Where the day ends slowly
A quiet house above the strait
Villa Tramonto sits high in Lefki, a small village on the northern half of Ithaca. Tramonto is Italian for sunset — and the reason the house faces west, out over the water toward Kefalonia. Bright, easy rooms and a wide terrace where a bougainvillea shades the last hour of light.
- 2016 Renovated
- Four Sleeps
- Due west Terrace
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The evening light
The terrace faces the strait, so the sun sets straight ahead — over Kefalonia and the water — every clear night from spring to autumn.
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Village, not resort
Lefki is a working village of a few dozen houses, a taverna or two, and gardens. You wake to goat bells, not a pool deck.
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Close to the good beaches
Ten minutes to Stavros and the northern coves — Polis, Afales, Agios Ioannis — and an easy drive to the rest of the island.
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Comfortable year-round
Thick walls and proper insulation keep the rooms cool without air-conditioning; a fireplace and central heating handle the cooler evenings.
The kind of place where you stop checking the time.
A guest, September
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