Elies Hotel

Kardamyli, Peloponnese, Greece

Location
Elies Hotel (beware, there are several of the same name!) is 1km outside the coastal village of Kardamyli (also spelled Kardamili, Kardhamyle etc), in the southern Peloponnese region of Greece. It's about 4 hours' drive southwest from Athens, and 45 minutes south of Kalamata.

By Air:
Kalamata (45km) or Athens. Click on the links below for a list of airlines.

From the airports
From Kalamata airport you could get a taxi to Elies (45km / 45 mins), or even a taxi into Kalamata centre and then a bus, but realistically you will want a hire car to explore the area.
From Athens airport, you could get a bus (or, if you have time to spare, a train) to Kalamata and then hire a car; or, again, take the easy option and drive all the way.

By Car:
For hire cars, we recommend Holiday Autos, who use suppliers in both locations and are usually the cheapest.

By boat from Crete:
There's a patchy ferry service linking Kalamata with Kastelli (also called Kissamos) on western Crete.

Detailed directions will be sent to you when you book through i-escape.com

More on getting to Greece and getting around

Airports:

  • Kalamata 45.0km KLX
  • Athens, Eleftherios Venizelos 310.0km ATH

Other:

  • beach: 0.0 km
  • shop: 1.0 km
  • restaurant: 1.0 km
Save to favouritesPrintMailElies HotelWith so much coastline in Greece, you'd think it would be easy to find a stylish little cottage by a secluded beach. But it's not. Most islands have rows of cheap identikit pensions, or a busy road between you and the water, or both. But this isn't an island; it's the southern Peloponnese, a 4-hour drive from Athens, way off the island-hoppers' radar. And the beach is pebbly (though the waters are gloriously clear). Both of which go some way to explain how it comes to be the only accommodation on this lovely sweep of azure sea, fringed by those famous olive groves and backed by snow-capped Mt. Taygetos. But it doesn't explain the wonderful, unexpected, almost Scandinavian chic-ness of the [r:GR051:interiors] - classy pastel shades, gleaming kitchenettes, comfy contemporary sofas, brilliant rugs on bleached pine floors. That's down to owner Stavros' obsessive quest for the best: it took him 5 years to build 10 cottages, stone by stone, and another 8 were finished in 2010. He and wife Fani also run the taverna by the beach - which, unsurprisingly perhaps, is among the best in the region.

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