VILLA MARIANNA, PRIVATE POOL, SEA VIEWS OVER LOURDAS BEACH

There's a polished wood dining table nearby. and a, probably favoured, dining area is a covered terrace with wood table and chairs, accessed by French doors. There is a guest WC on the ground floor.

The double and twin bedrooms on the first floor both have en-suite bathrooms (small baths, with shower attachments) and the twin beds can be made up as a double on request. Each bedroom has a private balcony with views worth getting up for in the morning, of sparkling seascapes and pine clad mountainsides.

The focus of any holiday in Lourdas is undoubtedly on outside living and so, where to put the sunbeds will become a major decision of the day. From the covered balcony off the living room, steps lead down to a paved sun terrace and the lower pool terrace with the lovely, Roman step entry, 7m x 4 m swimming pool (depth 1.20 x 1.70).

A lawn beside the pool is enclosed by a sweet smelling tangle of flowering and climbing shrubs, which clamber on around the Villas grounds. A purpose built barbecue area by the dining terrace has a sink and clay oven under the shining leaves of a row of banana trees.

There is washing machine in a laundry room in the basement.

There is a mini market and a choice of tavernas within easy walking distance and Lourdas beach and its waterside tavernas.