We had a wonderful stay at Villa Ariadne. Samantha is super helpful with advice and responses to questions. The villa is really well laid out, one of the best villas we have stayed in, we particularly enjoyed the choice of outdoor social areas, especially the roof terrace, good for relaxing and star gazing. Despite being quite a large group (couple and 3 adult children) we were comfortable as there is plenty of room to spread out around the pool, terraces and roof terrace.
If you haven't tried Crete before, we would recommend a visit, it is a really welcoming place. People are very hospitable, lots of quality local food, and very reasonable prices.
Villa Ariadne is well equipped and tasteful. There are other villas nearby (also nicely built) but the area is quiet and you don't feel overlooked. The location is dramatic, quite close to the hills, so there are a few twisty country roads to get Melidoni, but nothing too scary. Realistically it means having to drive to venues like tavernas. We had a hire car.
Samantha has great recommendations. We went twice to Taverna Tzitzifia at Tzitzifes. It really is worth the journey, one of the best eateries we have been to anywhere. Informal, incredibly welcoming, lovely location, with great food at very reasonable prices. Vegetarians and meat eaters were all happy. We also got a ridiculous amount of quality meat for not much money for a barbecue at a local butcher.
All in all a great stay.