Antonis’ hotel is well located if you want to visit the best beaches in Crete. You can reach Balos in 1 hour by ferry from the Kissamos port (12 min drive) and Elafonisi is one hour drive. Antonis is very quick to respond, and it is nice to have the pool. While the hotel is beach front, it is a very rocky beach and we were not compelled to spend time there. While it is convenient to have the hotel restaurant onsite, we only made use of it for drinks two nights, which we found overpriced (3€ a beer). A few points to note/suggestions of improvement:
1) no shower curtain in the shower- this made it quite impossible for water to not go everywhere
2) no water boiler/mugs for morning coffee/tea- granted it’s a hotel room, not an apartment, but even standard hotel rooms usually come with a water boiler and coffee. (We had our own coffee and didn’t want to have to go down to the restaurant to make it).
3) no restaurant recommendations offered (you are the local, and this is what makes Airbnb special, tell us where to go)
4) no chairs/table on balcony- we noticed some rooms had them while ours did not.
All in all, our stay was fine (except the night the air conditioner wouldn’t work, but Antonis was quick to have it repaired for the next night). However, we would choose to stay elsewhere if we were in the area again.