When we arrived, George and his wife welcomed us kindly to their house and told us the house rules and other details etc. we were told, that the way to the sea is a “natural path very nice and easy”. Also about two different wifi spots (one of them was being reached from our room, the signal wasn’t enough for even surfing). Then after we heard the theories, we went to Lygaria beach. First of all, the “natural path” - wasn’t a path, around 40cm space between a wall and the plants , a tiny cliff for small part of it. Only the entrance and the exit has couple of steps, but the rest is tiny hell of a road. In the evening it’s completely dark, the wall is full with lizards, and the way home is actually climbing on a mountain. So it’s unbearable to walk out of Bellevue everyday, I strongly recommend to NOT book this place if you are traveling without a car. both beaches (Lygaria and Agia Pelagia) are not classic sandy shores, they are full with small stones and slippery surface when you go into the water. After seeing all that we’ve decided to shorten out stay at Bellevue from 4 to 2 nights. George took it pretty well and didn’t argue with us. He offered to take us to the bus station nearby, from where a public bus would take us to Heraklion city.
So George took us by car to the bus station, and told us that bus would arrive in 5 minutes. Eventually we were sitting on the highway for 1 hour (!) and no bus has shown up. I’ve written George during this time and have asked him, if it’s normal that a bus could be late. He answered with it’s public transportation and it’s out of his hands and ignored my messages after some time. Since we went to other cities after, I have to say, that during further stay we’ve changed many buses to get to Malia, back to Heraklion etc., and no bus was late more than for 5 minutes, so I’m not even sure that buses still go through the stop, where George brought us to.
To roundup I would say that the place itself is nice, the view is stunning, the pool is not very clean, but the place around it is well made, with umbrellas and enjoyable to take sun baths. The way to the beach, supermarket, city, restaurants etc. by foot is a no-go. If you want to visit particularly Lygaria or Agia Pelagia then better rent some apartments right next to the beach, cause the way then will be much easier.