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Barefoot Contessa

Beachfront guesthouse for sun and fun

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Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Garden View | Private kitchenette | Fridge, stovetop, electric kettle, cookware/dishes/utensils
Beach bar
Superior Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Sea View | Private kitchenette | Fridge, stovetop, electric kettle, cookware/dishes/utensils
Located near Lourdas Beach, Barefoot Contessa offers a peaceful retreat with WiFi and a bar. Enjoy garden views from the terrace. Convenient self-parking is available. Streamlined arrivals and departures with express check-in/check-out services.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Kitchen
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Room options

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Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Garden View | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Garden View

Highlights

Furnished balcony or patio
Air conditioning
Kitchenette
Refrigerator
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Premium bedding
Hair dryer
  • 40 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Sea View

Highlights

Furnished balcony or patio
Air conditioning
Kitchenette
Refrigerator
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Premium bedding
Hair dryer
  • 40 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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Superior Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Partial Sea View | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Partial Sea View

Highlights

Furnished balcony or patio
Air conditioning
Kitchenette
Refrigerator
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Premium bedding
Hair dryer
  • 40 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

View all photos for Superior Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Sea View

Superior Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Sea View | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Sea View

Highlights

Furnished balcony or patio
Air conditioning
Kitchenette
Refrigerator
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Premium bedding
Hair dryer
  • 40 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

About the neighborhood

Map
Lourdas Beach, Lourdata, Kefalonia, 280 83

What's nearby

  • Lourdas Beach - 1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • Trapezaki Beach - 4 min drive - 2.1 miles
  • Agios Thomas Beach - 10 min drive - 4.9 miles
  • Pessada Beach - 11 min drive - 6.6 miles
  • Port of Argostoli - 21 min drive - 12.1 miles

Getting around

  • Argostolion (EFL-Kefalonia Island Intl.) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Lovidis Tavern - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪La Mer - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Hemingway Bar & Bistro - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪ΜΠΟΤΣΟΛΟΣ - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Trapezaki Restaurant - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Barefoot Contessa

Guesthouse near Lourdas Beach
You can look forward to a terrace, a garden, and a bar at Barefoot Contessa. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
Other perks at this guesthouse include:
  • Free self parking
  • Express check-out, express check-in, and a front-desk safe
Room features
All guestrooms at Barefoot Contessa offer perks such as premium bedding and air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • 32-inch flat-screen TVs with digital channels
  • Furnished balconies or patios, wardrobes/closets, and kitchenettes

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • In-room kitchenette
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (limited availability)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • On the beach
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Kitchenette
  • Refrigerator
  • Stovetop

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information; your host will greet you
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
The credit card used to book the reservation must be presented by the cardholder at check-in along with matching photo identification.

Access methods

Host will greet you, key retrieval

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. This tax is adjusted seasonally and might not apply year round. Other exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 31 March, EUR 0.50 per accommodation, per night
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 April - 31 October, EUR 2.00 per accommodation, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
This property is professionally cleaned
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Property Registration Number 0830Κ122K0839101

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 500, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Thomatos Apartments Lourdas Beach Apartment Lourdata
Thomatos Apartments Lourdas Beach Apartment Kefalonia
Thomatos Apartments Lourdas Beach Lourdata
Thomatos Apartments Lourdas Beach Kefalonia
Barefoot Contessa Apartment Kefalonia
Barefoot Contessa Kefalonia
Thomatos Apartments Lourdas Beach
Barefoot Contessa Kefalonia
Barefoot Contessa Guesthouse
Barefoot Contessa Guesthouse Kefalonia

Frequently asked questions

Is Barefoot Contessa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Barefoot Contessa?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Barefoot Contessa?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Barefoot Contessa?

Check-out is at noon.

Where is Barefoot Contessa located?

Nestled on the beach, this Kefalonia guesthouse is just steps from Ionian Sea and Lourdas Beach. Kanáli and Kanali Beach are also within 3 mi (5 km).

