The best thing about staying at Villa Stella is the village of Kournas itself - pleasant and quiet, nice to walk around, an enjoyable walk from Lake Kournas, and generally beautiful. The tavernas in the village are also very friendly and ready to feed you huge amounts of delicious food for very little. While the place is small and doesn't have modern air conditioning, with its thick walls it's cool enough with a good fan (which was provided). Nikos was friendly and made it easy for us to check in, and overall it gave us a nice change from the busy north coast.