VILLA SERENIS

Villa Serenis is endowed with an ideal location to spend your holiday in privacy & peacefulness. At the same time you can explore & enjoy summer and winter activities & sightseeing being within a 15min drive from crystal clear beaches & within 15min to 2,5hr drive from places of particular natural beauty (eg Lake Tsivlos, Vouraikos Gorge) and even Delfi & Ancient Olympia – two of the most important ancient Greek world heritage sites worth visiting once in a lifetime.
A private or rented car is deemed necessary in order to tour around and visit the dozens of sites of natural beauty or historic interest in the area.

THE VILLAGE & NEIGHBORHOUD
Porovitsa village is very small, quiet and serene, as in the village itself there are only 15 houses (no shops or anything similar). So it is the ideal place to relax from it all but not if you wish to have all amenities right at the corner.
In Ano Akrata, just a 12 min drive from Villa Serenis, you will find everything you need: supermarket, groceries, butcher, a nice piazza to have your espresso or icecream or tsipouro, three good restaurants/tavernas, one or two little bars, hairdresser, etc.
And in Krathi/Akrata, the largest village by the beach, a 23 min drive from Villa Serenis, you will find many many more options, especially so in summer months, when it gets very busy and touristic.
The closest medical center is also in Krathi (23 min drive), where there are also pharmacies and two pediatricians, if any need arises.
Other than that, there are many nice beaches at a drive distance of 20 to 30 minutes from Villa Serenis,

CHECK IN / CHECK OUT
You may check in earlier or check out as late as you wish, provided there are no other bookings on your dates :-)

FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS & FOOD
- Akratos Oinos taverna @ Ano Akrata >> 6,7km, 10min drive
- Sto Cafe tis Haras @ Ano Akrata | Nice mezedes (various delicacies), souvlaki, kebab >> 6,7km, 10min drive
- Petrino Taverna @ Limni Tsivlou | +30 2696 034190, +30 6973 620237 >> 17km away, 30 min drive
A nice family taverna with its own vegetable garden and chicken coop and Mrs. Akrivi in the kitchen. Vegetables from the garden, beans from Feneos and handmade bread. On Saturdays and Sundays she bakes pies on charcoal and in the summer she makes delicious courgette flowers with mint. Wine on draught from organically grown grapes and some classic bottled wines. Very good value for money. - Afthentiko Pastry Shop @ Aegira | amazing fresh pastry, even with agave sweatening | +30 2696 033728 >> 9 km away, 15min drive
- Taverna Agapi @ Paralia Platanou | cozy, children friendly, nice Greek food | +30 2696 061312 >> 14km away, 25 min drive
- Taverna Mihalis @ Paralia Trapezis | nice seafood & mediterrenean cuisine by the beach | +30 2691 041603 >> 20km away, 30min drive
- Taverna Cohili @ Diakofto | excellent sea food & mezedes | +30 2691 041844 >> 24km away, 35 min drive
- Zervas Bakery @ Krathi | nice coffee (espresso, capuccino), excellent bread & sweets and very nice home made pies (cheese pie, spinach pie, etc) | +30 2696 032162 >> 12km away, 20 min drive

SUGGESTED PLACES TO VISIT
1. Beautiful Tsivlou Lake >> 17km away, 30 min drive
combine with Taverna Petrino
2. Ancient Theatre in Aegira | 3rd century BC >> 15 km away, 30min drive
combine with:
Taverna Katsouris +30 2696 031327
Taverna To Balkonaki +30 694 431 2169
Afthentiko Pastry Shop
3. Picturesque Zarouchla village >> 32km away, 50 min drive
combine with:
Taverna Yannis, Taverna Macheras - Greek traditional home made food, Jazz Club Sto Rema, Ydata Stygos Taverna | all @ Zarouchla
Taverna Niriides | Zidropoulos Spilios, with nice views @ Solos village >> 25km away, 45 min drive
4. Legendary mythical Waters of Styx | read more history & detailed hiking instructions [1], [2] >> 30km away, 50min drive
5. Odondotos train (rack railway) | built in 1896, passing through Vouraikos Gorge, among the ten most beautiful gorges in Europe >> start @ Derveni, 15 km away, 25min drive
combine with Cohyli Taverna or Mihalis Taverna
6. Mega Spileo Monastery, a stunning eight-storey complex founded in 4th century AC >> 42km away, 1hr drive
7. Historic Kalavryta town | read more info on Kalavryta & more on food suggestions >> 50km away, 1hr drive
8. Atmospheric Cave of Lakes (Spilaio Limnon) >> 54km away, 1h 25min drive combine with Taverna Planitero ​with​ ​its own trout farm, +30 697 585 1043
9. Kalavrita Ski Center | snow forecast here >> 38km away, 1hr drive