Sometimes in life something comes along at the exact moment that you need it. so it has been at Villa Vigla. For a week we luxuriated in this little slice of heaven here in earth.
The owners have attended to every last detail with care and creativity and a generosity of purpose. It truly absorbs you, taking you away from your everyday concerns and routines, leaving you refreshed, relaxed and generally feeling happy and at peace with the world. Villa Vigla's location is incredible - in the small village of Samonas - with views that will take your breath away - especially from the upstairs outside terrace. Memories of evening meals here - watching the last of the day's sunlight play across the mountains - will stay with us forever. As will morning coffees in the lush garden - accompanied by a friendly family of cats and kittens - feeling the heat of the day to come and getting ready for that first dip in the lovely pool. The pool itself is just perfect for lazing around in, and the views from the pool area are spectacular too.
Villa Vigla gave us a chance to experience the friendliness and generosity of the Cretan people, the wild beauty of its landscape and the welcoming warmth of the Mediterranean Sea - easily reachable within a 40 minute drive.
Our stay was in no small way made all the better by the helpfulness and generosity of Roussa (who manages the property locally) who made sure that everything was OK for us. Roussa frequently arrived generously bearing welcome gifts from her garden and always had helpful advice about where to go or what to do in the area.
Villa Vigla is - by no small measure - the finest property that we have ever stayed in from Airbnb and we cannot recommend it enough.