We booked Kalliopi Villa for a family holiday - 10 of us. In the end only 9 travelled due to HM Passport Office not renewing a passport in sufficiently good time!
The villa itself is located in a rural setting surrounded by small farms and other villas. The villa has five bedrooms, a couple of outside seating areas and a barbeque. The pool was great and much used due to the temperatures.
The village centre of Prines (around a 15 minute walk away) has a small supermarket and three tavernas - we visited each twice before deciding where to eat on our final night. Veranta (run by Nikos) has great local food cooked to perfection. Olive (run by Adonis) was equally good with a more expansive menu. Finally Giannikos (run by Iannis) has an eating area opposite the taverna itself under the shade of a large tree. Iannis is a real character with a wonderful sense of humour and this is where we spent our last night.
We travelled into Rethymno one night and ate at Orthonas Taverna (the beef stifado I ordered was exceptional). Rethymno itself is a mix of old town charm with narrow streets, harbour and castle. For those of a younger age there looked to be lots of bars too further along the front.
We also went, en masse, to Baja Beach Club one day which has a pool, food and drink and sunbeds available. This isn't a cheap day out but good to experience the sea breeze. There was a red flag flying the day we visited so the sea was out of bounds.
The communication with Marilena was first class throughout - from answering any questions before the holiday (including sourcing a second high chair as we had one year old twins with us) to regularly arranging taxis - either into town or to the Lidl 10 minutes drive away. Her husband Manos came over to clean the pool twice and the cleaner visited twice changing bedding and pool towels too.
All in all I can wholeheartedly recommend Kalliopi Villa to visitors.