The villa was a pleasure to stay in during our long 5 week vacation. We rented the villa during part of June and July and the vacation couldn't have been any better. The villa was as described and the pictures were accurate and we had no issues whatsoever. The villa was quite spacious and in a great location if you are looking to be up in the mountains and
away from the crowds. You will definitely need a car as getting to and from the villa would be difficult otherwise. Its about a 10 mins drive to a nearby village with everything you would need and about 40 mins to Rethymno. The only downside I would say about the villa was that 3G/4G signal was spotty (however this is to be expected in remoter areas). Also the broadband wifi in the villa was a bit weak, however this seems to be the case all over Crete and was not the fault of the villa, but rather the telecoms infrastructure.I had a teleconference one day and I was able to manage by sitting outside by the pool the villa which allowed for strong enough signal via 4G.
However, what made the vacation special was the warmth and hospitality shown by the Sarris family and the people of the village and Crete, they went out of their way to make us feel at home and assisted us in every way possible. Valia was also extremely helpful and was responding to our questions within a hour most of the time. We were welcomed in by everyone we met and even invited to a wedding while we were there and got to go up to the mountains to shear the sheep with the locals. This vacation was one for the books and none of it would have been possible without the Sarris Family and Valia.