Douliana Villas

Très bel endroit staff compètent et sympathique très bien équipé et situer pour sillonner la région

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amazing place, clean and beautifully situated

Douliana village is a series of villas of different sizes, taking up a large part of the village of Douliana. It's a lovely place - not quite captured by the booking.com pictures. The villas are arranged along a few roads, but thoughtfully laid out so that you do not feel overlooked. There is also a main pool, with a bar next to it, so you can swim at your own place and then go round to the bigger pool for a drink or a snack or a change of scene. The cafe doubles as a store for essentials including bottled water, fresh fruit and vegetables. But if you are going to eat at home you will need to visit the Synka supermarket in nearby Kalyves. We stayed in Villa Dionysia, which has 4 rooms and its own pool, surrounded by lemon trees, olive trees and grape vines: beautiful! Plenty of shade by the pool. There was a barbecue and an outside table under a shady colonnade to eat outside. The villa was very clean and had everything we needed - cleaners came twice during our week-long stay. There was plenty of internet access. It's probably worth mentioning that our villa pool was deep - probably more suitable for older children - so we had to go and use the big pool for the children not to be out of their depth. The owner Popi was really kind and attentive. When our children wanted to share a room she instantly came and made up an extra bed so that we could reorganise the sleeping arrangements. She gave us excellent recommendations and told us to call her any time, which we did - for example for directions when we could not find the beach. There are two tavernas and a couple of cafes within walking distance - both lovely settings in their own way. The further taverna Ta Ntouliana is smarter, with tables under the trees and a large menu to choose from - we enjoyed our food. Taverna Heliostasis - on the right on the way into the village - seemed a much more modest place, but the food was absolutely delicious.

The roads within the village are narrow and passing other cars is difficult, so this might put off people who are not confident drivers. As always, we got through a lot of water bottles because Popi advised not drinking the tap water. A filter system would be a fantastic addition, to save going through so many plastic bottles.