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A shouting match in the ouzerie, the ghost of Paddy Leigh Fermor’s arrival in Kambos

I have lost none of my old friends in Kambos but have two new best friends. There is Manos who runs the ouzeria who has helped me change a car wheel in the pouring rain, tried to fix my strimmer and is always there when help is needed. Whatever I order, and it always centres on a healthy cabbage and carrot salad and a couple of sticks of diced pork, the bill is always 10 Euro. However I juggle coffees or an ouzo for me or someone else, the bill is always the same. With a breakfast of oats and milk I really could live here for twenty quid a day.

Sunday 12 April 2026
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A shouting match in the ouzerie, the ghost of Paddy Leigh Fermor’s arrival in Kambos

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…his hovel half a mile outside the village. When Paddy Leigh Fermor first walked into Kambos as he recounts in “The …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/81792/a-shouting-match-in-the-ouzerie-the-ghost-of-paddy-leigh-fermors-arrival-in-kambos

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Luxury Greek Villa with Pool, now open for spring and summer bookings

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…That is the ideal time to check out Mistras, Paddy Leigh Fermor’s Kardamili or all the other sites of the …

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Photo Article: The pool opens at luxury and isolated Greek villa May 1 - now just eight weeks unbooked until November

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…a base to enjoy exploring the Mani, following the Paddy Leigh Fermor trail,  or the wider Peloponnese. If you …

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Photo Article from the Greek Hovel: the last day of the olive harvest 2023

779 days ago

…I caught up on a bit of work, we paid homage to Paddy Leigh Fermor in Kardamili and then it was time to head back to …

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Photo article: Luxury Greek villa with pool in isolated mountains of Paddy Leigh Fermor's Mani: now largely booked out for 2024

785 days ago

…a base to enjoy exploring the Mani, following the Paddy Leigh Fermor trail,  or the wider Peloponnese. If you …

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Born on this day 1915 Paddy Leigh Fermor – photos and memories of a visit to his house with a heavily pregnant wife and my late father and step mother

807 days ago

…this obviously racist remark. But, in honour of Paddy Leigh Fermor, the Mrs partially relented and Joshua’s …

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Looking for a luxury Greek holiday in 2024...here you go

840 days ago

…a base to enjoy exploring the Mani, following the Paddy Leigh Fermor trail,  or the wider Peloponnese. If you …

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Photo article: First guests raving about the Greek Hovel - now just 2 weeks in May and October left free to rent

1103 days ago

…a base to enjoy exploring the Mani, following the Paddy Leigh Fermor trail,  or the wider Peloponnese. If you …

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Photo article: Just one week in July, 3 in May, 1 in April and 4 in October left un-booked at the Greek Hovel in 2023

1139 days ago

…a base to enjoy exploring the Mani, following the Paddy Leigh Fermor trail,  or the wider Peloponnese. If you …

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Photo Article: The luxury Greek Hovel and Pool, now just 2 summer weeks free

1172 days ago

…That is the ideal time to check out Mistras, Paddy Leigh Fermor’s Kardamili or all the other sites of the …

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Photo Article: The Greek Hovel is almost booked out for the summer of 2023 and here's why

1190 days ago

…That is the ideal time to check out Mistras, Paddy Leigh Fermor’s Kardamili or all the other sites of the …

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Photo Article: Greek Hovel summer 2022 Old Kardamili

1368 days ago

…is the one sandy beach, which is out of town by Paddy Leigh Fermor’s old house, which having no toilet or bar …

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If you’d like to rent the Greek hovel this year…

1440 days ago

…If you fancy splendid isolation in the Paddy Leigh Fermor land of the Mani, it is the place to be. And …

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Photo Article from the Greek Hovel - for Uncle Chris, the global warming is still here

1472 days ago

…between the Mani’s most famous resident, Paddy Leigh Fermor, and his friend, Deborah Mitford, the Duchess of …

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