Beautiful villa with garden and large swimming pool-separate kids pool

Lovely villa with a great host, from Stella to pool boy (aka grandparents). Good communication and recommendations for taxi, car hire and restaurants. 3 bedrooms upstairs (2 double and 1 twin) with a/c, balconies and lovely en suites. Further to the balconies there is an additional terrace which captures the sun all day, great for morning coffee and evening sunsets over the sea view. The ground floor has a large open plan entrance, dining area and kitchen leading off into a seperate lounge area. On this floor there is a further bedroom with a seperate bathroom (all bathrooms have showers) so no sharing of facilities. This bedroom has access to the large terrace at the front of the house, ideal for evening meals and drinks. There is a further shaded terrace with seating near a large bbq, this leads to the pool and does the large terrace at the front of the villa. There is a door off the kitchen leading to the bins and further storage. The basement has a washing machine and ironing board completing the great available cooking, cleaning, dining, crockery equipment. The pool was lovely and clean and gets the sun until 6/7 in the evening as well as having shaded areas. The pool is deep and large so plenty of space for games, swimming and diving and good quality towels readily available. We highly recommend this villa, and the hosts for the welcome wine and food and the mid week dessert. The area is good a short 6 minute walk to 3 bars, 1 shop and a 10 minute bus into Rethymno.

A wonderful property with everything you need for a comfortable and enjoyable holiday on the beautiful island of Crete. A well laid out house with lots of room, inside and out. 4 bedrooms (all with a balcony), 4 shower rooms, great air con and fab pool and outdoor areas. The village is lovely with 3 friendly tavernas for coffee, drinks and meals (we frequented them all) also a well stocked shop and a butchers - everything you could need. Ideal position for travelling to a range of attractions. We particularly liked the Mili gorge - a short drive away and a nice shaded walk with tavernas at top and bottom. Some lovely stretches of beach in easy reach too. The hosts were super responsive, helpful and generous too which always makes for a great stay. I'm not one for going back to the same place twice - but I would definitely consider a return to Villa DiStella.

We had a great time at Villa De Stella and it is a brilliant location for local tavernas! Stella and her family are lovely and really helpful! The villa got cleaned every few days which was fab with fresh linen etc. the 4 stars for the cleanliness rating was because the oven pans inside the oven were not clean (nothing that our own elbow grease didn’t resolve!) Villa layout was great - double room and separate bathroom on ground floor and two further doubles and a twin upstairs all with en-suites. Pool area was lovely but would have liked a couple more umbrellas for shade as 2 is not quite enough. Overall we had a great time, great villa in a great location and great hosts! We will be back!

We are very pleased with our stay at the villa! It is close to the city of Rethymno but also allows more of a 'tiny greek village' experience. It is at a walkable distance from one of the best restaurant we tried on our trip (Giannikos Taverna) !! The house is also very very clean. The hosts (Stella and her father) were hospitable and reactive : Initially, one of the bed was very uncomfortable, but the hosts were super quick to react to our comment and changed the whole mattress. This shows that they won't let you down if anything happens! One thing we would have like to know is there ain't much 'accessories' for basic cooking/making lunch (no Tupperware, no aluminium foil, no ziploc, no cooler, no lighter, etc.). This is a small detail, but would've made our life a little bit easier.

Very nice villa with an amazing swimming pool (2.8m depth !)

We enjoyed a fabulous week at Villa Distella, celebrating my friend’s significant birthday! The villa is clean, comfortable, spacious and very well equipped, with sunny terraces galore! The pools are clean and well looked after, with surrounding gardens that are beautifully kept. As a host, from the time of booking to checking out, Stella could not have been more helpful. She was friendly, responsive and very accommodating, offering us lots of useful tips and suggestions of things to do during our first visit to Crete. The generous welcome pack (including delicious cake) and midweek dessert were also hugely appreciated. We would definitely like to visit Prinés again and would highly recommend all three of the local tavernas (which were all only five minutes walk away).

This 1,000,000 Euro Villa was amazing. The price per day was incredible. We vacation regularly around the planet and this by far was the best ever! The villa had four amazing bedroom mini suites with each having their own private bath and private balcony! The Host, Stella, was so attentive and friendly; she was always available and even booked tours for us in Santorini saving us time and effort. I will absolutely stay there again and would highly recommend it to all.

Really enjoyable holiday at the lovely Villa DiStella. Very clean and comfortable with plenty of room to spread out and relax. The pool was fantastic in a beautiful garden, all regularly attended by Manolis, the friendly owner. The view of the sunset on the top terrace every evening is not to be missed. The village of Prines is lovely and has three very good Tavernas within a five minute walk from the Villa. We would highly recommend this Villa to anyone and hope to stay there again one day.

Spacious four double bedrooms in a fab villa with a massive delightful pool. Great sunsets over the sea. Walking distance to three tavernas and two shops. Village setting with quiet seclusion. Terraces for every part of the day. Large barbecue. Spacious enough to fit large family or four couples. Largest deepest warmest fun pool we’ve ever had.

First time in Crete, a fabulous place, lovely people, great food, the local Cretan wine was especially nice, we never had a bad meal wherever we ate. Stella and her family made us very welcome, the villa was fab, with everything we required, Stella had some great suggestions of where to go, eat etc, do ask her…Manolis tended the gardens whilst his mechanical ‘pool boy’ cleaned the pool, also bought us a desert made by his better half, delicious ? The local restaurants were just a short walk away all very welcoming with great food and drink. Plenty to do in Rethymno with bars, restaurants, markets, shops, nightlife, great beaches. Could say more… ‘5’ stars it is.. A fabulous stay The Chandler family