The villa is in a great location with great views of the mountains. Kalyves was a quick drive so easily reached for nearby beaches, restaurants and shops. I would definitely recommend having a car whilst staying here. The rooms were a good size and having air conditioning was a huge bonus. We used the BBQ a few times which was great although we did have to buy BBQ tools as there were none available.
We did have a few maintenance issues that were eventually dealt with - the bathroom door handle broke so couldn’t open from the inside & broken toilet seats but the biggest problem was an infestation of wasp nests within the veranda roof and in an air conditioning unit. The amount of swarming wasps prevented us from using the pool. Initially we were informed that there were no wasp nests but after we inspected the outside of the villa we soon discovered several nests which were eventually partially destroyed.
We were a group of 7 in 2 cars so only having one key with no keysafe available was inconvenient.
We also had an issue with replacement of a lost safe key which has yet to be resolved ( we had offered to pay for the replacement key but the managing agent had lost their master key so were then asked to purchase a new safe and 2 keys)
In summary, we loved our visit to Crete and we look forward to returning to the area.