This 3-bedroom, 1 bath apartment in a new building is extremely clean with an up-to-date kitchen with all the appropriate amenities. Kostis also thoughtfully provided coffee, tea, milk and sugar. We were greeted with cakes and the traditional (yet way to strong for my abilities) liquor. The apartment can easily and comfortably sleep 5. It is within the Venetian defensive wall, and close to the heart of the city (5 min walk up the road). Heraklion was a lovely city to be based out of while we explored the rest of Crete on day trips. This apartment was also well situated for getting to the highway to access things like Knossos, Malia, Phaestos, Lasithi Plateau, and various caves and beaches across the island down to the south side of the island. We still made it back to Heraklion in good time in the early evening so we could wander it’s beautiful streets and have a nice dinner.
There was some street parking available (we visited in December) but we opted to park in a private, above-ground lot one block (2 minutes) to the south east at a cost of 6 euros per night in the realized hope of not getting a scratch on our rental car. There was no laundry machine in the flat but there was a wash and fold service called ‘Clean Up’ that did around 16 kg of laundry - (in our defence: family of 4 incl. 2 girls, a teen and a tween, and 7 previous days of travel) - for 16 euros on a same day basis (they did it on a per kg basis). This service was a two minute walk up the road towards the City Centre. If I had that service at home, I’d never do laundry again!
Overall, this was a perfect spot for our family of 4 and I can highly recommend it. And Crete. And Heraklion too (if you’re not going to Crete for a pure beach holiday). Even in the darkest days of December it was a great place to get away. I’m already sad I’m gone.