We stayed at this lovely property in the middle of the summer of Covid.19. They had gone the extra mile and had undertaken a deep clean before we arrived.
The property is in a good location about 1.5 miles from Elounda and a mile from Plaka. This means that you need a car, or to regularly use the local taxi service which was punctual and reliable. It should be noted that the parking for the property is at the front and is very tight. We had a compact car and anything else would not have fitted onto the driveway. It also means that to leave the property you need to reverse onto a relatively busy road, but with my wife checking we were clear, it did not pose us a great problem. If you don’t fancy that you can park in a layby about 20m from the villa which we did on a couple of occasions. Don’t worry, there is no noise from this road in the villa and certainly not to the rear of the villa when you are lying by the beach.
There is lots to do in the area including great beaches or a trip to Agios Nikolaos (worth doing for the supermarket which has so much more choice and about 40% cheaper than the local ones). The restaurants in AG are also a lot cheaper than local and its worth a visit to Alexandros Roof Cocktail Bar (Alexandros owns the next door villa and is an exceptionally nice guy). We spent a lot of time chilling and swimming on the private beach to the rear of the property or for one day we walked the 150m to the private hotel beach which has a good beach café and is open to non-residents.
The villa itself is superb with everything you could need, beautifully decorated throughout and with cleaners who came every day. The only negative was that we left our BOSE speaker overnight on the beach by mistake and it was gone in the morning. This is not a bad reflection on the villa, simply a warning to take care and not have a false sense of security with the ‘private beach’. It was my fault!
Overall we had a great time at this villa and would not hesitate to recommend it to all. Anything that may sound negative is not meant to be but is simply a ‘heads up’ so as to increase your enjoyment of the villa.