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Unbelievably, this is my private home, within the One&Only Aesthesis estate on the Athenian Riviera. I have always wanted to visit this magical stretch of land, the southernmost point of the Attica Peninsula, just a half-hour drive from the centre of Athens. If it had a wrist, its pulse would still be racing from the heady glamour of the 1960s, when wealthy Greek families would moor their yachts and stay the weekend, Maria Callas would sing for Ari Onassis, and Nureyev would dance by the pool. And now I live here – if only for one night.
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