For the location, the setting, the ambiance inside and out as well as the hospitality of the owner, Despina's place was the ideal home base for our family vacation in Naxos. We felt so lucky to have chosen it and so grateful to Despina for looking after us.
For a stay in Naxos Town, the hilltop location in the Old Town could not be improved. We were minutes from the port and the busier part of the town and yet lived in quiet seclusion in our own hideaway, nestled amongst the sugar-cube houses and stone passages beneath the Venetian castle.
The accommodation itself, a study in Cycladic white tastefully decorated with archeological remnants and marble shelves, was cozy and charming. The terrace, with its view towards the sea, is a serene delight.
Despina was an accommodating, knowledgeable and helpful host, with a great generosity of spirit. Communication and organisation could not have been better, or easier.
We will miss the Naxian produce and cheeses at the local market, the breads at the Old Bakery, the strolls through the mazes of the Old Market area and the daily returns to Despina's place which, for just over a week, we were happy to call our place.