Villa Baptiste Greece

Enjoy a rustic retreat when you stay at Villa Baptiste, located on the east coast of the island of Antiparos, in the heart of the Greek Aegean Sea. This luxury beachfront property has five spacious ensuite bedrooms, and can comfortably accommodate up to ten guests in some style, ideal for a large family gathering, or a friends get-together. Villa Baptiste is an impressive detached two hundred and fifty square metre property, surrounded by ancient olive groves. The villa is built over three storeys, with a paved terrace, a garden populated with mature trees and indigenous shrubs, its own private infinity swimming pool, and stunning panoramic sea views.
Villa Baptiste is part of a small luxury five-detached independent villa estate, located on the coast of Antiparos, all with panoramic sea views, and access to two private cove-like pebble and sandy beaches, shouldering the properties. The villas are all built in the traditional architectural Cycladic style, with whitewashed walls, and local natural stone, surrounded by lush gardens, populated with Mediterranean plants, flowers, and aromatic herbs. The properties are as lovely inside as out, each one is beautifully appointed and fully fitted to top-notch specifications. The décor is a gentle neutral palette of crisp whites, soft beiges and creams, and subtle greys, whilst the furnishings are rustically simple, using lots of local handcrafted natural wood. There is a shared tennis court and basketball court within the complex and in the evenings a barbeque area where you can wine and dine, and treat yourself to your own private chef upon request. All the villas come with a daily maid service, complimentary air conditioning and Wi-Fi throughout, flat screen televisions in every guestroom and living area, and a DVD and CD player, as well as Apivita luxury toiletries in all the bathrooms.
Enter the villa at ground floor level where you will discover a holiday home of open plan living, with French doors that open onto a sea view terrace, which lets in lots of natural lights and cool sea breezes. The seating area has a soft grey three seater sofa and matching pouffe, a modern coffee table, arranged in front of an open fire, and a flat-screen television, with a separate in-built white cushioned couch for lazy afternoons catching up with this year’s latest best seller. The adjacent dining area has a long wooden table and chairs, ideal for some relaxed indoor entertaining, The fully equipped all-white kitchen has everything you will need to cater for a happy holiday, including a built-in oven and hob, a family sized fridge freezer and that must-have morning coffee maker. A handy guest bathroom completes the ground floor. Take the stairs to the first floor where there are two large fully furnished double bedrooms, both with built-in hand-painted wardrobes, ensuite contemporary bathrooms with walk-in showers, and sea-view shuttered windows.
The lower ground floor is home to two further ensuite double bedrooms, and a twin room with two single beds, with louvred door access to the terrace and gardens. Access the top terrace via the living space, where you will find a covered veranda that is home to a rattan soft seating sofa and chairs, with a coffee table, and a panoramic sea view as far as the eye can see. It’s the perfect spot to enjoy a morning coffee and catch up, and cocktails at sunset. There is a picnic style wooden table and benches for some informal alfresco dining. Take the stone steps down to the lower terrace where there is a step entry infinity swimming pool, surrounded by deeply cushioned sun loungers and coconut matting parasols for shade. Adjacent steps lead down to one of the private beaches belonging to the villa complex, perfect for that invigorating morning swim.
Villa Baptiste is delightfully situated on a small estate of five luxury villas, in the beautiful scenic area of Magganies, on the east coast of the island of Antiparos, set in the Aegean Sea. The villa is just seven kilometres south of the island’s main port, a short ten-minute drive to your holiday destination. Catch a plane to the island of neighbouring Paros, then take a ferry from the port of Pounda to Antiparos. Or fly to Athens, and arrive by boat or even a helicopter, which is only a forty-five minute ride away.
The island of Antiparos lies in the heart of the Cyclades, populated with traditional whitewashed houses in a Mediterranean landscape of orthodox churches and ancient ruins, a backdrop of hills and mountains, and an unforgettable Aegean seascape. The island of Antiparos is eleven kilometres long, by four and a half kilometres wide, so wherever you want to get to is just a short drive away. The nearest beach is on your doorstep, with two cove like beaches on either side of the villa complex. The fifty-seven kilometre-long coastline has a plethora of beautiful beaches, and you will be spoilt for choice during your stay. The most popular beaches are Agios Georgios, Soros, and Kampos, with their easy entry to shallow crystal clear waters, sun loungers and shady parasols, and local tavernas for a tasty lunch of homemade meze. The main town of Antiparos is a few kilometres north of the villa, with the original fortifications of a fifteenth-century Venetian castle and the adjacent cathedral as its main attraction.
The winding colourful streets of the Chora with blossoming bougainvillaea, are home to souvenir shops full of local and handcrafted goods you’ll want to take home with you. Shop for ceramics and pottery, lovely leather goods, handmade gold and silver jewellery, and homemade honey and olives. Dine in family-run restaurants on the island’s delicacies, such as rabbit, zucchini, fish, and octopus. Take a day trip from the harbour aboard an island hopping ferry, or a caique that can take you to hidden coves and secret bays for swimming, snorkelling, and sunbathing. Get active, hike across the island to discover the local flora and fauna, scuba dive to discover wrecks and reefs, and test your balancing skills in wind and kite surfing across the sea. Make sure you make a visit to the famous Neolithic Cave of Antiparos, with its display of stalagmite and stalactite formations, and the adjacent Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Ioannis Spiliotis, with an altar from the times of Alexander. All aboard the local ferry to Despotiko, a small uninhabited island, with long sandy beaches, and ancient relics of a Doric temple dating from five hundred BC, with a set of sculptures, considered to be of great archaeological significance.
Enjoy a day trip to the neighbouring island of Paros, take the ferry to Pounda to see the town of Parikia with its Byzantine church and Frankish castle, visit the Archeological Museum, bathe on its beaches, and then wander the colourful cobbled streets full of enticing shops and traditional tavernas, where you can sip on ouzo and watch the world go by. If you are lucky, you may be staying there during one of the summer festivals, where there are yachting races, sporting events, outdoor concerts, dancing, and of course lots of eating and drinking.At Excellence Luxury Villas we pride ourselves on going that little bit further for our guests. If there is anything you would like to arrange for your stay, please contact the Excellence Luxury Villas Concierge Team who will be happy to help. We can usually put you in touch with the right people arrange any of the following: 
– Cook – Maid service – Local day-trips or tours – Airport pick-up/drop-off – Welcome hamper – Pre-stocked fridge
This is by no means an exhaustive list, so please just contact Excellence Luxury Villas Concierge Team to help you arrange any of those little extras that can really make the difference.