Amazing, clean and cozy apartment, inspiring kitchen with everything you need and even more, spacious terrace from which stars seem to be closer, real grapes and orchids in the yard. Iris is very friendly, delicate and friendly. We could be happy there if not for one thing: miserable and tortured animals everywhere at this Crete area. There are dozens of chained dogs and hundreds of homeless cats. Near the hotel there were three chained dogs in very bad condition: one of them was with sunburned ears, another was just a puppy chained to the redhot barrel. Our hearts were bleeding when we saw them everyday on our way to the beach. So we called the police. Police officer came and said that according to the law, it is a passive violence against animals. The dogs were confiscated from the owners (one of them is the owner of tavern “Katerina” nearby). The puppy that used to live in the barrel now lives with us in Estonia (we took him with us), two others are at the Takis Shelter (near Ierapetra) at the moment- waiting for new owners. I am not sure that the former owner of these poor dogs will not bring new dogs to this place. It now forbidden by the police but who knows... I am writing this here only because I want to inform other tourists, that things happening to animals at Crete are ILLEGAL and you/we can influence the situation.