In a nutshell: A beautiful well-equipped apartment in a perfect location!
The apartment was exceptionally clean, tidy, and equipped with even more than you need. Beside a welcome wine, bread and self-made marmalade, there was a washing machine, beach equipment, free Netflix, and fruits from the own tree available. There is also a parking space in front of the apartment for your rental car if you chose to have one. There is an aircon available, but we did not use it, so I cannot judge it, but it looks very modern. We stayed 2 weeks and got new sheets and towels after one week plus some treats like self made lemonade concentrate and candied fruit from the own garden, sweets and Raki. We most appreciated the safe in the apartment and the lockable key box outside, which was amazingly comfortable as it allowed us to leave our valuables and the key when we went to the beach or out for the night. Additionally, there are blinds available and even if you are remarkably close to everything and the promenade this apartment is super quite with closed windows and you can have it pitch black by the blinds, which allows for a perfect sleep. If you chose for your own garden as relax or breakfast area you will have a hidden and shady spot, there.
You can get everywhere fast and easily by feet. It is only a 1 minute walk to the beach, a mini market, a restaurant (“Tsalikis”, which is ok, but there a better available – Fresh fried baby squids are good there for a reasonable price) and a beach bar (“Almiriki” – good one where you can stay for the beach – fresh orange juice, coffees and pancakes are good there). If you leave the apartment to the left and pass the Almiriki you will find a separated beach area with sun beds and umbrellas for just 6 Euros per day (2 beds & 1 umbrella). They serve some soft drinks and coffee over there plus a lifeguard and Dixie toilets are available. But I must mention that the access to the sea is not that easy sometimes as there can be quite a lot of waves and the first five meters are stones. If you look for a quieter sea with easy entrance, decide for the Almiriki area or the main promenade. It is only a 5-minute walk to some more restaurants and a pharmacy. It is only a 10-minute walk to a big supermarket where you can get anything you need and to the promenade with a lot of restaurants, beach, and sun beds with umbrella (we recommend “Kertos” – best area to stay at the beach and tasty food for reasonable prices). It is a 20-minute walk to the main bus station and the old town with a vast number of shops and restaurants as well as a good cocktail bar (we recommend the “Block 38” – burger was ok, but cocktails are particularly good for a fair price). You can also get to the old town via a walk along the promenade where you pass the vegan restaurant “Pulse”, which we can recommend (particularly good Mezzes for fair prices and truly kind staffs – also the only vegan restaurant in town). We also recommend the restaurants Enetiko and Tammam in the old town for authentic Cretan food.
Although Asteropi and Yiannis were not in town at the time we stayed in Chania, Asteropi was always available and very responsive before and during our stay via Airbnb mail. Additionally, there was a truly kind lady (I guess it was family of Asteropi) who took exceptionally good care of us.
We already stayed in a lot of Airbnb’s and this one left nothing else to wish for. Thanks, Asteropi for a prefect and very relaxing stay! Once we come back to Crete we will again stay at your place. Wishing you all the best.