We had booked this villa for one week and we were really looking forward to our stay. Below we have listed the upside and downside.
Upside
Beautiful pool and lovely villa. It's spacious and really does have everything you need, it's incredibly well equipped and well thought through down to having separate towels for the swimming pool, decanters of different liqueurs, lovely soft bedding and the kitchen has it all including all sorts of herbs, spices etc in case you decide to cook on the bbq.
We were left a welcome package which was very lovely and generous including some home made raki.
The pool is wonderful, large and kept spotlessly clean.
There is a nearby taverna in Piskokefalo called Aeroinon which was nice food and really welcoming. It's a taverna very much for the locals and we loved being there.
Georgia, the rep, is lovely, welcoming and helpful and it was so nice to be met in Sitia and shown how to get to the villa, a short drive away.
However, the downside is the literally constant barking of dogs. When we arrived I asked Georgia if they would stop and she said they would. Unfortunately they didn't. It was pretty much constant, the only time where it stops for a bit is around 1 or 2 pm in the real heat of the day where I can only assume they go to sleep for a couple of hours. I would wake around 3 - 4 times in the night and they would still be barking. We checked with Georgia again the day after our arrival and after some consideration she told us it was hunting season and that was probably the reason why and that unluckily we had arrived in the middle of it. It was so frustrating as we wanted to stay in the villa but we kept having to go out to get away from the noise. On top of the barking dogs the next day what sounded like building work going on next door started up with heavy machinery running throughout most of the day (except during siesta time). Mr George kindly looked into it and apparently this was some municipal building work that was supposed to have been undertaken the week before, but unluckily for us got rescheduled at the last minute to the week we were staying in the villa. So we had little choice, but to cut short our stay and so moved to another property.
Georgia and Mr George could not have been more helpful in trying to resolve these issues, but unfortunately and understandably they were outside of their control. Georgia handled the situation excellently and promptly arranged a refund for the remainder of our booking.
I have lots of video footage which unfortunately I can't upload here on AirB&B so that you can decide for yourself if it would bother you but I note they have a link on Tripadvisor and I will put this review there along with video if I can so you have the chance to decide for yourself. If this link is removed from my review by AirB&B (I'm not sure they allow links to be added) then search under Metohi villa Piskokefalo Crete https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/VacationRentalReview-g2543839-d12861699-Metohi_Villa-Sitia_Lasithi_Prefecture_Crete.html
The villa really is gorgeous but if you don't want to be surrounded by constantly barking dogs then during the hunting season this may not be the place for you. As for the building work, you may want to check with Georgia first as to when it is scheduled to finish.