Not simply a holiday home, a time machine ...

2,100 years ago, a Roman soldier or terrace builder would have stood on our hilltop, looking at much the same view you see today (minus the Christian church, of course).

That's what history is like out here in the Mediterranean; you can't stand next to an ancient gnarled olive tree without thinking about the generations of people who cared for it, took its fruit, watched it grow all their lives.

And some men here care for the stone terraces that lace the hillsides in exactly the same way that there forefathers did, the 70 generations stretching back to those original Roman builders.

So owning one of these properties isn't just a pleasure, it's also a responsibility, a responsibility to maintain the continuity of the history that belongs to this place.

What has this to do with buying a raffle ticket? Not much, on the surface, but this is simply to put you on notice that if you win, you won't just be taking on a valuable property, you'll be inheriting a bit of history.