Wow where do I being for the amazing place?
The Hosts:
Both Yulia & Alina were fantastic hosts. Yulia kept in contact with us right up until check in and Alina checked us in gave us all the information we needed for an amazing stay. Both Yulia and Alina went above and beyond with this AirBNB. There was fresh fruit & vegetables from their own garden and thoughtful touches like water, milk, coffee, bread as well. I cannot tell you how amazing this was and not to have to go straight to a supermarket. We used the local produce to make our own meal on the first night!
The Location:
This apartment is located in it's own complex called the Theseus Beach Village. It's around 20 mins drive away from Heraklion.
The Village has it's own security gate so it's completely private for the residents.
The apartment is around 1.3km from the private beach which is part of the Village.
On the first day we walked down to the beach. Now keep in mind this is quite steep down and up but boy is it worth it. On top of that they have a van which you can call and he will pick you up and run you down to the beach up until 6pm.
There is a cafe and pool also on site which is situated between the apartment and the beach and guess what? They will deliver to the beach or the apartment and the food is fantastically fresh and reasonably priced given the service and location.
Let's talk about the beach! It's absolutely stunning! The clearest blue water you can imagine and super clean. And because it's not open to the public it doesn't get crazy busy and it's well looked after by everyone who visits. I literally swam for hours and hours.
Near the Location:
We visited Ligaria beach for a hole day. Very short drive or 2.7km walk down to the beach. Really reasonable price for beds at €5 for the day and again the water is absolutely stunning. Plenty of places to each and drink.
Mades beach which is the closest outside of the Village. Again another beautiful little beach and around 1.5k walk down to it.
We also drove to Bali Beach one day around 30minutes from the Village as we wanted to play on the blow up water park in the middle of the ocean which was fantastic. This beach is slightly more tourist heavy if you don't mind that kind of thing.
You have plenty of Proper Super Markets in Gazi which isn't that far around 20 mins drive to get here.
The Apartment:
The apartment is one of around 6 other apartments split over 2 floors.
It was beautifully decorated and had a huge kitchen, loungeroom area. There is no TV so this is ideal if you want to switch off or catch up on some reading.
It has air conditioning throughout and there is a full bathroom upstairs with hand shower and toilet and another toilet downstairs in the utility room which is ideal if you have a few people staying.
There is 2 good size bedrooms here both with plenty of storage for your clothes. Both rooms have aircon as well.
The lower floor has a huge balcony which is great for coffee in the morning when the sun is behind the apartment and each bedroom also has a large balcony for views down to Mades & Ligaria beaches.
The only small downside here is the 2nd bedroom mattress is very very thin you will either love it or not!
Overall though the apartment itself is 9/10 and I would definitely stay here again!
Again massive credit to the hosts of this apartment and the service they offered.
p.s. there are a lot of cats in Greece and we had 2 that visited us daily. They were very sweet and didn't cause any issues while we stayed.