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Villa
Lemonia, Drapanias
The house sits on what was once the twisting main road from
Chania to Kastelli. It is in a central position in the best part
of the village. Now the traffic on the quiet street is mainly
agricultural tractors, or visitors to the “town hall” next door
but one.
Drapanias is a completely natural, un-gentrified, agricultural
working village with no pretensions whatsoever. There are two
mini markets, three Kafeneons/Tavernas, and two baker's shops. |
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This house in an area of genuine Cretan
culture - there are no foreign-owned housing estate developments
or tourist accommodation anywhere nearby.
Lemonia is next door and to the right of our Villa Ariadne. Both
houses are entirely separate and do not overlook each other.
From the street and to the right hand side of a big Lemon tree,
there is a small driveway that leads to the front door of
Lemonia and the front garden. |
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The inside of the house follows an old Cretan tradition of having a
mezzanine style - or “Ondas” in Greek. There is a small arched entrance
lobby and to the left of the entrance is the sitting room that opens out
through a bay window and double glass doors onto the front garden. Much
use has been made of windows and shutters to create a feeling of space
and light without suffering heat in the summer. The ceiling here is
almost the full height of the house. |
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Ahead from the entrance lobby is an archway through to the
kitchen. Continuing round to the right there is the staircase to
the mezzanine and the door to the bathroom in which there is a
two-person shower/bath and WC etc plus a washing machine.
The kitchen and bathroom are therefore under the mezzanine
floor, which is the double bedroom. The short staircase leads up
to the bedroom and a balcony area that has wardrobes and a store
cupboard. |
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The balcony overlooks part of the sitting room but is designed in such a
way that there is complete privacy one room to the other, except at the
head of the stairs when the view down to the traditional wood-burning
stove and the sitting room is very attractive. The bedroom window
overlooks the back garden through the leaves of the grapevine. The front
garden leads from the double doors in the sitting room and has a patio,
lemon tree, olive tree and flower beds. The elevated position of the
house allows one to watch the world go by in shaded seclusion. |
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Outside through the kitchen double doors at the back of the
house, there is a completely enclosed walled garden with a large
patio under the shade of a grape vine.
The rest of the garden has pathways and low earth retaining
walls and is planted with trees, shrubs and rock plants plus
space for growing salad vegetables etc.
Water heating in the house is by an electric boiler on a time
switch and winter heating is by wood-burning stove. |
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The house has a telephone and full ADSL Broadband internet connection ready for use. Cooking is by bottled butane gas - each bottle lasts around six to eight weeks of average use. |
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| Drapanias |
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| This is a completely genuine quiet farming village, not at all spoiled or changed by the march of time or tourism. Once it was a thriving community on the old main road from Chania to Kastelli but nowadays, whilst it may be peacefully off the beaten track, it still has local shops and Kafeneons for immediate needs and the village is still
on the main bus route |
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| The new national road
junction is only two minutes away so, despite the peace and
quiet, external communications for touring and more
sophisticated activities such as shopping, clubbing and
dining-out are excellent... |
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| The unspoilt natural
sandy beach is a glorious spot for swimming and sunbathing. It’s
just an easy 10/15 minutes walk away (or 2 minutes drive)
through lush, shady olive groves and fields, which often stretch
right down to the sea. There are three tavernas on or near the
six-km beach - otherwise there is nothing but a patchwork of
fields and the occasional house. Two km along the coast, in the
corner of the bay at Nopigia, the sand gives way to rocky
grandeur and wonderful countryside for walking and exploring. |
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Prices |
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This house is available for thirteen-week
rental periods up to one year or even longer. This is not a tourist house.
Prices vary according to length of contract and time of year but
as a guide they start from around €150 per week in winter and
€185 per week in summer and our prices INCLUDE all charges for gas, water, electricity,
heating logs for winter (if appropriate) and local taxes. The
houses are fully equipped - you need only bring your clothes.
The only extras would be the telephone/internet (ADSL Broadband)
line rental and any call costs which we just pass on to you at
bare cost to us.
This is exceptional value - often at around one third of normal tourist accommodation rental prices. We have clients for short and long-term rental from all over the world and no two requirements are ever the same so do please ask for a specific quotation appropriate to your circumstances. |
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Contact us |
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London Administration: + 44 (0) 207 263 7080 |
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