WARNING! I think it only fair to warn our guests that you probably won’t lose weight at The Walnut Tree villa whether you eat in or out. Boot camp it is not! DECISIONS, DECISIONS! Below is an example of a healthy breakfast. And it is very healthy. And the fruit is mostly picked from The Walnut Tree garden. Then add some locally made Kefalonian Greek yoghurt, seeds, nuts .. what could be better! It’s more about what happens next….. Picture the scene. You are sent on the morning/breakfast run to the bakery (Spathis Bakeries in both Karavomilos and Sami – Read more »

New Management at The Walnut Tree We are delighted to announce that Ace Properties (Adrian and Caroline Hill) have agreed to manage The Walnut Tree villa during the letting season.  Ace Properties are also looking after the villa while we are in the UK during the winter. Meeting and Greeting our Guests Adrian will be meeting and greeting our guests on their arrival in Kefalonia.  Any information or special requirements that our guests may need for their holiday to be just as perfect as can be – this will be over to Adrian. Villa Management Caroline will oversee guest changeovers Read more »

RETURN TO THE WALNUT TREE Just before Rees and I return to The Walnut Tree villa and garden  ……. what’s the most-asked question?  It’s got to be: ‘What do you do when you are in Greece?’  And of course we always hear: ‘Have a lovely holiday!’  Hmmmmmmm!  Don’t get me wrong!  Our time in Greece is one long holiday … but it is a working holiday!  But we do sometimes jokingly call our time there: ‘The Boot Camp’. What we do at the villa is dependent on the time of year. SPRING Springtime is principally concerned with preparation for the Read more »

Our time at The Walnut Tree villa has been a succession of journeys and adventures.  Some of these adventures and journeys have started using The Walnut Tree as a jumping off point. Others have been ‘at’ The Walnut Tree.  Over the last ten years the harvesting of our olive trees, pressing and collection of olive oil has been both a journey and an adventure. When we left The Walnut Tree villa in June we had high hopes of returning to a good crop of olives.  Unfortunately, subsequent adverse conditions affected Kefalonia’s olive oil production. When we returned to The Walnut Tree Read more »

The Walnut Tree is on Google Maps. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Walnut+Tree+Villa/@38.2395163,20.625493,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x135d8deb7a87c1ab:0xa9fd5a147e03ecc0!8m2!3d38.2395121!4d20.6276817 Good news for The Walnut Tree villa which is now clearly accessible on Google Maps.  If you put ‘The Walnut Tree, Sami’ into Google Maps, it’s no problem!  There it is – with the journey and directions from the airport easy to access. Thank you very much Google! This is a very good addition to our guest arrival information pack.  This map and link will be included in every Information Pack sent to our future guests. .

      Good Olive Harvest in 2017 enough oil to sell for the first time!   After our best ever olive oil harvest at The Walnut Tree villa in autumn 2017, we now have enough oil to sell! As we pick our olives comparatively early, our olive oil has the distinctive bright greeny-gold colour and the slightly peppery grassy flavour associated with authentic extra virgin olive oil.  We used the olive press in Frigata for our first ‘pick’ and our local press just outside Sami for the second. Our Trees When we bought the villa thirteen years ago, there Read more »