Our family of three people spent three nights in the second half of August in one of the Kostas’ houses in the small village of Perivolia, 16 kilometres away and about 25-minutes by car from the Elafonissi beach. The two-storey stone house has been renovated with a modern taste, and has a nice, quiet and shadowed courtyard, which can be used to have breakfast or rest outside. We were welcomed by Mary, who was extremely kind and friendly: she provided valuable suggestions for the beaches, markets and excellent tavernas in the nearby village of Elos (we had dinner in two of them, both highly recommended!), and she was generous in lending us her air-dryer, since the one of the apartment was apparently missing. The double bed upstairs and the sofa bed downstairs in the living room were comfortable, the large shower was superb (even if no hooks for hanging towels were present in the bathroom), the wifi was effective through the house and the kitchen was fairly equipped, although no microwave oven and clotheshorse was available for our apartment. We found the house cosy and very clean, except a couple of pans which needed to be washed before use. The car parking place is under the chestnut trees beyond a small creek, and it is on a short though steep walking distance to the house. Mary was very kind in keeping our luggage on our last day after the checkout, which made possible to us to spend the day in the beautiful beaches of the SW coastline of Crete. If you like the quietness of a small village in the mountain not far away from beautiful beaches, Kostas’ house is indisputably the place for you, and we thank once again Mary for welcoming us so kindly.