I cannot recommend this house or its location. It was so unpleasant that even though we had booked for 7 nights we only stayed for 3. The house smelled really bad and it is very dark. The terraces were a big disappointment - unswept, the furniture gritty and the plants half dead. Worst of all there was almost no shade so in June they were unusable until after sunset.

The downstairs air conditioner did not work and for 3 people there were exactly 2 (small) bath towels and 2 hand towels. When we emailed Nikos about this we got no response.

The house is not in the country but in a mixed commercial/residential area. The only things within walking distance are a poorly stocked supermarket and a charmless taverna at the beach. There are, indeed, good fish restaurants on the water in Kolymbari if you want to drive back to the house after an evening of wine and raki.

We were in Crete for a month, staying in places from very rustic and inexpensive to more upscale and this is the only place we were not totally happy with.