Vederi Estate

We visited Vederi for the fourth time this summer. It is simply the most stunning holiday destination with everyone you need for a relaxing experience. The villa is always spotless and the pool is beautiful. If you get chance to speak to George, the wonderful owner, you realise that his passion is to share the beauty of this island. Be prepared to drive everywhere and take care with that! However, nowhere else will have you reminiscing for months or sighing slightly whenever you smell jasmine 🥰

Beautiful spacious clean and well equipped house, within a Mediterranean garden. Original Cretan way of living. Great hospitality. Preserved privacy. The private swimming pool is big and clean. The owners provide also towels for the pool.

Had the best stay. In the heart of The village and relaxing environment. Immersed in nature and in a quiet area. Great for families and couples who want privacy and relaxation. Highly recommend ! Thank you !

We stayed in the largest villa, 4 couples. Amazing house and very comfortable. The pool and the outside setting are also great. We also had the chance to see the 3 smaller villas, which are also very nice, all of them with very nice private pools. In general, superb

Wonderful experience in a spacious, clean, well-preserved house with private pool, surrounded by olive and fig trees. Original Cretan living. The owners are friendly and always available to assist us! Highly recommended!!!

We had a wonderful 5* stay here at Villa Kyveli. We got a bit stuck arriving at the villa as the road was under construction but the owner George kindly came to meet us and show us the way. The villa is wonderful and perfect for our party of 5 (2 adults and 3 teenagers). Everyone loved the outdoor space and fabulous swimming pool. There is a covered outdoor area and lots of shade from Olive trees. Staying longer than a week we were treated to 2 x complimentary massages which was the best way to start our holiday. I can highly recommend Maria the massage therapist. The village of Prines is an easy 20 min walk and we particularly enjoyed eating at Giannikos Taverna and can recommend the delicious moussaka. We were treated like old friends after just 2 visits. We bumped into the waiter in Rethymno town and he recognised us and was so friendly. Rethymno is approx 15 mins drive. We had a wonderful meal at Achinos and really loved the very cool Ali Vafi's garden for amazing cocktails and strong Greek gin & tonics. George the owner of the Villa was always quick to answer our questions and had many fabulous recommendations. We visited Lake Kournas which is a fab day out. Hire a pedal boat and remember to take goggles. We hired a boat for half a day at Marathi beech near Chania from Notosmare boat hire and everyone loved this. Damnoni beach in the south is approx 50 mins drive and was quiet and beautiful. 2 x Sunbeds & umbrella is 6 Euros for the day and there are lovely tavernas for lunch. There is a shared outdoor kitchen at the estate and even though we had our own private BBQ we used this shared BBQ and pizza oven. Look at Jamie Oliver's pizza oven instructions on YouTube first if you've never tried and get the oven very hot at least an hour before and use loads of flour to prevent sticking. It's a full evening of pizza making but so much fun. Finally please say hello to the 2 dogs at the bottom of the drive. We named them Darren and Dutchess and they are so friendly and they adore to be stroked and scratched everytime you arrive and leave, we wanted to bring them home. We hope you enjoy your holiday as much as we did. Thank you for a wonderful stay. :-)

Beautiful location, villa was lovely and extremely clean. Cleaning lady met us but host sent us so many helpful messages of info - restaurants directions taxi companies etc, he even recommended a local lady who came to the villa to do our covid tests for flying home. Every question answered so quickly and such great recommendations. Villa next to a lovely village called Prines where there was amazing tavernas (The olive was our favourite) and this was an easy walk away about 20 minutes. 25 minute drive to most beaches and Rethymno as well as Lake Korunas. All bedrooms had air con and were cool at night. Kitchen well equipped, pool lovely. We want to come back next year and would recommend to anyone