Peace, quiet and cats! If you love these, you will love this place. We went off-season and it was the perfect base to explore the island in the day and have nothing but the birds tweeting in the morning and the cats visit in the evening when at home. Cats. We counted seven of them, gave them all names and would have stolen at leats three in a heart beat. They’re shy until they get used to you being in *their* village, they don’t bother you if you ignore them (but know that I despise you and the cat gods will too). The village itself consists of 6 houses – this house is the last one and actually connected to another one next to it that has permanent residents which I think we heard once in the whole week – and is located behind an olive grove off one of the smaller roads leading outside of Maleme. In theory you can walk down all the way behind the house and reach Maleme beach (or the bus stop there) in like 15 minutes, I still would absolutely recommend a car for this location. You can park a few metres outside the village and walk in, don’t make the mistake of driving into the street, it’s the tiniest dead end again, if you scare the cats or worse, I will come and find you! The house is as cozy and cute as it looks, there is almost everything you need to cook, appliances, washing machine, everything works well, water pressure in the shower was fine too. The bed is comfortable, Internet speed is around 25 Mbps (5 Mbps up), enough to stream Netflix etc., during the day it was a little flakey at times. Close the shutters of the house from the outside in the evening, the bug/mosquito screens are a little flimsy and won’t come back down properly if you roll them up to do so. Keep the front door closed and buy some citronella candles to not get bit. You will definitely find the occasional bug or spider in the house which is unavoidable this close to nature. We had one tiny issue with a damp wall that created a bit of a musty smell, but from what I can gather, this was probably because we were the first guests of the season and it wasn’t as hot/dry yet. We were told the issue will be fixed, but just to be safe, maybe ask about it again before you book. That being said, this place is not rented out by an individual but an estate agency, which was still contactable and reacted by phone and email. We will come back!