We had a wonderful time at Kalimera Village in Aug 19.
Kreta is an amazing island with coastlines, mountains and perfect temperature. We had 27 to 30°C and blue skies for three weeks straight. Surprisingly, it is also very green. The beaches and bays are rather small, but the water is crystal clear and blue.
Piskopiano is a 25 minute car ride from Heraklion Airport (the hotel offers a cheap transfer). The hotel is located up the hill in a sweet spot: It’s very calm up there, but in 2 minutes you can reach a street with many restaurants, a small supermarket, etc. And in 25 minutes by foot you can reach the water front. There it’s a good mix of busy touristy parts and less busy sections. We spent three weeks without a car, which for us was totally okay. You can also rent vehicles close to the hotel for just a few days. Also the local travel agencies offer many cheap trips around Crete.
The apartments are simple but nice. They have two floors, each with a balcony. You have a beautiful panorama view over the sea from there. They have a tiny cooking corner, which was enough for us to prepare easy meals. There’s a nice pool, that was sometimes lively with up to 15 people and sometimes felt like private. There’s a rooftop bar that also is sometimes full with 10-15 people and other times isn’t busy. Over all it felt very calm and quiet, even though the 20 apartments were fully booked, while we were there.
Anna, Kostas, Nikos and Vera are the team that made it a wonderful holiday, we felt very much at home, thanks to them. Anna, the owner, is very welcoming and nice. Kostas is bartending, preparing the breakfast and many other things and became a friend during the holidays.
We had really good holidays there, highly recommended! 😉