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Barefoot Contessa Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 40 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 40 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 40 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 40 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 40 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
stayed here for 10 days in late august. nice modern and clean apartment with regular cleaning and friendly staff. there is a great beachside bar called Hemmingway's too, which had the best food with great portions along the beach front in Lourdas.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Davendrakumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and smart room. 50yards to the beach
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Liliya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice apartment.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and friendly staff, one min walk to beach acomfy beds. The room needs more steogar butvthat was the only down side
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The beautiful beach view was a highlight of this property. It was quiet and we were well taken care of! Thank you!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

rachel

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Apartment lovely, but got accosted by staff saying we hadnt paid !!! Obviously we had through expedia so spent an hour on phone to expedia to sort ,!! Not great
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kate

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Great for a quiet holiday

Very relaxing .. very clean perfect spot
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeroen

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Great place to relax on the beach.

Close to beach and walking distance to several good restaurants. Nice for a couple of days of doing very little..
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maryam

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
It was amazing. Confortable, relaxing and very convenient. And lovely owner !
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed at Barefoot Contessa in mid-June 2025. I was holidaying as a solo traveller which I have only done a few times before and so was very anxious leading up to the trip. I needn’t have worried as I had an amazing week. The resort/village and apartments were both fantastic and the staff at Barefoot Contessa/Hemingways were always really friendly and helpful: Dimitra, Olga and Spiros and co. The apartment was really lovely and clean. Comfortable and nicely furnished. Good shower and bathroom. It has everything you would need including a small oven/grill and two rings - although I didn’t actually cook as there are a small number of good restaurants very near by including Hemingways bay-restaurant just a few seconds walk away. The apartment is literally a stone’s throw from a really beautiful beach - mainly sandy with crystal clear waters and backed by the most beautiful mountainous scenery. It is literally 2 mins walk from the apartment - possibly less! The village itself is beautiful and was not at all crowded. It suits anyone looking for a quiet, scenic and relaxing break from daily life. I would thoroughly recommend Barefoot Contessa.
Hemingways
Beach
View from terrace
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Great place to stay for pure holiday vibes

This is an excellent place to stay, the people who run it and the bar/restaurant nearby are friendly and super accommodating- even waiting for me to arrive for check in after my flight was delayed. The place itself is big and clean and comfortable. The best thing about it for me was the fact that the beach with cheap say beds was 2 mins from the room, it really helped ease us into holiday mode as soon as we got there. The food in the area was great as well. It was a really wonderful stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stefano

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
In our opinion, property and services are really excellent. As a general suggestion about surrounding could be that to move cars and trucks access behind the different properties and use the present way, on the beach side, only for walking
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
The property was perfect for our needs having visited Lourdas a number of times, we know the area well. So close to the beach and local bars and tavernas. The property is very tastefully furnished and extremely clean. Towels changed daily, bins emptied daily and bedding once during our weeks stay. Would definitely, without hesitation, stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot. Handy having the bar/taverna right in front. Host empties the trash and brings fresh towels daily. Only disappointment was that the sun beds shown in the photos are not included with the room rate. Beds in the room left us with a bit of a back ache as well.

10/10 Excellent

Cathy

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
We had a beautiful sea view on our balcony where we would enjoy a morning coffee or evening glass of wine. The beach was beautiful with a gradual slope. It has small washed rock until you are a few feet in the water and then there is a sandy bottom.The staff was very friendly and accomodating. I highly recommend the Barefoot Contessa
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Barefoot Contessa July 25

An excellent property we very much enjoyed our stay. Lourdata is a lovely place to be very laid back not over commercialised. Nice restaurants and bars everything we needed for a relaxing week. Hemingways Bar at the end of the driveway was very friendly and convenient for breakfast dinner,tea and cocktails. The apartment was comfortable and very clean, the kitchen was nice to have for a fridge, freezer and kettle. Only negatives were the shower head being completely blocked with limescale and held up by a tie wrap and a safe that didn’t work. Otherwise perfect
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Monika

