Engares, Naxos, Cyclades islands, Greece

The Villa

This spacious, 3-bedroom home in Naxos Island features both modern amenities and architectural character in a fantastic location. With a majestic view of the vast mountainous hills of Naxos Island, situated on a land of 4.600 s.m., there is more to this family villa than meets the eye. Living on a Cycladic Island, we provide outdoor living experience with a stunning waterfall swimming pool, a floating sitting area deck and all the comforts in a luxury yet minimal environment. The villa offers 3 cozy bedrooms and 3 modern bathrooms, perfect for relaxing after a day of exploring the island.
This unique house is also suitable both for any privacy people may look for, and for hosting your loved ones and celebrate life while absorbing the atmosphere of an authentic greek village with endless panoramic view.
Situated in the vast hills of Eggares village rural area and surrounded by majestic mountain tops in the northern part of the island, yet only 10 minutes away from the central town and 1.5 klm away from the beach of Ammitis bay, it is ideal for those who want to experience the authentic and the unspoiled beauty of the island. Whilst the house is facing the north with a view to the island of Mykonos, it is naturally sheltered from the northern winds thanks to the topography of the land.
The 2-floor villa is newly built (completion year 2023), with top notch construction materials and consists of 145 s.m. of main spaces plus 40 s.m. of terrace on the first floor.
More specifically:
Micro cement mortar (patiti tsimentokonia) is used in all floors, kitchen area and bathrooms in
a vanilla color, that unveils the minimalism of Cycladic architecture and comprises one of the best materials used in modern constructions.
All the windows and doors are made of high-quality wood and double sealed windows of a light olive leaf color that blends nicely with the outside environment. Vastly because of a plethora of
enlarged windows and open spaces, the Greek sun is gently dispersed across all indoors spaces during the day.
The ground floor on one part consists of an open living room area space, connected with a
micro cement mortar bookcase, while the sitting area offers an amazing view to the swimming
pool and further over the hills. On the other part, there is a big and comfy kitchen area, with
counters and an island table of micro cement mortar, adequate for cooking and tasting the
authentic all year round. one bathroom, a smaller bedroom and an auxiliary space for laundry
are also situated on the ground floor.
A micro cement mortar staircase with decorative bamboos and hidden lights leads to the upper
floor, a more private area consisting of 2 bigger main bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. From the
first floor, one can descent an outside staircase from the terrace leading to the swimming pool
and barbeque area outdoors.


The outdoor living experience

One of the best qualities of this hilltop villa is the formation and exquisite architecture of the outdoor space. as you can see in the 3d pictures, the outdoor space offers everything for the most demanding buyer:
An automated metallic entrance of rusty color leads the family cars to a parking space on the left corner of the house.
Exiting the car, one walks through a minimal herbal garden and a pedestrian alley that leads to the main entrance of the house.
On the right side starts a wonderful waterfall swimming pool of a (58 net or 80 with walls)
surface, while the waterfall ends in a top notch iroko wooden floating deck looking at the majestic view. The swimming pool is one of the biggest single villa swimming pools on the island and can be functioning all year long according to the buyer's specific wishes.
On the back side of the swimming pool there is an all-inclusive outdoor living area that is sun light protected by a chestnut wooden pergola with chestnut branches, letting small beams of light passing through that provide sweet photographic shades during the early sunset. The pergola consists 3 areas:sitting area, dining area and sunbathing part. The dining area consists of a barbeque, mini kitchen counter with enough spaces for preparing meals for friends and family. Following across the pergola area, and exploring the plot of land, one can cultivate beautiful
olive trees and vineyards or a seclusive garden. The plot of 4.600 s.m. is big enough for both.

More building potential

According to governmental rules and regulations, the property has an extra 80 s.m. construction rights yet to be built. The 80 s.m. can be used either to construct a guest home near the central villa or a mini cave house on the hill above the villa. Ideally, the property can be used either for permanent or holiday accommodation, or as a commercial one for guests in 2 separate and distinguished houses. The property is currently being offered the right to build the extra s.m. in the future and the construction can be arranged only after the sale.

The surrounding area - hills od Eggares village

Eggares (or egares) is a small farming village in the midst of a fertile plain just a few kilometers north of hora (Chora - Naxos town). Most of its 200 permanent residents are farmers. The Eggares plain, accounts for a sizeable part of Naxos's agricultural production due to its plentiful waters.
This is a small village with some picturesque churches and two restored olive presses, one of which was built in 1885; today it houses the municipal office and the village clinic. The second structure is said to be some decades older, although the olive press itself is dated 1884.
During his teens at the end of the 19th century, prominent writer Nikos Kazantzakis spent time in the village which seems to have left him with memorable impressions.
In the summer the population swells nearly five-fold as people who are connected to the village and tourists make their way to it. The center of the village is its attractive, stone-built main square. The village's main church, that of Kimissis Theotokou (dormition of the virgin), is to one side of the square. A second church on the hill above the village has two facades balanced with two separate bell towers. a little lower, there is an almost cathedral-like church with a red dome which contrasts starkly with the tiny Cycladic style church standing before it.
Two streams traverse the village where along the banks there are two uninhabited neighborhoods, one is Lagada, which features seven landmark watermills and the other mesa gitonia (mid neighborhood), where the Foufopoulos tower is to be found. Both are pre-industrial revolution structures and were in operation until the 1960's.
Just beyond mesa gitonia you can see the now ruined church of panagia monastiriotissa (Greek - virgin of the monastery), where the remains of some frescoes are visible. The structure was most likely built on the foundations of an ancient temple in the 9th century (a common christian practice).
A short distance outside eggares is a twin-arched, elegant marble bridge which is dated 1899. Before domestic water supply became available, the housewives of eggares would bring their clothes to the stream to wash them. Here they would light a fire to heat water in the shade of the bridge.
East of the village is the hill of the nativity, where a small chapel is built into the rock, this is where a sanctuary dedicated to the nymphs existed in antiquity. The location offers superb views of the surrounding countryside.
The tavernas of eggares serve excellent traditional dishes, all prepared with fresh local produce which is in abundance from the fields around the village.
The biggest feast in eggares takes place on august 15, when the main church at the central square celebrates. It is held in the courtyard of the primary school, with local delicacies and wine, live music and dancing on offer.
Eggares lies 6km from Chora, on the western road axis to apollonas. The nearest village to Eggares is Galini village. It also has a road connection with Kynidaros and a marked foot trail will take you to Keramoti. The village has ample parking space and there are frequent bus connections with Chora (Naxos town).

Important notes

The villa is already newly built a few months ago and the buyer will be the very first occupier. the entire outdoor space including the swimming pool and all the above (see section "outdoor living experience"), will be initiated as soon as a buying precontract is made and delivered with the final contract. Hence, the distance between precontract and final contract cannot be less than six months and more than eight months.