Evli apartments was my cosy home during my two-week stay at Rethymnon. Located on the hill, it is about 10-minute walk distant from the old downtown. Walking through the woods along the narrow path, you can view the spendid sea from different perspectives. I felt like a smurf, living at the sea and in the woods. Haha. You can call a taxi to the apartments, of course. It takes you 5 euros down to the town center. Right around the corner when you are down the hill, there is a local restaurant "Chicken in the Bar" which serves wonderful local foods and drinks. Foods there, like other local restaurants, are wonderful and inexpensive. Two-minute away is a supermarket and an icecream bar. I did some shopping several times in that supermarket. It is cheap and good.
My landlord Geroge and his wife Sally are both very friendly and hospitable. As soon as we arrived at the apartments, they provided a lot of useful and detailed information as to eating, buying, transportation, etc. Thanks to their detailed information, we soon got used to the local life. George and Sally would sit at the gate cheerfully greeting the guests coming and go. We usually talked a lot at the gate whenever we were home. It really felt like our home at Crete. In the first days when we were new comers, George and Sally would took us on their motor bikes to the downtown. I would never forget that rainy afternoon when George took me to the university workshop at Xenia. George and Sally are angels! And I have found that the loca people are very nice and friendly. It is safe and comfortable living here.
One more thing, when you choose to live here, please enjoy the manificent stary sky every night! It is so clear and dazzling! Of course, you can sit at the balcony, eating, drinking, talking, and watching the sheep eating grass. A lot of relaxation.
I would come to back to Evli apartments again next time I come to Rethymnon. By the way, I do feel I become healthier and happier after the two-week wonderful experience in Crete. It is a paradise to me.