Del Cielo stands 265 metres above the Ionian on Corfu's north-east coast, approached through terraced olive groves and only 800 metres from the water. It sits in 11894 m2 of garden and land.

The whole eastern horizon lies open in front of it with the sea below and views of the Greek mainland and the Albanian mountains. Paxos can be seen to the south, and mountain views to the west and north.

Built in 2009 by its present owners, it was designed to belong to the ground it stands on. Venetian influence and the shape of the old olive grove set its form: an Italian country house in spirit, contemporary in its flow, built from handpicked Italian and locally sourced materials. It settles into the landscape rather than sitting upon it, yet from the water below it reads as a landmark.

Light is the organising principle inside. Panoramic windows open the living spaces to the sea, while smaller openings frame one thing only: a rock, an olive, a stretch of coast.

A handmade solid oak door leads into open-plan living, where a circular sitting room carries a sweeping marble staircase to the first floor and connects to the dining area, the kitchen and the covered terrace beyond.

The kitchen was made for someone who cooks and likes company while doing it: handcrafted painted pine, solid oak worktops, Belfast sinks, a large central island with breakfast bar, a double Smeg range.

All five bedrooms, are en-suite, each with its own terrace and or balcony.

The master suite takes the entire first floor, with three windows framing east, south and west, a dressing lobby, a large bathroom, and a loggia leading onto a private rooftop sun terrace, views to the Ionian, Mount Pantokrator and south to the Tower.

The Tower bedroom fills a two-storey circular tower of its own, a bathroom with free-standing copper bath below and a covered roof terrace above with a full 360-degree view.

A further suite sits apart from the main house, reached along lit paths and steps. Two more doubles open to the garden and the inner courtyard.

Outside, a 157 sqm infinity pool runs up to 22 metres, its edge dissolving into the horizon. Decking falls away on three levels, with an outdoor kitchen, pizza oven and barbecue, and dining beneath a walnut tree beside the pool: made for long, lazy evenings.

The mature gardens are planted in harmony with the topography, the ancient trees and the rock, and a productive kitchen garden holds sixteen no-dig beds.

The terraced olive groves are now preserved as habitat for native plants and wildlife. Each spring large areas carpet themselves with wild flowers and herbs. The 185 olive trees, some more than five centuries old, still produce the estate's own organic extra virgin oil.

A separate 45 sqm gate house, one bedroom with its own entrance, parking and terrace, gives staff, guests or grown-up family complete independence.

Built for year-round living: stone floors with electric underfloor heating throughout, air conditioning to every bedroom, three-phase power with a 33 kVA backup generator, 60,000 litres of filtered water storage, solar and electric hot water, two separate Wi-Fi networks.

The nearest beach lies ten minutes below. Corfu Town and the airport are both forty minutes away, the airport operating year-round with direct European services well beyond the summer season and daily connections to Athens. D-Marin Gouvia marina is about twenty-five minutes, golf about forty.

Del Cielo is offered for private sale and is fully sale-ready: legally registered, all permits in order, a single clean title across three adjoining plots totalling 2.96 acres. Most furnishings may be included, and the price comfortably exceeds the threshold for Greece's Golden Visa residency programme.

Further details upon request. Viewings by appointment.