Where to start??? Such an amazing house, well appointed and stocked, in a beautiful location of seeing the 'real' Crete. Set in olive groves, the house has 3 wonderful bedrooms with en-suites and a mezzanine with bed, sink and toilet, which my arty teenager said was 'heaven'. The 2 kitchens give an opportunity if you are family sharing (which we were) to have individual space to prepare food for us all to gather on the huge table outside overlooking the sea together. The pool is a great temperature and has shallow and deep ends, just glorious. There are 50 steps to your own private pebbly beach which was wonderful for paddle boarding and snorkling. I would advise rock shoes as there is a small number of urchins, but these you will find anywhere in Crete, and we could certainly have managed without, but just made us feel a little safer. The sunset and sunrise views are to die for, so much so I woke at 630 every single morning of our stay to see the sunrise, sitting on a sun lounger with a cup of tea x just magical.
Having said all of this the true 'GEM' of the property is Manousos, George's father. They live up the road and he was an absolute delight to get to know. He has the kindest soul of anyone I have met, and is now family to us. We all shed a tear in the car when we left, purely because we were leaving him! He will give advise about where to buy the best fish, the best meat etc. He treated us so unbelievably well, and made our week. We love him!! Don't think twice, it is simply wonderful x