This was the best experience I've had so far with Airbnb (4 different countries), because of both the apartment itself and Elia as a host. We stayed here for a week and really felt at home.

I don't think you can ask for a better location to explore the city of Rethymnon and the island of Crete, especially if it's your first time there, like it was for us. It's on a pretty quiet street just inside the old town and it's easy to walk to anywhere in the city, and to both the beach and bus station. The bus system throughout Crete was easy to figure out and we used it a couple of times for excursions to Knossos/Heraklion and to the new Eleutherna museum.

Elia was extremely helpful and answered any questions we had. I thought it was a bit difficult finding out information about the city and Crete online, especially with things like if there were any cultural or fun events going on the week we were there. But Elia gave us a bunch of suggestions and that really made our trip much more memorable. We also had fun hanging out with Elia and her husband our last night there at a great little taverna just around the corner from the apartment.

There are small grocery stores very nearby the apartment and we went to them every day, to get food for breakfast for the next morning. It was very nice to east our breakfast on the balcony overlooking the street, very relaxing. I would say that the nearby church bells were mostly charming but maybe a bit annoying on the couple mornings we really wanted to sleep in more (I got really badly sunburned one day and had trouble sleeping a few nights).

The air conditioning worked wonderfully and cooled the whole apartment down quickly, which was good because it was super outside hot when we were there.

I really can't recommend this place enough!