The Stone-built house is a lovely traditional house set in a hilltop village in western Crete with amazing views across distant olive groves and mountains. Just a 20 minute drive from the nearest town of Kissamos (for shops, cafes, and restaurants), the village of Tsikalaria is a quiet retreat from all the noise and bustle of daily life. The house has a large kitchen/diner, and several quirky bedroom options. The top bedroom has a lovely outside roof terrace where we ate breakfast each morning as the sun rose from behind the mountains.
Despite the rural location Ioannis has set up a really efficient wifi modem and there is even cable tv!
Ioannis was a really helpful host and answered all our messages promptly. Ioannis's dad met us at the house and was lovely and chatty (he speaks good English), and as he only lives a few houses away, was on hand if we needed him.
We loved our stay in Tsikalaria and would certainly like to go back at some point.