Luxurious villa, idyllic view, 5km from town & beach, total privacy, large pool Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Is Luxurious villa, idyllic view, 5km from town & beach, total privacy, large pool pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 22 lbs per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

Q: How much is parking at Luxurious villa, idyllic view, 5km from town & beach, total privacy, large pool?

Self parking is free at this property.

Q: Where is Luxurious villa, idyllic view, 5km from town & beach, total privacy, large pool located?

This family-friendly Rethymno vacation home is located by the sea, within 3 mi (5 km) of Mili Gorge, Horse Park Rethymno and Blue Beach. Town Beach and Platanes Beach are also within 3 mi (5 km).

10/10 Excellent

Tina R.

Sep 12, 2024

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Wonderful Villa

We enjoyed our time at the villa. Perfect support from our host. Super clean. We really recommend this wonderful villa for a relaxing vacation in Rethymno! Thanks to Marina!

Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jerker G., Bonn, Germany

Jul 12, 2018

From beginning to end an absolutely fabulous experience

Everything, from the house cleanliness and equipment, to the reception and support from the owners, was perfect. House was even nicer than the pictures with incredible sunsets

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Christian R.

May 28, 2017

Just perfect!

This was our second stay at Villa Givera and we are already looking forward to the next one. House and garden are beautiful, spacious and well-kept, the surroundings quiet and very green, the view simply stunning. Last but not least: Owner Marina is a most obliging and friendly hostess. A highly recommended place for a great stay in Crete.

Stayed 9 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Gail R.

Jul 4, 2018

outstanding villa on crete

we had a wonderful stay in this beautiful villa with terrific views and the most amazing sunsets.The villa was well appointed and of course the aircon was most welcome.The villa is only a short drive to local amenities and Marina,the owner,was most helpful in organising our visit .We hope to return in the next couple of years.Katie and Owen Rees

Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2018

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Monika O.

Aug 30, 2016

Wonderful stay in villa with pool and great vista!

The location was even better than we had expected - well equipped house, regularly and thoroughly cared for by Eliza and Andreas. From here it is not far to Rhethymnon (Taxi 10.-€), in the direct vicinity there is nothing but the wonderful view all over olive trees and the sea. In Rhythmon we recommend "Stavros" for excellent meals and "Zisis" for takeaway Greec food. We'd indeed recommend Villa Givera to our relatives and best friends!

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Sadik A.

Oct 24, 2014

fantastic

We have had a lot of fun staying at Villa Givera. Beautyfull view over the landscape and the sea. Beauutyfull house very confortable with 3 rooms and a big living room and nice kitchen. We have had the chance to benefit from a nice weather so that we could swim in the pool and the Méditerranée. The house is ideally located near Rethymnon, which is a very nice and lively city.

8/10 Good

Cecilie E.

Aug 6, 2024

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A lovely holiday House

Overall a very beautiful and charming House, with all what you need as a family who prefer privacy and a quiet place. The pictures shows exactly what you get. The play area for The kids was really Nice, but unfortunately we could not use it, because The sand was literally filled with cat excrement.

Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

RORY F.

Aug 31, 2024

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Beautiful Home away from Home!

Everything about this place was wonderful. The pictures don’t do justice to how beautiful and meticulously well-maintained this place is. They clearly care about keeping it great shape, and it shows! Marina was very helpful with suggestions and advice. She welcomed us when we arrived and had brought us a basket of fresh fruit, which was very kind. This place is a five minute drive up a somewhat winding road, but it is an easy drive, even at night, so we did not find that troublesome. The location has excellent privacy and gorgeous sunset views to be enjoyed from the patio or the pool. I genuinely don’t have a single complaint. It was a wonderful vacation home and great central location for exploring the island on day trips. Thanks Marina and family for letting us stay there!

Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcel T.

Oct 12, 2023

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Die perfekte Unterkunft in Rethymno

Die Villa ist wirklich großartig und genau wie auf den Bildern beschrieben. Alles ist sehr sauber und ordentlich, zweimal pro Woche wird alles gereinigt, es gibt jedes Mal frische Handtücher und Bettwäsche. Die ruhige Lage in den Bergen mit Blick auf Rethymno und das Meer sind ein Traum, die Außenküche super praktisch und mit dem Auto ist man in gut 5 Minuten beim Bäcker und in 10 Minuten beim Supermarkt. Marina ist wirklich eine großartige Gastgeberin! Danke!!!

Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Helen James

Aug 19, 2023

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Amazing Villa

We had the best time at Villa Givera. The whole experience was brilliant. 5 star . Thank you Marina and your staff for keeping the villa so clean and the pool / garden beautiful during our stay. Highly recommend .

Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lena W.

Sep 12, 2022

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Villa Wunderschöne

Ein wunderschönes mediterranes Haus, ruhig und abseits vom Touristen Rummel. Einziges Manko ist die Mülltonne vorm Haus - zu klein und es darf nicht alles rein. Auch fremde haben ihren Müll reingepackt. Wir würden jederzeit wieder kommen

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Uwe M.

Jun 15, 2022

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Einfach nur schön

Das Haus samt Garten mit Pool ist tiptop gepflegt und mit viel Liebe ausgestattet. Toller Blick auf Meer und Rethymnon von der Terrasse aus. Und mit dem Mietwagen ist man schnell an den Stränden der Insel und in der Stadt.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Marcel and Birgit B., Wijchen, Netherlands

Oct 9, 2021

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Lovely home with privacy and great view

There are many positive things to say about the villa, but what we most liked was: the architecture of the building. All the rooms face the same view. There are no stairs, there is only one step from the verandas to the large pool of which the water level is equal with the terrace, no edges around the pool and there is a shower. The garden has beautiful plants, trees and flowers. The house feels like a real home, not a holiday home, because of the chosen furniture, decorations and plants. All the windows have build-in insect screens and schutters. We absolutely loved the bed linen, luxurious and soft. The owner is very kind and was understandable as we couldn’t come in 2020. The villa has had many improvements through the years and is very well maintained and we hope to come back again. We have stayed in several other villas but this one is our favorite.

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Alex D.

Sep 14, 2021

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Excellent vacation home

Dear Marina, you have such a wonderful house, garden and pool. We spent 2 weeks in this wonderful home and our expectations were overfulfilled. Thanks a lot for having us :-)

Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard W.

Aug 17, 2021

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A perfect house for a family holiday

We stayed at Villa Givera in August of 2021, and it was our favorite stay throughout our 14 days in Greece. We loved, loved, LOVED the house itself. Our teenager had his own room and our 5-year-old was excited by the kid toys that the host had left for her. Having your own private pool with a view of the ocean was amazing! We made a point of watching the sunset from the pool every day we were there. Definitely use the outdoor kitchen as well. One of the best dinners of the entire trip was when we picked up souvlaki, lamb burgers, and halloumi cheese from a nearby supermarket to grill and had a family night in cooking, drinking wine, and watching the sunset. The location is wonderful. You can be in old town Rethymno in less than 10 minutes, our favorite restaurant was Taverna Zisis--only six minutes away--because it has a playground for kids to play while you take your time with dinner. Also nearby-- hiking in Myloi Gorge in ten minutes or on a beach in 15. The bigger beaches of Triopetra and Damnoni are a bit further, but manageable -- about 45 minutes away on the other side of the island. We would absolutely stay there again!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Robert L.

Jul 25, 2021

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Villa mit sehr schönem Meerblick

Die Villa Givera hält wirklich, was die Bilder versprechen. Wer einen ruhigen (Familien-)Urlaub sucht, kann das Objekt beruhigt buchen. In der Nähe gibt es genügend Supermärkte und kleine Tavernen für die „Versorgung“, allerdings ist dafür ein Mietwagen nötig. Die Anmietung und Kommunikation mit dem Vermieter war sehr unkompliziert und hat super geklappt. Wir können das Haus absolut empfehlen. Einziger Wermutstropfen ist die schlechte Internetverbindung, die ständig ausfällt.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin I.

Oct 7, 2020

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Ein traumhaftes Haus in ruhiger Umgebung

Vorweg, die Bilder werden dem tatsächlichen Haus nicht gerecht, es ist noch viel besser! Wir wurden von einem sehr netten Kontakt vor Ort begrüßt. Da wir recht spät angereist sind wurde auch an die Verpflegung gedacht. Das Haus selbst ist etwas abgelegen, aber dadurch sehr ruhig. Es ist sehr geräumig und gepflegt. Verschiedenes Personal kümmert sich um die Sauberkeit und die Außenanlagen, auch während des Aufenthaltes. Es wird alles geboten, was zu einem erholsamen Urlaub gehört.

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Anita W.

Aug 26, 2020

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Beautiful villa

Cannot speak too highly about this villa. It had everything we needed. Plenty of space, fantastic inside and out. Pool great size and as for the views and sunsets- wow! Yes it is a little out of the way but worth it.

Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ruth S.

