White House
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Villa in Kalami Corfu Ionian Islands Greece
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The White House is one of the most famous houses in the island of Corfu. It is situated in the touristic resort of Kalami in Corfu. This is the house where Lawrence Durell, the renown writer, lived with his wife Nancy from the 1935 until the 1939 which was the period in Corfu where he also wrote the “Prospero’s Cell”. Lawrence describes the House in Chapter 1 of this book - “Division upon Greek Ground” as “...set like a dice in a rock already venerable with the scars of wind and water. The hill runs clear up into the sky behind it so that the cypresses and olives overhang this room in which I sit and write. We are upon a bare promontory with its beautiful clean surface of metamorphic stone covered in olive and ilex...” A lot of these has of course change since then, however The White House is still the only single building in the area of Kalami. At the beginning it was a single storey house, owned by Athanasius Athinaios. The second floor was added for Lawrence and his wife. It is the only building in the area with such proportions and literally at the sea front of the Kalami bay. Describing the house Lawrence wrote: “... The rooms look lovely and gracious with their white-washed walls, and the few bright paintings and books. The windows give directly on the sea, so that its perpetual sighing is the rhythm of our work and our sleeping. By day it runs golden on the ceilings, reflecting back the bright peasant rugs - a ship, a gorgon, a loom, a cypress-tree; reflecting back the warm crude pottery of our table...” The rooms where Lawrence lived and wrote now form a House that can be rented during the winter and mostly summer season. The ground floor is still the house of the Athinaios family, while the lower level and old fisherman hat has become the White House Taverna. The White House is a landmark for the island of Corfu and many visitors arrive inspired by the words of Durell to see and live where he had some of the most creative years of his life.
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In resort/city centre Near a Beach
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Accommodation and Facilities for the White House in Kalami
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Air Conditioning Maid Service Linen Provided Towels |
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The nearest Airport is Corfu Airport this is less than 10 miles away. |
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Kalami Bay, Corfu
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White House
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