Just returned from beautiful Villa Petros. We are a family of 4, including 2 teenage boys ages 18 and 13. Communication with host Sylvia has been outstanding from start to finish.
We arranged transfer with Petros who kindly took us to the supermarket to choose our own groceries. We had no plans to hire a car so we made sure we did a big shop! Walking wasn’t a problem, whilst you seem really high up in the mountains you are only 5 minutes walk to the old town and supermarkets. Taxi rank is not far away if you don’t want to walk back up hill.
Our chosen beach was Potamos Beach - about 40 minutes walk. Taxi back was 12 euros. We also got a taxi to Elounda for the day. We used the Taxi card from Villa - a family business local in Malia. Maria was our driver and spoke excellent English.
Takeaways from Malia were delivered free with a wide variety of cuisine including sushi. We also dined 3 evenings at the Royal Heights resort 100 metres away - the food, service and views were outstanding and the price was no more than the old town and in my view better.
We all loved the outside space of the Villa - absolutely 5 star. Very peaceful. Inside the Villa is also very modern with all essentials needed for a family of 4 however the open plan space didn’t work so well with us. Not much privacy for teenagers or us. Nevertheless this hasn’t put us off going back as a couple.
Nothing can beat sitting on the balcony late evening looking out towards the sea and twinkling lights of Malia in the distance. Can’t wait to come back