This is a really striking villa - with an amazing backdrop of the mountains. Lots of outdoor space - as well as the private pool, there are two rooftop terraces. And even in the heat of summer there was often a lovely breeze on the top terrace.
It is a really peaceful spot - you are not looked over by neighbours at all - just a few sheep and goats and the pretty constant hum of cicadas.
The villa itself was perfect for us (family of four).- two bedrooms, kitchen dinner, and lots of reasonable kitchen stuff so we could cook for ourselves. We were met in Afrata by Tim, who was very helpful. Also there was a generous spread of wine, bread, coca-cola, oil, honey etc left for us. And wifi was pretty good too - which the teenagers appreciated!
Afrata is a lovely village to stay in - couple of decent tavernas within walking distance, and five mins drive to small but lovely little beach that was great for swimming/ snorkelling. (It's a 25 min walk but is a steep walk back - which in 30 degree heat is quite a climb!) There's a little supermarket in the village, and a bigger down in Kolymbari. It's quite a drive up a windy road to Afrata - but great views of the coast.
There are lots of places to visit from there too - we went to Balos and Elanfini beach and into Chania a couple of times.
It's a really lovely and welcoming spot - we very much enjoyed our holiday there.