We were a group of 9 friends staying at Villa Faidra in May 2017 (one week). We had an amazing time and truly enjoyed the villa and its beautiful surroundings. We had two cars and navigated the peninsula pretty easily. Communication with Nikolaos, Sophia and John was smooth, the only problem was my own phone which decided to take a total holiday and disconnect itself during the last two days.
If you are staying at this villa, there are many wonderful places to visit nearby eg. the beach and cave at Stavros, the monasteries of Agia Triada, Gouverneto and Katholiko. There is a good beach for swimming in Tersanas but there is a better one even closer to the villa. It is unmarked and can't be seen from the road but ask the owners and see where locals are parking their cars (about 5 mins walk from the villa towards Tersanas) and follow a path down to the sea through rocks and shrubs .
The only minus in the villa was wifi which was very slow and irregular. If you need to work online, this is not the place for that. Can't really blame anyone for this though as I've never had a good wifi connection in other parts of Crete either. I'm happily cut off.
We were super happy about this place and would recommend it to a group of people who love being somewhere a bit further from everything and want to take some time off for relaxation. We were a group of friends but the villa would be fine for couples or families too.