Family Sentimental Values:The Story Behind Villa Elvina In the middle of the 20th century,Paterakis family,were privileged to be the owners of the biggest factory of oil production in the NorthWest part of Crete as well as the land owners of the largest waterfront areas in Drapanias beach of Cretan gulf.At the beggining,the family's large seaside areas,were mainy used for the cultivation of agricultural (Website hidden by Airbnb) it may be hard to believe it today,the lack of irrigation system,resulted in watering the huge seaside areas,through wells which were a few meters below the earth! It is obvious that,Paterakis family,working hard for many years,has essentially contributed to the development of the whole both mountain and coastal areas of Kissamos. In the late 1990's,Pateraki's daughter,Niki and her husband,Yiannis Ntaoukakis,a well known physician of the region,decided to fulfil their dream which was the building of a spacious villa,as their summer cottage,in one of the family's waterfront areas.Their children,Eleftheria and Evelyn,during their childhood,did experience unforgettable moments at the beachfront villa!

A few years later,Eleftheria,the current owner and manager of Villa Elvina,and,her husband,Michael,came accross with the idea to add a magnificent pool to the almost 5.000m2 outer space of the villa and,in that way,to pass to their guests authentic experiences of an exclusively private and peaceful villa! Since 2013,Villa Elvina has started its success story by hosting people from all over the world,by being the preference for all those guests who have found their piece of paradise at Villa Elvina and by being honoured to be a part of Vogue's Collection.Moreover,in 2018,the 'smaller sister' of Villa Elvina,Elvina City House,was built. After all,finding the Cretan's hospitality secret side,isn't hard: IT IS MY WAY OF LIFE.I treat myself more as a guest and less than the owner of Villa Elvina..If only all villa owners understood this rule: Put yourself in the position of the renter. I love people,I love life,I love hospitality.The hospitality industry was my biggest challenge..But,Villa Elvina,'more' also lies in what can't be captured by camera.Now,it is your turn,why not?