Marias house is a perfect choice to calm with full privacy. The village is very quite. You can hear only nature sounds (wind and animals). There are only few cars on the roads. The terain around the village is full of olive trees. Is better to have a car, so you can move around. I needed about 30 minutes to travel to beaches to north and south Crete. Hopfully there is free parking in front of the house. Its not a touristic place and people there are very gentle. The house is half modern and half old. You can find there some old artifacts, as an old "iron". The kicthen is full epuiped and there is a small barbeque place in the yeard. The House is much more better than it looks in the photos and very clean. Also best value for money, regarding it is a 2 floor house. Maria was a very helpful host. I will definately come back to spend more days in this house.