Villa Ghionis - Corfu Luxury Villa - P.O. BOX 266, Analipsi, 49100, Corfu, GR - Tel: +30 26610 30220- Fax: +30 26610 40588 - Email
Villa Ghionis Corfu Luxury Villa Location
The Perfect Location -
Secluded and Exclusive yet close to Historic Corfu Town
At Villa Ghionis, it's possible to enjoy the best of both worlds. With uninterrupted sea views, an all-natural setting ensuring pure peace and quiet, and the overwhelming feeling of absolute seclusion, Villa Ghionis is set in a exclusive location between the magnificent gardens of Mon Repos Estate and acres of cypress and olive trees reaching down to the coastline, yet the villa is only two kilometers from Corfu Town, a thriving, ever-interesting and UNESCO world heritage site small city.
Corfu Town History
their civilization particularly in Thesprotia and Kefalonia.
During the Classical period the region was home to several independent city states (and their colonies), the remains of which can still be seen particularly in Corfu, Thesprotia and Kefalonia. Later, these states joined one of the great leagues organized by Corinth, Athens and Sparta resulting in the Peloponnesian war breaking out off Southern Corfu in 431 BC.
During the Hellenistic period the region was repeatedly threatened by Macedonian invaders. King Pyrrhos of Epirus, who had already fought the Romans in Southern Italy, was one of those to offer protection.
The Romans began to occupy the region in 187 BC.
When the Emperor Constantine divided the Roman Empire in the 4th century AD the Ionian became part of the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire.
Despite this, various parts fell under the control of a number of 6 powerful Frankish and Italian baronial families including the Norman in the 11th century and the Angevins in the 13th century.
By the late 15th century, two forces had emerged to dominate the region; The Ottoman Turks and the Republic of Venice. Despite brief periods of occupation by the Turks, and with the exception of most of Epirus, the islands fell under the control of Venice until the latter's defeat by Napoleon in 1797.
Villa Ghionis - Corfu Luxury Villa - P.O. BOX 266, Analipsi, 49100, Corfu, GR - Tel: +30 26610 30220- Fax: +30 26610 40588 - Email
The Ionian has been inhabited since prehistoric times and its situation on the trade and invasion routes to and from the Balkans, Italy and the Levant has insured a rich and varied historical tradition.
The occupiers of contemporary interest were the Myceneans who left significant remnants of
A brief period of French occupation followed until, in 1798, a joint Russian and Turkish protectorate was established. The Septinsular Republic, as it was called, lasted until the islands were ceded to the French in 1807 by the treaty of Tilsit.
The British occupied the islands in 1809 and, following the Congress of Vienna in 1815, set up the Union of the Ionian Islands under their protection. (Septinsular, Eptanissa were the terms used for the seven Ionian islands which included Kythera off the South Western Peloponnese).
Following the outbreak of the Greek war of Independence in 1821, which received strong support from the Greeks of the islands, the Turks were gradually driven northward. Britain returned the Ionian Islands to the new Greek State in 1864 but it
was not until the end of the first Balkan War in 1913 that Epirus was returned to Greece.
Distances
- 3 km from the airport
- 4 km from the seaport (connection with mainland Igoumenitsa; daily cruises boat around the island)
- 24 hours Taxi
- 2 km from the hospital
- Swimming pool
- 2.5 km from the nearest bakery
- 1.5 m from the nearest supermarket
- Taverns and restaurants at 500m
- Sea : 70m
- Beach : 70m
- Bus station : 750m
