Before I wrote this review, I went back and re-read the description of this place and the other reviewers to ensure I was being fair.
Here's some thoughts:
Anthe's place is beautiful and modern. Everything feels like it was redone in the last few years and is super clean. The views are unparalleled as mentioned in a number of reviews and it is lovely to sit outside and have a meal or a cup of coffee.
Anthe also went above and beyond to stock the refrigerator of the unit, being extremely generous with food and drink and even providing a small dinner for us since our flight got in at night. This part was beyond any other host I've stayed with.
That being said, I felt like I didn't have the right information to decide for me whether this was a place that worked for us. Knowing what I know now, I would not have personally booked it.
Although the place is 15 minutes from Heraklion, it's a treacherous drive compounded by the fact that the streets are windy, narrow, unnamed, and generally two-way streets that are only big enough for one car at a time. The first rental car we picked up couldn't even make it up the hill to the Airbnb. We had to go back to the airport to switch cars, so if you decide to stay in this place, pick up a 4-wheel drive. We didn't enjoy driving to and from the place, so we really minimized returning to the Airbnb which was a bummer since we had intentionally picked a place that we thought was going to be easy to drop in and drop out.
Because the streets are unnamed and it's not easy to use GPS to find her place, Anthe insisted on meeting us at the airport so we could follow her there. We appreciated that she was willing to do this, but we did not know this was a requirement when booking the place. We would have preferred to stay in a place where we had our own flexibility to make it there on our own. We had some issues finding each other at the airport, so were further delayed.
As mentioned in other reviews, Anthe has a beautiful pool that is mostly private. This was a big draw for us to book the place. Unfortunately, it was colder than we were used to, so we didn't get to use it.