Liked: Cleanliness

Not for us

Nothing too relaxing very bad experience. If you choose that apartment in Lourdas you will get a minimum of equipment, bar very expensive and redness from owners. We ordered Greek salad but they give us without oil and olive no taste only veg Shame on you. The first time we have something like this. I do not know maybe you have a problem with people like us. The beach is beautiful and the seawater is amazing and the view is unforgettable with the mountain in the back of your place but you can get better accodomnetion in Lourdas than this. For the sunbed, you pay € 8 per day if you use it. Other than accommodation have or for free. Only one toaster for the whole 10 rooms??? Glass limits available. One little square kitchen towel to clean your dishes?? Most important the Air conditioning old fashion very old-fashioned and if you use makes horrible noise! the kitchen area yes has its windows but it's very warm, the owner should think about it. No that's enough. We could give more, that it's our opinion. We will be back with no option but no barefoot contessa We get information from different accordaminations and we notice the better place for that money. We travel a lot and we can compare, it poorly. Internet rubbish:(
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Sabrina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Abbiamo soggiornato per 9 notti. Luogo incantevole, silenzioso, appartamento esattamente come descritto dalle foto, pulito, munito di tutto il necessario. Parcheggio ombreggiato in loco. Impagabile essere di fronte al mare, a pochi passi, con terrazzino da cui godere tramonti e spledida luna sul mare. Uniche note negative che consiglierei di migliorare sono: armadio a vista con troppo poco spazio per riporre vestiti per 3 persone, lavabo nel bagno davvero piccolo per lavarsi ed il condizionatore troppo rumoroso, anche se non ne abbiamo avuto particolarmente bisogno essendo capitati in giornate abbastanza ventilate. Consiglierei di cambiarlo.
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

The perfect beach location in beautiful Lourdas

We absolutely loved our stay at Barefoot Contessa, waking up to the most beautiful view of the sea and mountains and listening to the waves of the sea it was truly perfect. We had everything we needed in the apartment apart from a toaster, but we didn’t miss it. You’re moments away from a beautiful beach and a few tavernas and little bars. There are more up the hill which is a bit of a trek but having a car allowed us to explore everywhere much more easily. The only negatives we had were on arrival the shower had hairs still in it but as it was very late we didn’t get this rectified as we both wanted to shower before bed, it didn’t look like it had been cleaned very well. Towels are changed daily which is great but quite a few of the towels were frayed/stained. The only thing we think that would also need improving cleaning wise is having the apartment floor mopped half way during the week as it did get dirty when staying for the week. Other than those small negatives everything else was perfect and we would most definitely come and stay again. This was our first time in Kefalonia but won’t be our last!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Örje

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Trevlig värd...romantiskt & smakfullt inredd lägenhet...bra med utrustning i kök och ett väl fungerande kylskåp...nära till strand och ett par enkla men bra restauranger...
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

marco

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Struttura molto bella recentemente ristrutturata. Avevamo una camera con una stupenda vista mare. Punto ideale per visitare la parte sud dell'isola.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Percect beach front property

Property was in a brilliant location and condition and the facilities were excellent, very comfy beds and great view of the sea and the sounds of the waves on the shore. Only negatives was very strong green light from the emergency exit sign above the door in the bedroom, no hot water for 15 hours at one point at the end of the week and very intermittent weak WiFi which at tines was frustrating.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Re: Relaxing stay on quiet beach

Beautiful beachside apartments just a stones throw from the sea at a quiet end of Lourdas beach. Had a very relaxing 8 days here, apartment clean and spacious, good kitchen with all the applicances you need. Get the sea view apartment, spent many evenings have a drink and watching the waves. Lots of restaurants nearby, relatively cheap and good simple food and only a short drive from Angostoli.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Really nice stay. Only a couple of disappointments, the bar wasn’t open and no beds on the beach. But appreciate it’s strange times and the resort was never going to be very busy
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ian, Essex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Real beachfront apartments

This accommodation definitely ticked all the boxes for our stay in Lourdas. The apartment we stayed in is the one advertised in the promotion and the view is outstanding. There are numerous restaurants close by and if you wish to venture further car rentals are easy to obtain as the island has a host of places to visit. We used the pre-booked taxi service to and from the airport and would recommend that also. All round service at the apartments was first class from everyone. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend this accommodation to anyone.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

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