Although i arrived very late i received a warm welcome by Maria and her parents. The place was clean and the fridge was surprisingly well stocked, a big bowl of fresh fruit was on the table and Maria's mother had brought home made moussaka, greek salad and wine - the best welcome of all my AirBnb trips :-)

The place is very cozy, quiet, well equipped and has a great view. My teenage kids visited me while i was staying and we had a great stay.

The western part of Crete is the most lavish part and has great beaches, gorges and Chania is very nice - nicer than Heraklion.

Crete is quite big and many roads are twisted so a car is the best way to get around. When hiking the gorges however it's often better to join a tour since it's often impossible to get back to your car without having to go back the same way you came.

Communication with Maria was very good and she was very friendly.

The only negative things were the slow internet connection of 1-3 Mbit/s that was quite unstable. The provider was updating their systems and at the end of the stay it became more stable, but was still slow. We also had more than 10 power outages during the month when the weather was bad - most of them where only a few seconds but a few lasted 30 min.

I would not hesitate to book the place for holidays but would consider a place with better and faster internet for longer stays, since i do my work over the internet.