Gallery - Photographs of Villa Mia, the surrounding area and Crete in General

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Villa Mia

Gavalohori area and surroundings

Winter & Christmas

Spring

Walks from the villa

General


Villa Mia

View of Villa Mia from the roadVilla general view

View looking over the pool towards the hillsidePool looking North

Pool reflectionsPool reflections

Pool and front gardenPool and front garden

View through the verandaCovered terrace

Villa from driveVilla from drive

A drink by the pool?Fancy a drink by the pool?

At night there are lights under the arches and in various places around the gardens, walls and driveway as well as in the poolVilla Mia at night

Artistic shadows on the pithoiWhat's a Greek urn?

countrysideCountryside

Drinks on the pool terraceView with champagne

Discrete lighting on the roof terrace stepsTo the roof terrace...

Breakfast on roof terraceBreakfast on roof terrace

The Italian desinged dining table can extend to seat 8 with easeeDining area

The dining area has a variety of lighting optionsDining area

Usually you will eat outside, but the dining area is very tempting (and cool, with the air-conditioning)Dining area

Part of the soaring lounge celing, above the designer sofas and fireplaceLounge & fireplace

LoungeView of the villa lounge

Lounge with hi-fiView of the villa lounge

Villa kitchenVilla Mia kitchen

Just some of the Villa Mia kitchen equipmentWell equipped kitchen

More of the comprehensive kitchen facilitiesKitchen equipment

Part of the master bedroomMaster bedroom

Another view of master bedroomAnother view of master bed

Some of the bed options - bunks in the family bedroomFamily room bunks

Twin beds in the family bedroomFamily room beds

Master bedroom en-suite shower roomEn-suite shower room

Master bedroom en-suite shower roomEn-suite shower room

The outside shower room - ideal to cool or clean off after a day at the beach or in the poolOutside shower room

Part of the fully tiled bathroomBathroom

Villa settingVilla from village

Colourful summer flowers within the garden bordersIn our garden...

Colourful summer flowers within the garden bordersIn our garden...

Cool shady rear garden borderShady borders...

Cactus garden by the gatesGarden by the gate...

The sunsets views from the pool terrace are magnificent - almost every single day!Typical sunset

View over the village towards Megala HorafiaView from pool

View over the village to Souda bay, as seen from the covered terraceView from terrace

Gavalohori church seen from our gatewayView from gates

View of the White Mountains in summerMountain view

View of the White Mountains in springMountain view

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Gavalohori area and surroundings

taverna in villageVillage Taverna

street sceneStreet Scene

old doorOld Door

road to villaRoad to Villa Mia

traditional blue doorBlue Door

local churchLocal church

local churchLocal church

local street sceneLocal street scene

Gavalohori main streetGavalohori

Gavalohori with a backdrop of the White Mountains in early springGavalohori view

Venetial wells within a few minutes easy walk of the villaVenetian wells

Nearest church to the villaVillage church

Local churchGavalohori church

Back streetsThe road to town...

Village squareWar memorial in the square

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Winter & Christmas

villa mia at ChristmasVilla at Christmas

fire in the loungeFire in winter

Christmas tree in the loungeChristmas cheer

Christmas sunsetWinter sunset

Christmas tree in the family bedroomChristmas bedroom

Deserted beach at Georgioupolis on New Year's day 2007New Year

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Spring

View across the Apokoronas from the villa in springView from villa in spring

A view of the beautiful Amari valley - an excellent day tripAmari valley in springtime

One of the unusual Dragon Lillies found on the Akrotiri peninsulaDragon lily

Spring walkWalking in spring

Spring flowersSpring flowers

Spring snow-capped White MountainsWhite Mountains

Spring flowers on the hillside just above the villaSpring flowers

Spring blossom in the villageSpring blossom

Spring wildflowersSpring flowers

Irises against the blue spring skySpring bulbs

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Walks from the villa

This is the view from one of the walks into the villageGavalohori village

Spectacular pine forests to be explored on the hillside behind the villaBehind Villa Mia

Nearby old bridge just 2 minutes walk awayAncient bridge

Amazing vista just 5 minutes walk up the roadNearby view

One of the many picturesque Gavalohori churchesLocal church

This is the quiet road which runs past the villaRoad past the villa

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General

chess setChess Set

colourful stallColourful stall

boat on a beachChania Harbour

taverna by a beachTaverna by the beach

sunset over paleochoraSunset over Paleochora

market stallTomato Stall

shady staircaseShady Staircase

boats in harbourChania Harbour

market stallMarket Stall

Kalives beachKalives Beach

taverna by the harbourChania Harbour

Limnoupolis water park is less than an hours drive awayNearby water park

Winter shot at Hora SfakiaCoastal scenery

One of numerous monastery roofs...Cretan monastery

church at kissamosChurch at Kissamos

Traditional white church - and goats!Traditional church

colourful gateChania Gate

Agia Triada monasteryCretan monastery

Agia Triada monasteryCretan monastery

Georgioupolis church by the seaChurch on the beach

Octopus drying in ChaniaOctopus fishing

Rethymnon harbourRethymnon

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All images copyright J.E.Davies 2006, 2007 & 2008. Permission must be sought before reproducing any of these images.