Rena and Panos are excellent hosts that made my trip to Chania super comfortable and enjoyable. I cannot rate them and the apartment highly enough as it’s one of the most enjoyable airbnb experiences.
I spent three weeks in Chania as a digital nomad to take in the amazing sights of Chania and west-Crete. From day 1, I had a very pleasant experience with Rena. She is super knowledgable of the local sights in Chania and around Crete, best car rentals with easy pick up/drop off from the apartment and great restaurants nearby. Chania is strategically a great spot to visit some of the best beaches in Crete such as Elafonisi, Balos, Falasarna, Marathi and Seitan Limani. Day trips to Rethymno and Preveli are easily doable.
The apartment itself is very luxurious with modern facilities (multiple TVs, fridge, washing machine/dryer etc.) and super comfortable for two people with excellent Wifi (if like me you are planning to work too). Rena was very kind to bring me a new blender to make breakfast smoothies! The location of the apartment is perfect for the local Neo Chora beach (2-3 mts walk) and old town (10 mts walk). You can also walk to Agii Apostoli beach (25 mts walk or 5 mts by scooter/car) - which was one of my favourite beaches in Chania proper.
The walk to old town from the apartment is very nice along the sea at anytime of the day. There are some amazing restaurants that Rena recommended that are close to the apartment, and much better value relative to the ones in Old Town. If you are driving, there is private parking in the apartment unit. There is additional private parking couple of minutes from the apartment too.
I managed to lock myself out of the apartment one day and Panos was on site almost immediately to let me back in. Another time the parking in the apartment was full, so Panos was waiting for me at the private parking to make sure I didn’t have any issues. The local Raki he brought for me went down very nicely too!
I highly recommend staying at Rena and Panos’s apartment to experience Chania.