Maria is one of the nicest and friendlies hosts that I've ever met in my 4 years travelling with Airbnb. She responded quickly to my emails and was a wonderful host. Finding the apartment was a bit difficult but she was kind enough to wait for us and call to us from her balcony on the 4th floor when she saw us coming down the street. She even had a bottle of Raki that she waiting for us upon our arrival. The apartment was immaculate and provided us everything we needed, refrigerator, comfortable double sized bed, stove, dishes, etc. The apartment is in the middle of the city and located close to everything, it's also spacious and done very nicely. Just be aware that because the apartment is in the city center (noise was not a problem) parking was difficult. You either have to park in a parking lot about two blocks away (about 11 Euro per day) or on the outskirts of the city center. If you come by car rent the smallest car you can as you should know Heraklion was designed before modern roads and parking were available. If we had a bigger car it would have been an issue. We did find a place to park on the three nights we were there but it took some time. I would highly recommend Maria's place!