What a beautiful place to stay and what an amazing host. We highly recommend Mikro Livadis apartments.
One warning is that it can be quite hard to find initially but you'll soon learn this is a lovely spot; a real haven very near to the beach and with local town of Episkopi just up the road and 10 minutes to drive to Rethymnon.
We loved staying here. Malamatenia is a delightful host and from our arrival with a plate of water melon to the day we left, she just helped to make our holiday very special.
The apartment was clean and airy with very quiet air-con and very comfortable bed. I'm a sower person and this one was great!
We only ate in on 2 occasions but we found everything we needed in the kitchen and we ate on our laps in the spacious lounge area.
When we didn't eat in we ate 4 nights in the restaurant in the garden and this is a must do if you stay here as Malamatenia is a great cook also. Everything is homemade tasty and good value for money. If you like to try the local cuisine don't go anywhere else and the home-from-home atmosphere is very child friendly too. (have the chicken souvlaki and the baked aubergine, mmm!)
For us the beach is vital to a holiday and the most fantastic beach is just 100m walk away with lovely sand and sea and great tavernas (we liked Sirokos).
We will definitely go back and hopefully very soon.