Simply put, my girlfriend and I fell in love with Damianakis Village and the wonderful hosts. It played such an important part in our vacation, because it's one of those places that naturally make you relax without even realizing how much you are at peace.
As a reference, the cottage is ten minutes away by car from the bus station's parking lot in front of the sea next to Rethymno's Old Town. The last 100-200 meters are untarmacked road, but easy peasy lemon squeezy all the way.
The cottages are inside the family's farm and and ours was placed at the outer border, with the most beautiful view to the surrounding hilly landscape and the sea.
Everything was perfectly blended within a pastoral world: the olive trees, the vegetables growing all around, the vines with grapes on the fence, no sound but the goats roaming in their huge enclosures and under the farm and the blowing of the wind coming from the sea. The nights were magical, as no light pollution let us enjoy a sky full of stars.
Four of the most affectionate cats ever met in our lives came to meet us immediately and would spend all the time we were at the cottage with us. During the nights when we were sitting outside, they liked to sleep on our laps and make the experience even more bucolic :)
Dimitrios unfortunately could not be at the farm during our stay, but we were welcomed and treated by two equally kind hosts, Dimitrios' mother and father, who are amazing people! Dimitria brought us fresh and delicious vegetables from the garden and olive oil from their olive trees, while Georgios gave us some fresh goat milk and taught us how to pasteurize it - I shouldn't say the it was some of the best milk I tasted.
Overall, I think you guessed we are enamoured with Damianakis Village. We would really like to go back there some day, to spend some longer periods in a place that let us find an unforeseen inner peace.