Amazing house, terrific hosts and a great location -the best airbnb or home away from home we’ve ever stayed at!
The house is beautiful, with two large bedrooms, a lovely kitchen, lots of space (indoor and outdoor) and is located in a small, quiet and very friendly village in the mountains so it never gets too hot (even during the two heat waves Crete had this summer when everyone else was roasting). There is also an organic vegetable garden (the host kept us incredibly well supplied with cucumbers, zucchinis, tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes....). The house is two minutes away from the road to Elafonisi and the hardest/slowest part of the road (tunnel area) is behind you so its easy to beat the crowds and get front row beach chairs. This made our lives a hundred times easier with two young children!
You cannot get better hosts or find better or more caring people: they are welcoming, friendly, kind hearted and generous. A couple of examples of why these are the best hosts we’ve ever experienced: they had also prepared a delicious meal for us when we first arrived, gave us a beautiful gift basket with olives, olive oil, wine, raki, honey and marmalade and introduced us to their village. Also, when our baby got a sick and developed a fever they drove from Kissamos to visit us and set up an appointment that day with a great paediatrician (saving us from having to go to the hospital at Chania).
A real, small Cretan village, filled with friendly people, located in the refreshing mountain air, close to Elafonisi with terrific hosts. If you want a special experience I’d recommend staying here for a week or longer (we stayed for a month and we can’t wait to go back).