We have used air bnb for two previous stays and the stay at clives place came up to the best of what we now expect.The house was as in the web photos and the ambience even better- quiet and relaxed.Clive gave us a warm welcome including driving and parking directions.
Its local knowledge that we appreciate and Clive gave that in full,even a guided tour of the area plus lots of maps and leaflets.We had no problems with the house and Clive was only a phone call away if we needed to ask questions.
Clive gave us great advice on where to sample Cretan food from the simple local place were we could see the food being freshly cooked to a more upmarket foodie place in town which again used locally grown ingredients. We used the local place 3x -it was run by a friendly family and we felt truely in a Cretan home.
Iraklion was great for our type of holiday,city on hand,two excellent museums on archaeology/history,5km from Knossos,shops/markets to explore,great food and wine.We also drove out to Festos to see the palace and the bonus of the view of Mt Ida which was snow capped.Had we stayed longer we would have explored the roman ruins at Gortys and the Lasithi area -next time!