It's hard to know where to start with this review because there are so many wonderful things to rave about. So I'll start with the people: Pelagia owns the place, and although we only met her once, she kept in contact to answer questions and make sure we were having a good time. Her on-site assistant, Effie, was extremely helpful about answering questions and offering excellent advice, even fairly late at night. When we arrived, Effie was willing to take 3 of our group of 6 on a little spin around the village in her own car, to familiarize us with the roads and layout. Pelagia lined up a guy to rent our group two rental cars at a really good price. The guy's name is Christos, and he was willing to meet us at the airport with his own car, helped load all our luggage into our two rentals plus his own car, escort us to Pelagia's place. We had driver-incompetence problems (manual transmission challenges) with one car, and Christos was willing to come out at 10:30 pm to swap it out with another car. He came back punctually on the morning we left, and helped load, and escorted us to the airport. Pelagia has good colleagues!
The apartment itself was spectacular: clean, modern, spacious, and had a washer and dryer, which really cut down on the amount of clothes we had to bring. The only minor suggestion would be to add a little more to the kitchen, like a couple of baking dishes, some dish towels, and a dish drainer rack. Pelagia also put together a really good welcome book, offering suggestions for restaurants, activities, and other advice. It was particularly good because it covered the whole island, not just Megalochori (which, by the way, has a good central location for all other exploring, assuming you have a car). We ended up going to about 4 of the restaurants in various locations that she recommended, and her guidance was spot-on. There is a good place called Family Bakery located about 2 km from the apartment that not only does the usual bakery and pastry stuff, but also has take-out meals available. A couple nights I bought some generous entrees for about 5 euro each (like chicken & rice, beef and orzo, etc.) and warmed them back up at the apartment. Very cheap eats, excellent food, and super time-saving if you don't want to spend your vacation cooking. I'd stay in this place again in a heartbeat; just hope I live long enough (I'm 73) to get back! Thanks, Pelagia and Effie!! I wish you a wonderful season and happiness always!