We ar a family of 6 -parents, grandparents and 2 children (7 & 10) and spent 8 nights at the villa at the end of July. The villa was lovely-just as in the pictures and has everything you need for a comfortable stay. It is clean and very spacious- even for six people there was plenty of room for us all. The pool is shared and whilst the other villa was occupied throughout our stay this was no problem. If you are a large group looking for somewhere, bare this in mind as the other villa accommodates 4 people and we thought it would be perfect for a big party as you have access to the shared area but equally your own space if you need it so would book both in future if we needed to. Aikaterini was very helpful with all correspondence and was there upon a quick phone call to give us the key and let us in. We cannot rave enough about Elia. We absolutely fell in love with the place. If you are looking for somewhere tranquil and remote-away from the crowds it's ideal. We also cannot recommend 'To Matazaki' enough-the local cafe/taverna. Upon arriving in Elia we found it a little difficult to find the villa (easy once you know where it is!!) so we asked a young man at the bar and he jumped on his bike and took us there. We later found out that the young man was Leonidas -the owner of the bar where we ended up spending many many hours. We had expected to spend a lot of time cooking ourselves in the villa but two steps around the corner in this beautiful square in Elia (with simply a church, mini market and taverna) . We were pretty much the only tourists in the village and were treated like royalty by Leonidas and his family-their food, hospitality and generosity brought us back there most evenings so if you go to Elia make sure you pay them a visit-his mother is an amazing cook. Although remote (you will need a car) we visited many places (Rethmynon, Agios Nikoloas, PLaka, Watercity (!) and even ventured to the south coast-everything is accessible in the town of Kokkini about a10 minute drive away for supermarkets and anything else you need. The villa is also ten minutes away from the airport. An absolute gem we had a fantastic time in Crete -especially Elia. Thank you Aikaterini!