It's difficult to say how much we loved the apartment, the location, and Rira's hospitality. The apartment was perfect, with everything we needed, including beach towels, toiletries, some wine, raki, and breakfast materials. And water, which was great as we arrived too late at night to be able to buy any.
The shower was fantastic, with plenty of hot water. The main bed was huge and very comfortable, and the children were comfortable on the single / sofa beds.
The apartment has lots of welcoming touches, with marvellous views. It's up some steps from the main road but these are no problem if you are relatively fit.
Elounda is beautiful. Our shuttle back to the airport took us through many other holiday places and none of them matched up to Elounda.
Communication with Rira was swift and clear, she greeted us late at night when we arrived and made us a delightful Cretan breakfast on our last day. Wifi was good. We were also really grateful to be able to stay in the apartment until our shuttle picked us up in the early evening, which pretty much gave us an extra day to our holiday.
Views from the roof terrace are spectacular, and there is also use of a pool, which looked lovely, although the sea looked even lovelier so we swam there instead.
We were sad to leave.