I will start by summarizing our experience in one word....SUPERB !!!
I am an avid AirBnB user for years, for both business and vacations. I use AirBnB few times per month on my business trips because, personally, I always prefer my privacy versus hotels. Said that, reviews are VERY important for me, as a rule I would only rent on this platform when there are good reviews about the place I am checking out.
This time I was looking for a place to stay for a whole week in a house with a pool that will suit a group of 9 people (2 families). My search was a ‘last minute’ one. When I first saw Pantelis option I noticed there are NO reviews whatsoever, before reserving the place I started a back and forth series of messages with Pantelis to clear some doubts, who responded almost immediately and clearing everything I needed to know, he gave me the confidence to finally decide to ‘risk’ our holidays in his place…based on the pics and his answers.
What can I say after this wonderful week, Pantelis is one of the best hosts I ever encountered on my innumerous AirBnB experiences….always attentive, responsive and kind to any minor issue we faced, the issues were really minor but needed to be solved and he was there always to make us feel welcome and ‘at home’. Pantelis gave us plenty of tips to cover our activity needs for the whole week. Pantelis really made the difference for us.
About the property, is a beach-front house, around a 100 mts from the beach. The beach is a pebble one, so take beach shoes or flip-flops because it is really hot to walk those pebbles when you get out of the water. There are 2 brand new sun umbrellas avail in the house that you can deploy in your private beach. This beach was amazingly private, almost no visitors, just the neighbors…water is mostly calm and good temp in July-August.
You can relax in a good size pool after a private beach day. There is a barbecue place to grill your meat or fish, if you are into it. The house has endless nice places to sit and talk with your friends and family, play cards, drink your Ouzo or beers. Afternoon, around 4-6pm a great breeze starts to flow and is marvelous to sit outside.
The house has A/C in every room and they work perfectly.
Kitchen is well equipped with everything you need. We cooked as if we were at home and we did not miss anything. There is a washing machine but we did not used it.
The house is a 3-floor property well distributed and spacious. Rooms are big enough, and all have good size closets. The lower floor is in fact a whole independent unit that has a small kitchenette, a small living room with two sofa-beds next to a very spacious double room (king size bed).
The location is a bit away from major villages (a big + for us), not a lot of tourists in the area but there are small cute villages all around where you can find everything you need, small supermarket, a bakery, a pharmacy, a couple of restaurants, a couple of simple bars, etc. The closest village is Gennadi, 4 kms.
This house suits people and families looking to relax and have some privacy and quite time. Not a lot of traffic in that area but still close enough when you feel going out for some site seeing…like Lindos (25-30 min), Tsambika beach – (40 min) the best one, sandy beach. There are close by excellent restaurants that Pantelis was so accurate on his recommendations, the best one is a fish and seafood place called Stefanos, great food, great service, great people…only 10 min by car from the house.
This property is HIGHLY recommended and Pantelis even more, you can be assured to stay in any of his offerings.