We had a wonderful week as a family group of five in Amalia and Haris' beautiful villa. The villa and grounds are well-appointed and spacious with truly fantastic outdoor areas designed to maximise the stunning views to the mountains and coast.
We found Amalia and Haris to be amazing hosts. They responded to our queries pre-trip with lightning speed and were really helpful in suggesting local places to go for a lateral flow test pre- departure as well as recommending beaches and local tavernas to visit. Haris welcomed us with his excellent home-made raki, olive oil and red wine and even left us more to take home with us when he came in midweek to clean the villa and pool.
Although we found a car very useful for shopping ( the local supermarket at Stavromeno and Lidl in Rethymno are both very good), visiting Bali and Palm beaches and Rethymno, we walked out to Arcadi monastery, about 3.5 miles up the hill, visiting the excellent taverna in Amnatos on the way back and also hiked to Faragi taverna which is an interesting undulating walk down the ravine. At the villa we particularly loved to chill at the beautiful pool and relax on the high patio or by the barbeque. Sometimes it was hard to tear ourselves away from the villa, it was that lovely!
We very rarely revisit places as there is so much to see in this world but this accommodation was so spectacular we are hoping to return soon with a larger group. Highly recommended.