We had a wonderful time staying at Ammos Villa. Southern Crete gave us a real taste for local island life on Crete. It is less touristy than the Northern Coast. The house is ideally placed for visiting Phaistos Palace, Agio Galini (Onar restaurant was great, friendly staff and VERY afresh delusions fish and seafood!), Gortys, Kommos and Matala beaches and the hike down down the gorge to the secret beach...we found two Greek men dwelling in a cave!
Although, Kalamaki is not an “organised” beach nor is the sand white, the children preferred that it was less busy and the local taverna was friendly, great value and their BBQ very fresh.
Heike went above and beyond and really appreciated that Heike waited for us when both our ferry and car rental were late. She also went the extra mile and went to the supermarket to buy food for our evening meal and breakfast the next day as she realised the supermarket would close before our arrival.
Everything was perfect, the only suggestion I would make is that it would be good to have names of some very good places to eat locally and in the neighboring places of interest we visited. It’s always good to get local knowledge rather than rely on TripAdvisor.
Great trip. Thanks Heike.
Runa