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    In the footsteps of Paddy Leigh Fermor

    Nov 17, 2021 4 minutes

    Owing to unavoidable complications, The Oldie’s tour of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Greek haunts arrived at Kalamata airport 18 months late.

    Double-jabbed and triple-delayed, the fearless travellers followed the curve of the Mani’s coast to Kardamyli, the little town where, in 1964, Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) and his wife Joan built a home on a promontory overlooking the sea.

    The house fell into disrepair after Leigh Fermor’s death, but its inheritors, the Benaki Museum of Athens, have restored it and turned it into a unique holiday rental. It may be the nicest Airbnb in Europe.

    I cannot confirm this, as I was sleeping next door in the Kalamitsi Hotel. But we did join the oldies on the spectacular terrace for

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