A real gem of a find. We had an amazing week here. The house is plenty big for a small family or two couples sharing. Spectacular views of the mountains and a really great location. The village is very easy to drive to, and has everything you need. A couple of tavernas offering lovely local food at very affordable prices, and the welcome you get from the patrons is great. The local mini mart has everything you need both fresh and shelf goods, and again is fairly priced. The pre-Roman and Roman remains close by are AMAZING!! They are 15 minutes walk from your front door, and blew us away. €4 per person seems like an incredibly low price for such an amazing and varied site. We spent 3 hours up there and loved it. The house itself is really nicely maintained and finished really well, lots of hot water and the aircon in the bedrooms was great. The kitchen is really well equipped and we felt very comfortable all week. We can honestly say that of all our Airbnb stays (and that’s a lot) we have never received welcome essentials as good as we did here; fruit, tea, coffee, cheese, yoghurt, pasta, tomatoes, cucumbers, orange juice, milk, homemade jam, butter, wine, bread, local raki, bacon, eggs… plus all the kitchen cupboard essentials for cooking… and I’m sure I’m missing a few bits too. It made our arrival so lovely, and we really appreciated it. And we must also mention that the beds are very, very comfortable.
Everything you need for a trip to the beaches is provided including towels and a beach umbrella. There is a wonderful small beach with excellent swimming just a few minutes’ drive away (Kalami) and a very large one, with masses of coastline and beach a couple of minutes’ further at Kyani.
Be sure to try the locally produced thyme honey, which is outstanding!
The only three things to bear in mind;
- you will need a car to get out of town to other places of interest, and to get to the beach. There are buses, but irregular and few and far between.
- take some earplugs as the cicadas can be very loud! Almost uncomfortably so at some points during the day
- there are two bedrooms, but to get to the living space from bedroom 2, you have to walk through bedroom 1. In reality this is a minor inconvenience, as bedroom 2 has access to the patio via a door, and so as long as the resident of bedroom 2 has the front door key, they can let themselves in through the front door to avoid this