Jul 30, 2020

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Herrlicher Kreta Urlaub

Wir haben 2 schöne Wochen in dieser schönen Villa verbracht. Am meisten genossen haben wir den tollen Pool und den Ausblick mit den herrlichen Sonnenuntergängen. Das Haus ist super ausgestattet mit allem was man braucht. Zusätzlich wird mittwochs und samstags geputzt und es gibt frische Handtücher usw....das Haus liegt schön ruhig ca. 10 Minuten bis in die Altstadt von Rethymon. Wir werden auf jeden Fall wieder kommen....:)

Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Gerhard B.

Aug 25, 2019

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Fantastic holidays at Villa Givera

Villa Givera is really a gem and even nicer than you would expect from the ad in the internet. Marina the landlady is very nice and gave us a friendly welcome with a local snack exactly at the time arranged by SMS/phone. She showed us around and even offered to arrange for food delivery to the house by local caterers (gyros etc.) . The villa is ideally located at the Eastern outskirts of Rethymno and easily accessible as the highway interchange is only about 10 min away. There are no neighbors besides the two holiday houses uphill which are, however, not within earshot. There is not much traffic on the adjacent road either. The house is lovingly furnished and decorated. The garden is well manicured and the pool is splendid. The house, garden and pool were taken care of by a cleaning lady and a caretaker who provided their unobtrusive services three times during our two weeks‘ stay. So, we were relieved from the otherwise onerous housekeeping duties and could just relax. We (two adults and two girls of 10 yrs) enjoyed our stay very much and spent an aggregate 7 days in the villa without leaving the place since it provides everything you need for a holiday. The beautiful beaches on the south coast and even more beautiful Lake Kournas are just a 40 minutes‘ drive away. Downtown Rethymno can be reached in 15 min. We are looking forward to our next time at Villa Givera and can recommend this place for every party of up to six people.

Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Matthias M., Frankfurt, Deutschland

Jul 17, 2019

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Mit Liebe zum Detail eingerichtetes und gepflegtes Haus

Mit einer herzlichen Begrüßung begann und und einem freundlichen Kontakt endete unser Urlaub in diesem wunderschönen Haus. Dazwischen lagen zwei herrliche Wochen in der Villa Givera. Viele haben schon positve Bewertungen zum Objekt geschrieben und genau so ist es! Selten habe ich eine so freundliche Begrüßung erlebt und noch nie in einem so schönen Haus meinen Urlaub verbracht. Ich werde die Zeit nie vergessen und bedanke mich nochmals bei Marina, die immer freundlich und hilfsbereit war. Super nützlich waren ihre Tipps zu Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, schönen Stränden (Souda–Beach war auch unser Favorit) und Ausflugsmöglichkeiten. Durch die Übersendung der GPS–Daten war alles über das Navi leicht zu finden. Kreta war genauso wie vor 27 Jahren ein tolles Urlaubsziel!,

Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Frank S.

Apr 28, 2019

Beautiful villa with marvelous view

We are a family of four and always prefer a nice villa/house over a hotel and therefore have become „veterans“ in renting vacation houses over the years. This was certainly one of the best properties we have ever rented. Everything was as advertised or even better. The kitchen has everything you need. The interior of the house is very tasteful and impeccable. The outdoor space is five star plus (pool, porch, barbecue area, sunbeds, view, ....). It is about 10 min. into town (one of the nicest on Crete). And last but not least Marina is a great host. Not at all intrusive but 100% responsive. Thanks for letting us have your villa for two weeks !

10/10 Excellent

Svenja G.

Oct 21, 2018

Alles wie beschrieben. Super gepflegtes Haus und toller Service.

Die Villa ist super! Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt. Super war auch die Hausreinigung alle 4 Tage inklusive Handtuchwechsel.

Stayed 15 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Barbara O.

Aug 29, 2018

Beautiful villa in a great location

The villa is situated close to Rethymnon with all this beautiful town has to offer. At the same time, the location is very private. The villa, the pool and especially the view are amazing and offer everything you might wish for (trust the pictures!). The villa & surroundings are very clean and well cared for. The owner is always incredibly helpful and welcoming. We've been staying at the villa several times now and have always had a great holiday!

10/10 Excellent

Marisa P.

Aug 14, 2018

Beautiful villa fully equipped, amazing view

Marina was most helpful on our late arrival! The villa has everything you need fully equipped kitchen etc. The villa has a spectacular view and easy access to rethmyno. Couldn't reccommend highly enough. Our stay was very relaxing and everything taken care of, the pool was a fantastic size and perfectly maintained throughout our stay

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

Luxurious villa, idyllic view, 5km from town & beach, total privacy, large pool

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