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  • Property Summary

    • Ground Floor: large living/dining room with sofa and traditional corner fireplace with log burning stove, dining table and chairs with marble floors and beamed ceilings throughout. Sliding patio doors onto the terrace, offering panoramic views from within the property. Newly installed  ground floor bathroom with shower cubicle and w.c
      Stone Cretan Archway to fully fitted kitchen with electric cooker, fridge etc.
      Private terrace behind house for sunbathing with sea views accessed via sliding patio doors. Table and chairs to eat ‘al fresco’ and sunloungers.

       

    • First Floor: spacious lounge with marble floors and panoramic views from the balcony.
      Twin and double bedroom with air-con and ceiling fan.
      Family bathroom with shower and bath.
      WIFI
      Walking distance to choice of tavernas and village shop
      5 minutes drive to Blue Beach
      7 minutes drive to Kalives beach, tavernas and shops
      20 minute drive to Venetian port of Chania

       

Offering panoramic views across Souda Bay, the Metoche Botonakis House is a spacious dwelling in a quiet setting within walking distance of a choice of tavernas in the village square of Aptera

It is just five minute drive to a choice of quiet beaches and has wifi. The private terrace behind the house has sun loungers and table and chairs to eat ‘al fresco’ whilst admiring the spectacular view.

The property has a spacious and comfortable interior with a Cretan fireplace and a log burning stove for the Spring and Autumn evenings. The thick stone walls and sea breezes help to keep the property naturally cool throughout the summer months. There are sitting rooms on both floors.

The Botonakis House is one of three romantic dwellings – The Metoche Properties each of unique charm and character. Each has its own separate patio for private sunbathing and sea views.  In the Eastern “Metoche” part of the village, they are locally owned, up on the road towards the Aptera ruins. The original large eighteenth century farmhouse has thick stone walls which ensure it is cool throughout the long summer months. Each enjoys its own privacy and separate entrance from the pretty courtyard. Aptera village is 1/2 mile with a choice of tavernas and village store with nearest sandy beaches 4 miles away at Kalives and Kalami beach 3 miles away.

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What The Papers Say

“There is nothing joyous about being woken up by a screeching cockerel at the crack of dawn. But in rural Crete you come to accept it, like the sea of bleating goats which block the mountain tracks every morning. The rustic charm of the island is epitomised in the village of Megala Chorafia near the Venetian port of Chania. With its cinematic backdrop of the White Mountains, the hamlet has a thriving community who farm the olive groves and vineyards. "

"We stayed above a farmhouse, complete with donkey and goats, owned by the local Botonakis family; its balcony overlooking the deep blue bay of Souda was a haven of calm – despite the cockerel. The holiday was organised by Pure Crete Ltd.”

The Mail on Sunday


              

 

"The village has settled down for the night and I have climbed onto the roof to find a warm breeze with a slight scent of the sea and wonderful, magic views in four directions"

"The fifth direction is upwards to a sky with more stars than I would have believed possible. The temptation to lie down here and count constellations and to gaze beyond the Milky Way into eternity is almost irresistible… ”

Robert Booth, Classic FM