We stayed at Manolis's place for ten days in early September. It was absolutely brilliant and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. It's decorated to a really high specification and has everything you need for a really relaxing stay; in fact it felt like home and we immediately felt relaxed on arrival. It's super quiet at night so we got some brilliant nights sleep and the blinds in the bedroom are also very good so we weren't woken early by the sunrise.
The plunge pool was really handy as it allowed us to refresh ourselves after sitting out in the heat. We cooked a couple of times while staying at the apartment but there are loads of really tasty restaurants a short walk away. We would definitely recommend the family run taverna around the corner just before the local mini mart. The food portions were large and it was super tasty.
The apartment is really well located with just a three minute walk to the old hernossisos town square and only fifteen and twenty minutes respectively to the next towns along where there are loads of great choices for food and drinks.
Additionally the close location to the E75 highway means that it is super easy to get around the island from Manolis' place. We would definitely recommend getting a car as there are so many beautiful places to see and the roads in Crete are very good and easy to manoeuvre.
Manolis's cousin was also kind enough to collect us from the airport, get us settled in and show us around the local area.
We had a great stay at Manolis's and hope to return again to Crete next year!