In the centre of Crete, the
largest island of Greece and the fifth largest of
the Mediterranean Sea, in the Province of
Rethymno lies the Castle of Ageliana, in
the village of Ageliana.
HistoryCastle of Ageliana
A Venetian building that has absorbed in the passing of centuries
additions and modifications from the Turks and the Cretans.
Traces
of its stormy history are quite a few.
The memories are settled.
The
respect, tradition and passion imposed in its five year restoration
into a monument of life, "The Castle of Ageliana".
A building of 550
square metres which carries in its soul a history of centuries.
Taking a walk through the hospitable village of Ageliana,
you will come across houses built with a unique architectural style,
green pastures with its olive trees, orange trees and vineyards.
100 meters far from the village, you will find a mini-market,
taverns and traditional coffee shops.
The town of Perama with
its Medical Centre, banks, super markets,
pharmacies, restaurants etc. is only 3 km away from the village.
The Province’s capital, Rethymno,
with 35,000 residents, the port, the museums, the Venetian
Castle Fortezza, the beachside coffee shops and
restaurants, lies just 23 km from the Castle of Ageliana.
The distance to the airports of Chania and
Heraklion is only 70 km away.
All
of the above, result to the soul guarantee for a real unforgetable
vacation that will be remembered and engraved in your heart forever.
Unique points of the Villas
- Private buttler services
- Hotel Services 5 *
- Rich breakfast - Soly healthy Cretan diet
- Covered 4 car parking spots
- Auxiliary kitchen & room (under construction),
across at a privately owned space
- 7 acres of land is available 1,5 km away from the Villa,
with a small house under construction, along with all the types of
trees, found in Crete. Possible access to privately owned mountain
bikes.
The Castle of Ageliana offers all the
modern comforts.
In
the stone built yard, next to to the wooden oven, the
swimming pool
offers the visitor the relaxation and balance that someone is looking
for in his vacation.
The interior decoration comprised of
antiques creates a harmony with the traditional olive oil
press mill,
with the celar of local Liatikou Cretan wine, next
to the French dining
room from the past century.
The living room, with its impressive
sharp tips, double arches, impressive sculptured fireplace
that stands
between the French pool table and the piano.
The fine lined stone
stairs, after crossing the fountain and the stone well lead you to the
four bedrooms that are named after the local names
of the region:
Archondisa, Melisokeri,
Myrte, Brisida.
Archondisa with its nine
windows, wooden cypress floors, the unique decoration and the stone
built fireplace give an essence at the same time unique character.
Melisokeri,
Myrte and Brisida with the
feeling of freshness and colour, private
fire places and bathrooms , create an unforgetable rejuvenation.
Finally, the Private Butler of the Castle
is the man who will provide the healthy rich Cretan nutritional
breakfast.
The
suggested excursions and guiding tours to the most attractive places of
Crete and unnoticeably present in each of your expectations.
It is a 550 sq metre building which includes:
Ground Floor
- A Kitchen 18 sq metre, including:
- Double door refrigerator (cupboard style), large
capacity for storage with freezer
- Large kitchen with 5 ceramic burners and oven grill
- Microwave oven
- Dish washer
- Coffee maker machine for espresso, french and greek
coffee
- Natural gaz cooker (from central heating unit), with
two hearths (in case of current interruption)
- Kitchen furniture and shelves-drawers with all the
kitchen utensils (dishes, glasses, serving sets, cooking sets etc),
marble table with 4 chairs
- Living room - Dining room 85 sqw metre, including:
- Dining room, table for 6-8 people
- Display with complete antique serving sets (food,
coffee and tea), for 24 servings with utensils
- Nicely decorated dining room with stone mills,
traditional objects and oil press with a stone water tank
- Antique sitting room with 32' pasma TV (considered to
be a reception room as well)
- Big living room - Recreation room 80 sq metres
- Piano with tail
- French pool table
- Sitting room with large carved fireplace
- Screen projector 3x2m for TV and films
* The ground floor has underground heating and 3
fireplaces
- Office - Meeting place - Internet 18 sq metres
- Fireplace
- Office - Library
- 24/HOUR Internet
- Entrance with internal wooden staircase to the bedrooms
- Bedroom - Auxilllary 25 sq metres with loft (old type atic)
- Fireplace
- Double bed on loft that you climb to, on steps
- Large air-conditioner
- Small sitting room in front of fireplace
- Wine barrel celar - Bottles 12 sq metres
- 4 Wine barrels and space for 6 more along with local
home made wine, from the villa's vineyards on the outskirts of the
village
- Small storage room in the kitchen
- Open terrace, next to the living room - Dining room 20 sq
metres
- Space suitable for breakfast - Next to the garden's
aromatic plants
- Bamboo sitting room for 4 people
- Iron table with glass and 4 arm chairs
Outdoor space
The villa is surrounded with an internal yard around 250 sq
metres, including:
- Swimming pool (dimensions: 4x6m width, IM - 1,40 depth)
- Grass around the pool and shower
- Professional wood oven
- Well with wheel (the hole is closed for safety reasons)
- Outdoor fountain
- Outdoor stone staircase to the bedrooms
Bedrooms - A* Floor
The A' floor has access to the outdoors from the yard, with
stone steps, as well as the indoors from the office, with wooden steps.
They are caracterized as mini suites.
Archondissa
- The uniqueness of this room is that it has 9 windows.
- It has wooden parketry from local cypress and wooden
ceilings from logs.
- Over 200 year old fireplace. For safety reasons, it has
been enclosed with a steel & glass structure. It is definately
functional.
- Double bed.
- Telephone, air-conditioner, radiator.
- Internet.
- Satellite TV.
- Acces to a 15 sq metre veranda.
Melisokeri
- Half of the room has wooden floors and the other half marbe.
- Private fireplca for each room.
- Double bed.
- Telephone.
- Internet.
- Satellite TV.
- Air-conditioner.
- All except for one, have access to a big veranda.
Myrte
- All the above, except for the double beds, which are two
single ones.
Brysida
- All the above, except for the double beds, which are two
single ones.
