Before arrival:
Greg was great at communicate and very service minded so we can plan a lot ahead as we are 2 big families with 8 kids in total, a lot needs to be confirmed before handed.
Upon arrival:
Greg arranged private pick ups by himself and his friend and had a detailed instruction about meeting point. The transfer went smoothly and so does the check in. The house looked spotless and the rooms are spacious and inviting.
After the arrival:
Greg had good suggestions on what to do and also gave good local tips on different shops. He checked in with us every once and awhile to make sure our stay is good. He gave us complementary beers, water, Champagne and local produce such as honing snack and creamy donuts so we don’t need to rush out to the supermarket. Also at middle of our stay he gave us a complementary house cleaning which was very nice.
Review of the house,
1. Location of the house
The house is situated 2 km away from the airport and is a 4 km drive. The little town is very nice and has a nice and big supermarket around 10 min walk away, also very good butcher right by the bus stop that goes to the airport. The opposite you have the bus that will take you to old town which is 10 km away and 20 minutes ride. The cost is 2.4 euro per adults and 1,2 euro per kids between 5-12 years. It goes every 15 minutes in rush hours with expected delay. The beach is close by as well for 3 euro you can have a sun bed with shades for the whole day. You do need a towel with you as they don’t provide. The water is different shades of blue and very salty.
The location close to the airport also includes the noise from the airport as all arriving flight fly direct above the house before landing. So they are very close and noisy for 20 second each arrival of the flight. The traffic is heaviest around weekend. 4 arrival per hour or more some hours and already from 6 o’clock until midnight. So if you are sensitive about the sounds then you should not stay here. We have managed to live with it after a few day.
Local shops and restaurant:
Since we have the butch shop close by and the house has grilling facility we had grilled 3 Nights out of 7. The price is very good, for 20 euros we had enough meat for 5 adults and 13 kids. There’s also local grill house who makes good food if you don’t want to grill yourself.
1 km away toward the old town there’s a fish restaurant with fresh fish. The price is very good and service is friendly and fast. If you want to have decent fish feast that’s the place to go. Eat in old town is more expensive and very tourist like.
Local bakery has big selection of bread, cakes and local sweets it’s very close by as well.
2. Facility of house
The house has 4 spacious bedrooms all with their own balcony and two bath room on the second floor. One of the bath room even has a jacuzzi.
The ground floor is huge with two nice dinning section. We used only the one right by the kitchen and the one right outside by the terrace. The kitchen is stocked with appliances for people loves to cook. They are all functional so you could easily stay in to cook your own food. And the yard includes nice lemon and apple tree where you can pick the fresh fruit.
The pool is the best for the kids to relax and play in. There are also a nice outdoor shower at the corner with hot water so you don’t need to go inside of house to clean up. The sun beds are great to take a nap or sunbath in.
We all enjoyed our stay despite the air traffic noise.
We recommend Greg as a good host and the house for people that are not sensitive to air traffic noise.
Best regards
Family Chen Kold and Møller Xu.