We stayed a week at Villa Nikolaos in the small village of Ancient Eleftherna.
We had such a wonderful time and I'd like to thank the owners Vangelis and Kaiti for welcoming us to their very special house.
Vangelis met us on arrival even though it was late at night, and we really appreciated all of his advice and information about the local area, the village and the house and gardens.
The old stone house has been beautifully renovated. The gardens around the house are magnificent. We spent lazy days beside the pool sipping wine and eating grapes from the vines growing below on the terraces.
There was a small traditional taverna in the village where we had dinner at night. We felt very welcomed there.
We left feeling as if we had experienced a part of real Crete.
We cannot recommend Villa Nikolaos highly enough.