We stayed three nights in September 2019 in Katherina's house in Athanati, a small village on a hillside a few kilometers outside of busy Heraklion. We chose it for being relatively close to Heraklion airport where our flight arrived in the early evening. Katerina kindly met us on the main road when we got lost in the dark (Heraklion is not toojkeen on shining light on the road signs) and helped us carry the luggage down the stairs from the village road to her house. The accommodation is the upstairs apartment of the house (Katerina and her husband live downstairs). The apartment has a big kitchen, two small bedrooms, a small bathroom with a shower and a big balcony. It had everything we needed and we appreciated that Katerina had put some food in the fridge and on the table, including her self-produced olive oil and fresh cakes. Unfortunately we were truly shocked by how incredibly loud the national road at the bottom of the hill is. It must be at least 600 m away but it sounds a lot closer. The traffic noise seems to be echoed by a wall behind the road which is the main connection from the Cretan capital to the South coast, with traffic by day and night. There was no relaxation to be found on the balcony, and it took earplugs at night. But even earplugs where no help against the rooster living just a few meters from the apartment and starting at 5.15 in the morning, thus adding to the barking of the neighbourhood dogs... We had paid for four nights but fled after the third. Getting a good night's sleep somewhere else was worth 110 Euros - the 45 we had already paid for the fourth night at Athanati and another 65 for the alternative accommodation.