Home sweet home! Even though we only stayed three nights at the house in Falassarna we truly felt at home. Communication up to the stay was easy and Maria responded quickly when we had a question. You can easily find the house with Google Maps even though it's located in a smaller village in western crete.
When we arrived we were greeted by Stelios (Marias brother) and their mother also with a full supplement of delicious sweets (muffins & cookies), fruits and water and even a bottle of white wine and Raki! The welcome they showed us was amazing, we were completely in love with them right from the start. 😊 Maria's grandmother is living on the bottom floor with a seperate entrance. She greeted us nicely as well but unfortunately she only speaks greek so we could not understand her.
Falassarna is a nice beach nearby where you can also do some watersports like jetski. The famous beach of Elafonissi is reachable by car but about 50 km down south. The close area has many taverns with a typical display of the wonderful greek hospitality.
The house is outfitted like a real home and has everything you could possibly ask for. It was very tidy, clean and with a great sense of detail & care put into even the smallest item. Wi-Fi quality was fantastic, best we had on our trip.
We couldn't recommend a stay at Maria's house any more! Our only regret was that we did not stay longer and did not have a chance to meet Maria personally to thank her for the perfectly organised accomodation.