Beautiful Modern Cretan Villa overlooking the Mirabello Bay

Si la villa est confortable et jolie proche des plages et centre d Elounda, elle présente de nombreux inconvénients et le client n est pas suffisamment informé. L accès est difficile en voiture même dangereux et à pied. La villa se situe sur une pente très rude avec de nombreux véhicules gares barrant l accès. Lors de notre arrivée pas d accueil des propriétaires mais de kenny qui ne savait répondre à nos questions. Nous avons subi plusieurs désagréments Techniques . Fuite , tv débranchee, volet hs et panne frigo pendant 24h. Les escaliers et abords piscine sont glissants . Pas de climatisation dans le sejour malgré une chaleur étouffante. Ménage une seule fois par semaine .Bouilloire et grille pains endommagés. Il manque un suivi d entretien avant entree.

A very late in the year, short notice break. Where to go? Somewhere still warm, quiet, near the sea, close to food and drink and with great facilities. Crete, Elounta, Villa Bougainvillea: all boxes ticked.

The house was spotlessly clean, well equipped and brilliantly located (10mins into town, 15 back) with The Hope taverna and Beeraki pub almost on our doorstep. Great kitchen and sitting room, massive bed and a superb pool, all topped off with a wonderful view.

The whole booking process was straightforward, communication with the owners quick and clear and the result was a great experience.

Most of the water-front tavernas were closing down at the end of October but that didn’t mean there was nowhere to go and it did mean that our business was much appreciated everywhere We were lucky with the weather (22-25C and mostly sunny) apart from one spectacular thunderstorm. The fantastic house meant that we felt very much at home all the time.

Oh and did I mention we had a brilliant time?

The villa is well equipped, has superb views, a pleasant pool and 2 good sized bedrooms, both effectively with their own bathroom (one en-suite and one with use of the main bathroom). The garden includes a handy barbecue area with all the basics including a kettle type barbecue which worked really well. There are 2 balconies, both accessed from the bedrooms, 2 nice patio/ seating areas with tables and chairs. Location wise the villa is about a 10 minute pleasant but steep walk from Elounda. The approach by car is also very steep and narrow with the locals’ inventive parking making it a bit of a roller coaster ride! There is room to park two cars but manoeuvring is tricky and anything bigger than a Ford Focus or similar would be verging on impossible to turn around. Overall though the parking is better than most in Elounda. For those not in the know, it is a good location from which to explore North Eastern Crete. 2 ‘must dos’ are Spinalonga with the ferry just 10 minutes walk and the lovely hill village of Kritsa with nearby gorge walk, Roman site and lovely church. This is just 20 minutes drive.

All in all a lovely villa and a great location for an October holiday.

Fantastic view of the bay of Elounda from a modern and clean villa with all you need, including sufficient poolside privacy.

10 minute walk down into the centre of Elounda, 2 minute walk to local taverna and restaurant with spectacular vista.

Had no need to trouble the owners, but they maintained sufficient contact to ensure that we were OK.

Crete is our favourite island. This is the best villa we have found. We have booked this villa for next year already....

Perfect location with perhaps the best view in Elounda!

The house had everything you could need and was immaculate. We all loved the pool and can’t wait to visit again!