The 1903 private sea-front family residence of tobacco exporter Telemachos Bozios and his wife Aphrodite, Villa Rossa is a Parga landmark. The only building on Parga's main beach, sandy Kryoneri, the Villa is situated at a stunning location facing the picturesque Parga town and offering uninterrupted sea views.

Always boasting its original deep red colour, Villa Rossa was given its name during the Second World War by the occupying Italian forces that commandeered the residence and used it as their headquarters.

Following Telemachos' death and under Aphrodite's watchful eye, it also served as a makeshift clinic and a finishing school, the first in the area to provide education to young women.

A hotel and restaurant since the 1970s, and undergoing an ongoing Big Renovation Project since 2012, the Villa Rossa Area is now...