It was clear from the start why Vassilis has the status of 'Super-host'. He is an extremely likeable and genuine guy and we were impressed by his prompt and very informative emails to various questions before we arrived in Crete. His written and spoken English is excellent. On arrival in Hania, we appreciated Vassilis's warm welcome and as commented upon by previous guests were shown great hospitality by the provision of various 'goodies' such as Vassilis's mother's delicious cake. Later in the week we were treated to some more of her home cooking delivered by Vassilis's dignified father.
We thoroughly enjoyed staying in Hania at the end of October/ beginning of November for a week. For us the combination in Crete of fascinating history, beautiful architecture, amazing archaeological sites, majestic mountains and excellent restaurants was ideal. We loved walking around a fair amount and took a guided tour to Knossos. In addition, we hired a car for part of our stay to drive to the South coast to walk a gorge. Hiring a car proved to be cheap and driving around and parking was no problem.
The Airbnb house itself is charming and had everything that we needed for our week's stay. It was an easy and short walk into the heart of the town. We loved hearing the sound of the sea from the house, although on a few nights the noise from one of the local bars disturbed our sleep.
We wish Vassilis all the best with his Airbnb and recommend it to other guests.