We were at Maria's place for only 1 night because we wanted to see Elafonissi beach. Please consider 25 minutes by car to get from the apartment to this beach. Her sister welcomed us and cleaned the apartment thoroughly. Everyone was very friendly. The restaurant in front to the right, Panorama, had a great food, amazing view and was relatively cheap considering the quality. I would recommend it. The apartment was small as described and there were 2 aspects that were not so nice: the mattress of the bed was wavy and uncomfortable (for 1 night ok, but for more would be a problem). Second: the shower is one of those without a cabin, so that when you shower everything gets wet including the toilet, which is very near the shower. Apart from that the village is not bigger than 20 people and driving the roads there is simply crazy. They have really bad roads on this way to Elafonissi. I was afraid of my family's safety while driving there as if you committed a small mistake your car would fall 1000m downhill. But this is of course not Maria's fault. All and all the place was fine for a short stay, but we have had for the same price category much better conditions in other places close to amazing beaches, even in big cities like Heraklion.