Idyllic Greek island offers to pay thousands to move there – you’ll even be given land for your dream villa
AN idyllic Greek island will pay you thousands to move there – and you’ll even be given land for your own dream villa.
Home to just 68 people, tiny Antikythera is desperate for new residents.
The idyllic island lies on the edge of the Aegean Sea, halfway between Crete and the Greek mainland.
Young families who take the 45-minute flight from Athens and set up home on the island could scoop 500 euros (£426) a month for three years – adding up to 18,000 euros (£15,400)
The Greek Orthodox Church is forking up the cash sum in a bid to boost the island’s plummeting population.
Antikythera had 300 inhabitants at the start of the twentieth century – but many young locals have left for jobs on bigger islands or in mainland Greece.
But you could work as a fisherman, a baker or a builder if you move to the island.
Mayor Andreas Harhalakis said: “We are looking for many families to revive our island.”
Antikythera has just one small shop stocking basic food and wine – and lacks a single bank or ATM.
If your family comes to visit, you can put them up in the island’s only hostel or its one Airbnb let.
It has been reported that four new families have already moved to the island.
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