuries of Venetian, French and British rule that left behind a UNESCO World Heritage Old Town, a cricket pitch on the Esplanade and an architecture unlike anything else in Greece. The island's quieter north coast near Agios Stefanos and Kassiopi offers calm turquoise bays and traditional tavernas that have changed little in decades. Our Corfu collection is particularly strong for families — the beaches are gentle, the sea is warm from May to October, and the private villa pools have the kind of uninterrupted Ionian views that turn every afternoon into an occasion.
Zakynthos offers the iconic Shipwreck Beach and the nesting grounds of the loggerhead sea turtle at Laganas Bay. Kefalonia's drama — the Melissani underground cave lake, the sheer white cliffs of Myrtos, the dark Mavrodaphne wine from the inland villages — makes it one of Greece's most rewarding islands for those who want to explore as well as lie by a pool. Lefkada, connected to the mainland by a short causeway, has some of the finest kite-surfing beaches in Europe at Vassiliki Bay, alongside inland villages that feel genuinely undiscovered.
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From sailing the Cyclades to diving with sea turtles, from cliff-side sunsets to ancient ruins — 1,400+ villas, one concierge team.
Greece's largest island — ancient civilisation, wild mountains, Europe's finest beaches
Crete is not one island but a continent in miniature — 260 kilometres long, with snow-capped mountains in January, beach temperatures above 30°C in July, and more history per square kilometre than anywhere outside of Egypt. Western Crete — Chania with its Venetian harbour and lighthouse, Elafonissi's extraordinary pink sand and shallow turquoise water, the Samaria Gorge cutting 16 kilometres through the White Mountains — is among Europe's finest combinations of natural beauty and historical depth. Rent a villa above the Bay of Kissamos with the Gramvousa peninsula visible from the terrace and the ruins of a Venetian fortress above you, and you understand why Crete has been inspiring writers and painters since the Minoans built their palace at Knossos four thousand years ago.
Eastern Crete — Elounda, the island of Spinalonga, the Bay of Mirabello — is quieter and more exclusive, and home to some of the most spectacular waterfront properties in our Greece collection. Our concierge arranges private boat charters to the sea caves of the Dionysades islands, archaeological tours of Knossos with a specialist academic guide, Cretan cooking classes in a working winery in the Peza wine region, and olive oil tastings on family estates that have been pressing oil since before the Venetians arrived.
Rhodes in the Dodecanese — the medieval walled Old Town, a UNESCO site — combines a well-established luxury villa community with world-class history, excellent windsurfing at Prasonisi and direct flights from most European capitals.
Every Greek experience — arranged before you arrive
Greece rewards the curious as much as the hedonistic, and our concierge team has been arranging extraordinary experiences across the islands since 2008. Private yacht charters island-hopping the Cyclades — arriving at Delos, the mythological birthplace of Apollo and one of the most important archaeological sites in the Aegean, before the day boats from Mykonos — and returning to your villa terrace in time for a private chef's dinner as the caldera lights begin to glow. Sailing catamaran charters through the Ionian islands from Corfu to Kefalonia, Ithaca and Lefkada. Private diving in Zakynthos's sea turtle breeding grounds. Helicopter transfers between islands for those whose time is genuinely precious.
For those who prefer culture to watersports: private tours of Delphi, Olympia and Epidaurus with specialist guides who treat the history as narrative rather than recitation. Private wine tastings of Nemea Agiorgitiko, Naoussa Xinomavro and Santorini Assyrtiko. Cycladic pottery workshops in villages where the craft is still practised as it has been for three thousand years. Private cooking classes making spanakopita, moussaka and baklava in a Cretan farmhouse kitchen with a chef who learned the recipes from his grandmother. Greece offers more genuine cultural depth than any other Mediterranean destination — and our team knows every layer of it.
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Space, privacy and ancient Greece — all in one villa holiday
Greece is one of the world's great family holiday destinations — not because it is easy, but because it is endlessly engaging for every age. The sea is warm from June to October. The food is excellent and almost universally child-friendly. The history is the most extraordinary story ever written, and Greek children learn it the way other nations learn their national myths. A private villa with a pool, a housekeeper and a concierge who arranges activities removes every logistical friction and leaves only the experiences.
The Peloponnese peninsula is where the story of Western civilisation began and where some of our finest mainland properties are located. The Mani — the austere, wild southern tip — has tower-house villages rising from the scrubland like mediaeval cities and a sea so transparent you can see the bottom at 20 metres. Porto Heli and the island of Spetses (accessible only by boat and proud of it) attract a clientele that prizes discretion above glamour. Nafplio, the first capital of modern Greece, is one of the most beautiful small towns in the Mediterranean; rent a waterfront villa and walk to the Palamidi fortress as dusk turns the stones gold above the bay.
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