<The village of Ntouliana or Douliana in the Apokoronas on the island of Crete
The village of Douliana is located in the Apokoronas and can be accessed via a junction on the route between Gavolochori and Vamos. On the sign for the exit it says "Ntouliana" on any road map I know ii says "Douliana", and as the latter spelling you also pronounce the name of the village. The road to the village is about a kilometer from this exit. Douliana is a nice and quiet village which is mainly characterized by the many flowers that you can find here. Especially numerous bougainvillas in the shape of shrubs and trees purple colour the village, but also there are bushes with yellow and other colours of flowers.
In the village of Douliana there os a small World War II monument and there are two churches. One is a mini-church, which in my opinion looked fairly new, but appeared to be from the 19th century(?). The other church is a bit more substantial and dates from 1888. There are a few narrow streets in Douliana with nice old stone houses but there are also quite a lot of (beautiful) newly built villas that are rented out. During our visit in early October 2013, most of those villas looked empty and sometimes even the pools were already emptied.
There is a mini-market and a kafenion and there are two tavernas in the village: one at the beginning when you drive into the village and the other at the very end of the road, which leads to a kind of square. From here a path leads towards Gavalochori. On the way to Gavalochori you will encounter the beautiful cave church of Agios Ioannis.
