Maria is an attentive host with an absolutely gorgeous apartment! The bed is very comfortable. The kitchen facilities are good and the living area is spacious.
Maria also left some nice gifts for me like fruit and eggs and coffee.
I was not familiar with Crete when I booked this place. I do not suggest this Airbnb for anyone who won’t have a car. The roads are very hilly, narrow, and dark at night and it isn’t very safe to cycle here or walk at night. Taxi drivers also get lot frequently finding the area. This area is GREAT if you have a car.
There is a supermarket nearby with very very basic essentials and some mediocre produce so if you don’t want to walk all the way to town you can make it work. There’s also a reasonably priced restaurant nearby.
The internet here is TERRIBLE. I work remotely and I stayed here for 6 weeks thinking it would be a great place to work. Don’t do it if your job requires a stable internet connection for calls and video chats. It was so unprofessional I lost a contract and 4 clients. The internet is good enough for some Emailing and such but just don’t go here expecting a good connection.
To recap: the place is clean, spacious, beautiful, peaceful. Maria and her husband are VERY NICE. The area is beautiful. Go here for a relaxing holiday— don’t go here expecting to work remotely! And make sure you have a car!
For check in: the key needs to be turned FIRMLY to the right. I was scared of breaking it, but you do need to turn it that far!