My boyfriend and I had a beautiful week-long stay at Stelios’s place! The view was by far the best feature and we spent every morning and every evening on the patio watching the sunrise or sunset.
Stelios was very attentive and easy to get a hold of for questions, local recommendations, and to address any minor issues that came up. We had some Wi-Fi issues while we were there, but Stelios was able to fix them within about 24 hours.
The house was very cute and comfortable with two large bedrooms and 2 updated bathrooms, and the kitchen was very adequate for light cooking. There was an outdoor barbecue grill area and washing machine as well, but we did not use those.
It was pretty windy on top of the hill, but that actually turned out to be a blessing - we opened a living room window and a patio door and the cross-breeze was enough to cool everything off. We did not need to use the air conditioning at all. And the patio area was shielded from the wind with a glass partition wall, so it was always very comfortable to have meals and relax out there.
The Villa was in a very convenient location - a very short drive (3-5min) to get to the main Agia Pelagia beach and restaurant area, and maybe 7-10 minutes to the other nearby beaches and coves. We explored all of them and it was great! It’s about a 20 minute drive to get into downtown Heraklion for exploring and dinner - also fun!
Note: you need to have a car if you’re staying here, as the Villa is located on a hill and up a pretty steep gravel driveway. But we had one rented for the week to explore the island, so it was no issue. (You could walk to the nearby beach and restaurant area in 10 minutes or so if you wanted to and didn’t mind the steep walk or walking along the road).
If we return to Crete, I would definitely consider staying here again. Yiamas!!