Completely in harmony with the island’s easy tempo, this spacious villa matches contemporary facilities with a pleasing blend of local and traditional furniture. Flag-stoned floors, chalk white décor and earth-toned furnishings run throughout the ground floor, where an open-plan kitchen/ dining room has doors out to the tiered garden; a spacious sitting room is complete with fireplace and large-screen satellite TV, and opens on to a covered terrace; and there is a twin room with en suite shower. The other three bedrooms share the upper floor, with polished wood floors, timbered ceilings and access to a balcony. And air conditioning is installed in all four guest rooms and the living room. Outdoor living is catered for with furnished verandas for al fresco dining and relaxing, a built-in barbecue for lunch in the sun, loungers by the villa’s private pool, and views from the upper floor balconies over a sea of silvery olive trees to the blue of the bay beyond. Iviscus is also well placed for holiday essentials, about 400m from Yanna Beach and 200m from Gaios, where restaurants around the main square are in prime position for people-watching and yacht-spotting.