Our great journey to Crete began even before we arrived at the Chania airport: our host Mary provided us with lots of information (and even a discount for the car rental!) We are a family of five and all our needs were covered during our stay. We had not enough time to do more and everybody in our family wanted to stay at least another week!
Mary´s place is located in a quiet area in the Akrotiri peninsula, from there we had only a 15-20 minute car ride to all the places we wanted to visit: the Old Town
of Chania, the Botanical Park, the beaches of Stavros, Louthraki, Kalathas and Marathi... There is so much to do, and see that this time we couldn't make it to the rest of our list: historic Monasteries, WW2 bunkers, mountain bike trails....
On the days we were feeling like laying back we only needed to walk down to the local beach and chill. Crete weather is great but in April it also rained some day (shortly), so that's when we decided to follow our host's tips (the brand new Archeological Museum!) and were deeply impressed.
Food is also great and you can never go wrong if you try out the tavernas Mary recommends. Speaking of food: One special mention goes to Mary's wonderful mother Vicky who treated us so many times with her great home made food. Thank you so much, we had the happiest time at your lovely family's place!