Villa Christy ticked all the boxes for us. The villa is stylishly decorated, it has everything you could need, the pool gets the sunlight all day till almost 8pm. The location is perfect - quick bus ride to Chania (15min) or to Agia Marina and Platanius(10min) where there are lots of restaurants and cafes. But there are a few nice places to eat in Stalos it self, cafe, bakery and supermarkets. The sandy beach is just 2 min away but we found the "Golden Beach" which is 10 min on the bus toward Chania absolutely beautiful with crystal clear water and sand with couple of lovely beach cafes. I would also recommend a day tour to Ellafonisi beach (the bus journey through the mountains is absolutely spectacular). We thought we might need to hire a car but it turned out this was not necessary at all (unless of corse you want to explore more remote villages and sights). Konstantina is also a great host and very easy to communicate with. She kindly arranged for a taxi to pick us up from the airport and when we arrived at the villa someone was already waiting for us to show us the place. Overall we had a great holiday. This was our first trip to Crete but we loved it and cannot wait to return again.