From the first moment we felt ourselves at home in cozy, stylish, comfortable, brand new and super clean house of Menelaos!
The location is fantastic: 30 seconds to the nearest beach with free sunbeds, 1-2 min to all stores and tavernas and 7 min to the bus stop, so you don't need a car to feel happy )! Before i was a bit worried that such a central location would be very noisy but Panormo is just a paradise village for us: small, quiet, peaceful, picturesque, not that touristic, with friendly people making you feel a local one. It was a bit crowded and loud only on Saturday night.
The house of Menelaos has a small and super cozy back patio, where we liked to spend our slowly mornings drinking coffee and relaxing in the shadow of vine. A pretty good house layout gives you some sense of privacy and allows you not to hear through the wall the snoring of other members of your company ). We traveled not in a high season so we almost didn't hear neighbors as well.
Menelaos and his mother were just the perfect hosts: super helpful, hearty and hospitable! We arrived late at night but they met us with welcome homemade drink and sweets, shown us around the house and neighborhood, gave us the best advices and presented us the homemade olive oil, tea, extremely delicious jam and rakia! In addition we found in the kitchen all needed spices, sugar, water and coffee. Menelaos was available 24 hours a day and ready to help us with all our needs! We learned from him that in Panormo sometimes in the morning you can buy a fresh fish directly from fishermen's boats, that on Thursdays there is a market with local foodstuffs in Rethymno etc. All that we were missing is only some place for grilling in patio to be able to cook fresh fish and nothing more.
We were absolutely happy in this wonderful house and already planning to COME BACK!