We instantly felt at home on arrival at Antonia's place. We'd been in contact with her son Manolis already, but as he was in London we were looked after predominantly by Antonia.

She collected us from the bus stop and gave us a quick tour of the local restaurants and points of interest (which turned out to be very useful during our trip!)

When we got to her place, she showed us in where we found some really nice homemade foods waiting for us, as well as some fresh fruit, milk and homemade raki and honey raki (which was amazing!!)

If we ever had any issues or queries during our stay, both Manolis and Antonia were very quick to respond and extremely helpful.

The apartment is situated in an excellent location, only a 10 minute walk from the beach, but in a nice quiet and peaceful neighborhood.

On our last evening in Crete, (after asking if there was anywhere we could learn Cretean cooking) Antonia kindly offered to show us how to make one of her family recipes!! The food she produced (with a little help from us :) ) was absolutely delicious and we ate together under a picturesque sunset with a refreshing glass or two of white wine -- what more could a guest want?!

The perfect hosts and the perfect stay, we will return for sure!

Thank you and lots of love! Isaac and Louise