Outstanding experience! This holiday was special. Thanks to Elene and Stavros we fell in love with crete, especially Archanes.
Location: The location of Archanes is easy to reach from the airport as it is only around 16km from the airport and the capitol Iraklio, mainly via a main road. Archanes is a cute, little village with everything needed (Fruit Markets, Supermarkets, Cafes, Restaurants, evening life, Organic shops, Wine shops, Barbers etc.). The house is located in the outskirts of the small village, not far away from the center but still calm and rural. Nearby is i.e. a small wood, hills, walking paths and the mountain Jouchtas which offers a perfect view over the area. Perfect place!
The house: The guest house is cozy. We stayed with two persons and it offered us everything we needed. A little bathroom, a little kitchen, a sofa bed, a nice and big (140cm?) real bed in the corner, good mattress, mirror and most important a nice, spacy terrace in front of the house and next to nature. Perfect, cozy house!
Elene and Stavros: Words cannot describe how nice and lovely Elene and Stavros welcomed us at their place. Both are extremely caring, open hearted and open minded. Both were always helpful and gave us tips for places we must see (Listis, Malia, Chania, cinema, beaches etc.). While drinking their own, homemade grape juice and/or wine (which is most tasty by the way) on the terrace we had awesome conversations about life, minoans, history, learning greek etc. So so we felt very fast that this holiday will become a special one.
Also worth to mention are their cute pets (cats, dogs), plants and the whole family and friends which we also invited into our hearts.
Elene, Stavros and their friends and family gave us the chance to sink in into the real cretan lifestyle and so our trip to crete became an outstanding experience. It couldn't have been better, thank you!! 😊