Hello there, I am Manos, owner and manager of CreteVillas4U. I have been in the hospitality sector long before CreteVillas4U, however. I was actually born, grew up, and spent most of my life in a hotel owned by my family. So, I guess it came as no surprise when I expressed my wish to study in Rhodes’ Tourism School and, later on, when I decided to start my own business in the sector. One thing I learned growing up in a family-run hotel is that hospitality is more than hotel management, logistics and operations. It is a culture, passing down from one generation to the next. You can study to be a hotel manager but you cannot study to be hospitable. I apply this philosophy in my business as well. The rule is simple: the guests of the villas I manage are my guests. As an active traveller, I expect nothing less myself. The fourth generation of Dafermos hoteliers has already been born. I know now that my two beautiful children will probably follow my steps, like I did before them. There is a small difference though: they are smarter, more educated, better (big smile). All the best, Manos Dafermos

Villa Limeri forms the basis of a lifelong memory and is clearly made of the stuff that any celebrity or non celebrity seeks in order to find peace, quiet and that feeling of "separateness" (why else do people own islands and estates?). Yes, there is a road, since it is 15 klm away from the main town of Rethymnon, but that's how you get to Villa Limeri....once there it as if no road had ever reached the place. Eclectic in design and architecture as this has the modern version of a "great hall", yet none of the darkness of an old mansion, it is all exposed to the magic healing light we get so much of in Crete. In the middle of the flora and fauna, the massive mountains, the small trees and shrubs, the fragrant plants and herbs, the dramatic rocks to every side - far away from people, your view is open, the air is clear. The land area devoted to the house is large (20 hectares), but really you benefit from the extension of this all into the underpopulated hills beyond. Sit and think, write a paper, start a novel or go for a walk in the so many different paths that someone can take. Going inside this 280 sqm villa there is a great-hall sized living with spectacular views of inland.

Monopari village - 1 km (one cafe/taverna in the village) Rethymno 15 km. South coast (Preveli, Damnoni & other beaches) - 35-40 km. Heraklion airport & town - 96 km. Chania - 82 km. A car is necessary for your transportation. We can also organize a transfer in order to come to the villa and the day after rental cars can be delivered at the property (extra charge).