We spent 10 beautiful days at Terre Cretoise in May 2019 - during the off season - and had the entire place for ourselves, which felt really luxurious. We couldn‘t meet Manolis himself, as he had business to do in Athens, but had fast and nice communication with him via Email and phone, whenever needed. We had a very warm welcome through Sofia (she had prepared a nice Greek pudding for us as a welcome gift), who looked after us through our entire stay. The place was impeccably clean and had everything we needed. We enjoyed the pool and the lovely, quiet, rural surroundings and also the taverns at Fourni and great companionship with the neighbors (including the chicken ;-) Our stay was very relaxing, and we can surely recommend Manolis‘ place. It‘s a short trip to Neapoli and to Elounda by car, but we also recommend taking a stroll by foot through the wonderful surroundings and landscape. I especially enjoyed watching the sheperd and his sheep up in the mountains behind the apartment, - bringing them back home every night at 06:30 pm.
Do bring a car and make sure it‘s a small one, as most of the villages have very narrow streets. And do make sure to take the roundtrip on the Lasithi plateau, starting from Neapoli. It‘s definitely worth it!
We thank Manolis and his team for being great hosts and sharing his great place with us.