Just returned to England from a brilliant holiday in Crete staying at Maria's lovely villa.
I cannot recommend Maria enough as a host - she was great at communicating before and during the holiday and made everything very easy.
She arranged our car hire for us which was great and its always nice to use local firms rather than the big rental companies who are more expensive and try to rip you off. The car rental worked perfectly so anyone thinking of hiring a car I would say let Maria arrange this for you. The journey from the airport to the villa is very easy and you only need to allow an hour maximum.
The villa was exactly as described, lovely open space, clean, modern with a really nice pool. The cleaner came every 3 days and the pool man every two days and they did a great job. It has everything you need and Maria even noticed there was no coffee for the machine and popped back after welcoming us with a packet of coffee for us!
The villa is located within walking distance of all the Bali beaches, shops, tavernas and there was even a little taverna just 2-3 minutes walk from the villa. But it was still really peaceful and quiet with lovely views.
Maria also sent us a great email with ideas of where to visit - we really recommend the Melidoni caves and Spinalonga island as places to visit - Balos Bay and Knossis were also good. The local beaches were very busy and didn't have an expanse of sand but it didn't matter to us as we just loved hanging out in our own pool.
We loved our holiday and so pleased we chose this villa - would love to return one day. Thank you Maria for being a wonderful host!