Hi,
We have spent two beautiful weeks in this house. There are two houses and we rented the bigger one with a huge roof terrace overlooking the sea. The terrace became our dining room (fish on the BBQ) while the garden in front of the house was our breakfast area.
We didn't meet Nikos but his brother Giannis has become a real friend. We met several times and he came over very often bringing each time some culinary speciality his mother prepared, or fresh fruit and local vegetables (including instructions how to cook them in a typical Cretan style). Giannis parents knocked on the door Sunday evening and offered us a plate of fantastic homemade stuffed vegetables...
More than customers of a rented house we almost felt ourselves as the guests of the family, and we enjoyed very much this relationship.
Giannis was very helpful with information about places to visit and other tips. He even invited us to a very nice restaurant away from Kolimbary up the mountain with an amazing view.
The house is located in an area which is still rural, 20 Km west of Chania 200M from the beach. There are fewer tourists there than in the crowded Platania etc.
Thanks again to Giannis, Nikos and their parents for their friendly human quality.
Isaac & Fanny