Absolutely fabulous!
We loved our stay at Villa Elia, the host was amazing and came every couple of days to clean the pool, always brought some fruits :) Villa was very clean, cozy, aircon in every room. the location was great for us as the house is not in a busy area with milion turists, esspecialy during this covid period, we had our privacy, pool to swim in any time we wanted. Shops and promenade with restaurants and souvenirs were very close (7min by foot), beach was close as well (3 min by foot) but we loved Seiko beach with bar, restaurant and playgroud for kids so we prefered to go there, it was 4 min by car. The whole area is close to Rethymno and Chania - bigger towns to experience the crowded streets but beaches there are crowded and there is nowhere to hide from sun so would recommend to stay at Kavros beach - Seiko for example. Even though we travelled around - Elafonisi, Rethymno, Santorini, Chania, Quad Safari we were always looking forward to coming back to our Villa and just to enjoy the pool :) We had a 1 year old baby with us and she did not like other beaches we tried except for Seiko with playground and shade so Villa Elia is definitely the best choice for family holiday with kids. Our recommendation is to rent a car to visit Crete as you are already there and enjoy 'Oazas' with trees and grass on this dry island :) Big thank you having us :)