Party of 8 (6 adults 2 kids)
July 2022 10 days.
Arriving at the villa, it looked amazing! The house and particularly the gardens are beautiful. Set in the hills with a view towards the sea.
Giorgos met us on arrival and he is the loveliest man. So sweet and kind and could not do enough for us.
The house is big (plenty big enough for 8), the gardens are really pretty (with fresh tomatoes and bananas) and the pool is superb.
Giorgos showered us with gifts all holiday. He brought us water, huge watermelons, figs, homemade wine and Raki and just made us feel so welcome. He brought us 12 fish from the harbour one day! He's a really wonderful, lovely man and took us all out for a meal one night too! And more raki!! He could not have done more to make us feel welcome.
Our coffee machine broke one day but he replaced it within hours after a quick text.
We had a cleaner twice during our 10 day stay which plenty. She cleaned the whole house and changed beds and towels.
There is a little taverna just a 2 min walk away called O'Katis. The man there was great too. We'd often go for an ice cold Methos and he'd bring out gorgeous complimentary Cretan foods. And raki! (You can buy bags of ice here too which is handy).
O'Katis is where you catch the landtrain to take you to the seafronts. (3€ one way/ 5€ return).
I would hire a car next time as, although we managed, it was hard work carrying shopping back from the local supermarkets and the land train stopped running at 9.30pm (although it advertised later).
It's a 15min walk to the seafront/shops but it's uphill on the way back so more like 20+minutes.
The local supermarkets were also expensive and touristy. It wouldve helped to do a big shop elsewhere. We only found one butcher shop while we were there. Giogos has a lovely BBQ and Pizza oven but we needed a car to collect supplies, so we only used it once but we wouldve used it more.
We had a wondeful holiday at Giorgos villa and really feel like we made a great friend too.
Thank you, Giorgos! 😍
Sarah, Sean, Mark, Kirsty, Jacob, Abigail, Karen & Ian. x