I chose George's place to stay for seven nights because of all the reviews I read on Crete I kept coming back to his place because of the extraordinary hospitality of his parents especially his father Nikos. If there was a host family of the year this would be my pick. This was more like being adopted for a week rather than being provided with good priced accommodation. I was picked up and returned to the airport. Fed every night. Taken to a most memorable night in a Cretan mountain village and had use of a push bike that with a five minute effort took me to a beach more placid than a lake. Whilst geographically not central to tourist attractions and probably requires a hire car it is spiritually central to the most hospitable part of Greek people. The night in the mountain village has left me memories of people food and music that even time will not erase. I felt privileged to be given access and made ludicrously welcome to a community very few others had. If for even that one night the trip to Crete and the endless hours underwater was worth it.