Villa Karavos

Description from the owner

A lovely four bedroom detached villa with a beautiful view across the bay to Skopelos Town.

Sleeping up to eight, Villa Karavos is perfect for those who want to be close to Skopelos Town yet enjoy a peaceful location with lovely views.

The pretty, flower-filled entrance to Villa Karavos is reached through a very old vine-covered pergola. Through the pergola, the clear blue water of your private pool can be seen with a backdrop of the town and sea.

From nearly anywhere you choose to relax, these stunning views stretch before you. Villa Karavos has plenty of patio spaces either for sunbathing around the pool or to enjoy an af...ternoon meal shaded by the lush trees. The grounds are shared with the owner's house, but the layout of Villa Karavos ensures that you have the exclusive and undisturbed use of the patio and pool area.

The kitchen is simple, but adequate for preparing meals and entertaining a large party. From the kitchen, the sitting room is reached through a wide, open doorway and is furnished with an antique Skopelitian sofa and large dining table. To one side a door leads to a double-bedded room and, off the kitchen, is a W/C shower room. On the opposite wall on the front side of the house, is a second, larger double-bedded room. This is equipped with a wardrobe, vanity mirror and a window facing out to the sea, harbour and town.

There is a large, traditionally built barbeque, which is shared with the owner, but a smaller BBQ is also available for your exclusive use.

The upstairs level is reached by a narrow stairway from the kitchen, which leads up to a second small sitting area with sofa and coffee table. The same floor plan is repeated with one back double- bedded room, a W/C shower room and one front facing double- bedded room with lovely views out to sea. The views are fabulous from the sitting room windows as well, though the favourite spot for all is the extended terrace reached from the French doors in the sitting room. This spacious terrace is the perfect spot for watching the whitewashed village come alive in the morning sunshine.

Four double/twin bedrooms

Two shower/wc rooms

Living room

Dining room

Kitchen with oven, hob and fridge

Satellite TV (English channels very limited)

CD player

Brick barbecue

Private pool 10m x 4m

Sea view and view of Skopelos Town

Sunbeds and outdoor furniture

20 minutes walk to Stafylos Beach

800m to Skopelos Town

Wecome pack

Linen and bath towels

Maid service three times per weekRead more

Additional Location Information

Villa Karavos is within easy walking distance of the tavernas, shops and bars of Skopelos Town. 20 minutes walk to Stafylos Beach and 800m to Skopelos Town.

Additional notes from owner

prices are based on 8 sharing for 7 nights. Arrival days are Fridays.

What Past Guests Are Saying

• JulesandMatt
  Winchester, United Kingdom

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  Left on 02/11/2013 for a stay in August 2012
  
  

  We stayed at the Villa Karavos in august 2012 with our two young boys and with good friends and their teenage son. In short, we had a wonderful week away and there is no doubt that the villa contributed greatly to our enjoyment. We found it clean and tidy and spacious, with gorgeous views back across the bay and a swimming pool that the kids more or less lived in all week.
  
  Bedrooms were a good size and comfortable, plenty of hangers etc. and two bathrooms, one upstairs and one down meant that each family had a bit of privacy.
  
  The indoor sitting area again was spacious, although we couldn't have fitted eight around the table, and the kitchenette is tiny. However, having been to Greece may times before, we know what their idea of a 'kitchen' is, so it was no more than we expected - at least it was an actual cooker rather than those dodgy electric rings! Decent size fridge and freezer compartment for ice meant we managed!
  
  The Villa is in the large grounds of the owners' property; they had veggies and fruit trees and we were able to help ourselves to lemons and tomatoes. Several seating areas around the villa allowed us to find shady or sunny spots all day as we wanted them and the terrace overlooking the bay was fabulous at night.
  
  There were also a couple of indoor seating areas with loads of books other visitors had left (we left some too), and these were pleasant, peaceful places to get away from it all.
  
  The pool area is great for families with children, but as there isn't a really shallow end, it might not suit children who aren't confident splashing about in the water on their own. Ours however absolutely loved it, as did we. Loads of sun loungers, a table and benches we could move around and the owners came round regularly to clean and check the pool water.
  
  Skopelos is a lovely island and town and with it not having its own airport, it's a bit quieter which suited us down to the ground. The bus service is good to the other beaches and towns, and car hire is plentiful. Our Spirit of Greece rep was helpful when we needed her (which wasn't often, we went to do our own thing with our friends rather than join in other people's stuff) and knew the island really well so could recommend places to go.
  
  We would definitely go back to the Karavos. The only thing I'd change is ask them to be a bit more generous with the glasses, plates etc. in the kitchen so we didn't have to wash up quite so often! A week was perfect - but two weeks would work really well in the villa too. There's enough to do on Skopelos to justify a fortnight if you like to mix up beach, pool and touristing and the villa would be a really relaxing place to stay with another family for that length of time.
  
  Summer bliss!

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