Close to the beach and a clean, cozy, spacious (for two) apartment. If coming from the port, I would recommend taking Taxi or renting a car from right there. It was an adventure trying to find the bus station and then finding the #1 bus to get us to the airport to pick up our car.
We used the apartment as our base to visit the city, the ancient Heraklion Fortress, and the ancient palace of Knossos.
There were plenty of places open on the beach even though the tourist season was still ramping up when we were here.
Giorgios is a fantastic host who is able to give plenty of recommendations and advice. He helped us figure out how to get to the bus depot once we realized there wasn't a bus right in the port.