This was the perfect place to stay in eastern Crete for our family of five. The apartment has a great view and has everything you need. It is walking distance to downtown and a beach is across the street. We easily found parking for our rental car, which we used to visit Knossos and Heraklion, as well as local beaches and the Lasithi Plateau. I am so glad we chose to stay in Agios Nicklaus since the town is really cute, and although there are definitely tourists, it is more of a real Cretan town than staying in a packaged resort area near Malia, which is what we were avoiding.