This was a wonderful home in which to spend our family holiday during the first 2 weeks of September.
Though a car is a necessity we did not feel isolated; there are many tavernas within 5-10 minutes drive and a couple of small beaches along with 2 lovely bays nearby where we hired boats on a few occasions. Central Heraklion was only 20 minutes away.
The house itself is very spacious, modern and the indoor furniture is comfortable and very adequate.
The beds were comfortable and the bed linen was 100% cotton and it too was comfortable.
We had to use the same towels for showering, poolside and beach, so we were washing/drying the towels every other day; we had 2 towels each. However, I did have to ask for additional towels as we discovered on our first day that we were only given 1 towel each.
The pool terrace and outdoor dining area are definitely the highlights of this property with its incredible east facing view and beautiful mature garden with jasmine bushes, roses and bougainvillea and the hillside terrace filled with palms, grapevines, lemon and lime trees, pomegranate and fig trees.
We spent virtually all our time outside and used the BBQ many times with the facilities in the kitchen being more than adequate - everything worked just as it should.
We really felt we were part of the local neighbourhood in Crete; herds of mountain goats and sheep grazed past the property twice a day and it was wonderful to hear the jangling of their bells; we had deliveries of local fruits on many occasions from both the property owner and the property manager, both of whom were so friendly.
The pool itself is fantastic! 3 metres at its deepest and a diving board, something we haven’t seen in a residential holiday rental for years - we had a lot of fun!!
Our only comment for improvement would be that much of the outdoor furniture was looking tired and some pieces were damaged/had been repaired.
Considering the quality and price of this property, and the fact that anyone renting this house will be spending almost all their time outside around the pool or using the outdoor seating and dining furniture, the poolside furniture should be of much higher quality and the outdoor dining furniture should really be far more sturdy.
I would not hesitate in recommending Endless View villas, it was private without being remote and authentically Cretan whilst also being close enough to tourist attractions.