ASKING PRICE:
€9 MILLION
WHEN you’re the most famous band on the planet, no purchase seems too extravagant.
Which explains why The Beatles considered buying a guitar-shaped private island in Greece back in 1967.
Music history reveals that the Fab Four had been sailing around the Med in search of a sanctuary where they could live together.
Ethereal Island, just a few miles from the mainland, was apparently a strong contender but negotiations never made it to the final stages. They were among its many celebrity visitors, though, along with Sir Winston Churchill and Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie.
Now the dream island, filled with ancient olive trees, wildflowers, pistachio, fruit and cypress trees – as well as two traditional Greek homes, built in the 1960s, a church and a lighthouse – is on the market with an asking price of €9million.
Here Comes The Sun:
The main house, which is in need of some renovation, has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, while a bungalow on the largest beach makes an idyllic guest cottage (who wouldn’t want an invitation to stay?) Ethereal Island can be reached via a main dock which also serves as a helipad, and the handful of properties on the island are connected by roads and paths. Two beaches are sandy and sheltered and a retro beach cabana gives a personal touch to a little piece of paradise.
■ Ethereal Island is for sale through Sotheby’s International Realty Greece. See sothebys realty.gr for details.