Your Dream Holiday Home in the Peloponnese
The favourite area for the British to purchase holiday homes, on
the Greek mainland is the Peloponnese and there are plenty of
properties for sale to choose from. The southern part of
mainland Greece, now divided from the mainland by the Corinth
Canal. The peninsula hosts some of the most important and
imposing ancient sites in Greece. It has a warm winter, it's not
too hot in summer and the beaches are clean. The mountain
landscape of the Messinian Mani is simple stunning and is
dominated by Taygetos, one of the largest mountain ranges in the
Peloponnese. Whereas the Messinian peninsular has rolling hills
and fertile valleys considered to be the market garden and wine
centre of Greece. The city of Kalamata with all its facilities
nestles at the head of the Messini Bay in between the two
peninsulas, thus making it an ideal location for prospective
holiday home owners to search for property for sale.
It's not only the British that are showing an interest in
property for sale in the Peloponnese. Each year thousands of
foreigners are choosing Greece as the destination to purchase
property for permanent homes or as second homes for their
holidays. These people are mostly Germans and Americans although
there are increasing numbers of other foreigners appearing such
as Canadians, Dutch, Czechoslovakians, Austrians, etc. Despite
property prices in the Kalamata area rising by 30 per cent last
year, foreigners are snapping up property for sales at bargain
prices. There are plenty of old stones houses for sale, full of
charm and character, needing renovation or maintenance and can
be purchased from as little as