The Villa Andromeda at Chania in Crete is a Neo-Classical mansion built in 1870. It has been very carefully restored so as to preserve its characteristic nineteenth - century architecture. During the period of the autonomous Cretan state (1897-1912), the Villa Andromeda housed the German consulate. Nearby stood more mansions, including the consulates of the other great powers of the day, the Palace of Prince George (high commissioner of Crete ), and the residence of Elefterios Venizelos (later Prime Minister of Greece ). In 1940, the Villa Andromeda was used by the German Military Autorities and among those who stayed there as guests was Field - Marshal Rommel, commander of the Afrika Korps .

Villa Andromeda was fully restored on April 2003.

The Villa Anromeda is locaded in the Halepa District, just 1 km from the centre of the town of Chania. It stands on a prime site above the wonderful bay of Chania, looking out across the expanse of the Cretan sea. Behind are the foothills of the towering white mountains - still snow - capped even in early summer - while from the veranda there is a view down to the Venetian walls and old town of Chania, with its houses of dressed stone bearing all the colours that the centuries have left.