Christine and her mother were very kind, even though we arrived later than expected and so only met them briefly. When we explained that our hot water wasn’t working upon the evening of our arrival, they did their best and got a plumber over straight away—he managed to fix whatever was happening with their solar panels first thing the next morning. (They had been having difficulties the previous day and she apologized profusely for this.)

Christine had left jam and olive oil and water in the kitchen for us, and the room was as advertised on the listing. The place was good for hitting the beach, or for driving to Knossos without having to stay in the centre of Heraklion. The supermarket next door was really convenient for early morning bougatsa and coffee or late night snacks, but we’d suggest driving into Heraklion for proper meals as the neighborhood itself was touristy.

The room had a balcony and nice dark shutters you could close to keep light out, but it didn’t keep all of the early morning noise out so I wore earplugs on our second night.

Good value for money in a tourist hot-spot!