If you are interested in the cretan people and wanna get to know a completely different part of Crete than the big cities and all the tourists you have to go to Apostoli. We had such a wonderful time there and really fell in love with this area. You can go hiking, go to Thrapsano (a small village ca. 4km from Apostoli) which is one of THE pottery villages (it has 24 potteries) and besides that is a nice village, too. In general there are a lot of nice small villages where the people are very friendly, especially when you speak a few greek words and are interested in them.
The apartment is a beautiful stonehouse and therefore not very hot inside in summer. From the terrace you have a great view over the village and the whole area and behind the house is nothing else than the hills with the olive trees, shepherds with their sheep flock etc. and small paths for hiking.
Manolis and his wife Nopi are lovely and openminded and helpful and interesting and...just wonderful people ! We really enjoyed their company and getting to now them while sitting in the evening on the balcony with some wine or being on a trip with them.
Thank you guys so much for a wonderful week !!