The Villa was perfect for our group. We had 6 adults and 5 children in our party, the children were aged 3 months to 3 years. The Villa is two apartments joined together so it provided everyone staying their own space. We didn’t feel on top of each other. The balconies have incredible views, a lovely place for morning tea. It’s a short drive to the local village where we used the supermarket and gyros restaurant. A slightly longer drive (15-20 minutes) to Lidl and Rethymno town. The toddlers really enjoyed the play house, slide and other garden equipment and the adults loved the table tennis table. The pool is really well maintained and was even cleaned while we were there. It is however a tad on the cold side (this is typical for Greece in the middle of May). When we arrived the fridge freezer in the downstairs kitchen was broken but was fixed by the next morning, it completely died the next day and was replaced within just hours later! Very impressive. We also asked for the sprinkler timer be changed to after dark when the children were asleep and not playing on the grass, again this was done within hours. On the first night in the villa we had booked a private chef, he was already preparing the food when we arrived at 5pm. We’d had a long journey and this was the absolutely perfect way to spend our first night. I lived in Greece for 6 months and had never tasted Meze like it! I strongly recommend giving this a try. He even did all the washing up! (Great value for money too). Also greeting us upon arrival was a cake and a bottle of wine from the owners of the villa, a lovely touch. Rethymno town was much bigger than we expected with a huge variety of shops and restaurants. We even found one with a soft play for the children near the little marina. The only problem we had is that we wanted to stay longer, we stayed 7 but 10 days would have been ideal. I’d change just one thing about the villa and that would be a railing around the steps to the bottom Apartment. This is purely because we had such young children with us and they always seem to want to go where they are not allowed. Valia was continuously messaging to check everything was ok and is truly an excellent host! We would 100% stay here again!