A 90 minute drive from Heraklion airport. This appartment is the last house on the lower level of the village. Clean and spacious for a couple. The lovely terrace area overlooks the valley and nearby mountains and you can see the sea in the distance. Below lie olive groves and a million chirping cicadas. Below that is the glow and sound of singing at the warerfall tavernas. The lovely walk up through the maze of passageways leading to the upper village is full of cats and swooping swallows and here you will find the mini market, a few quiet hotels and tavernas, pick up trucks full of goats and a few other tourist shops. There is even a surgery if needed. From the top of the village you can also see both the north and south coasts. Xania, Rethimno and several beaches are a short drive away. Knossos and Phaistos were perhaps a 2 hour drive.
Despite the lower square being quite small, we had no problem parking.
Maria and her mother were very helpful hostesses and we hope to visit again in the near future....
...... I wonder if we were the only ones to notice the face in the cliffs overlooking the village chapel in the evening.