I've been in Maria's apartment for 12 days in the first half of August

CHECK IN & APARTMENT
Maria's father came to pick us up at the airport the first day with a super small price: he is very kind, talks english and italian. The apartment is spacious, clean, and well equipped: you will find everything you need for sure. Its main issue it's the heat: during the day is barable (thanks to the "robust" air flow you can get by opening the windos) but annoying. In the night, considering i didn't take the windows wide open (as italian i really cannot fall asleep knowing someone could get into the apartment) but just enough to make some air flow, it was simply and literally unbearable (also thanks to the bed located one meter away from the ceiling). After a couple of "wet" nights, we gave up and went sleep on the "indian area" mattress: not super confortable, but at least the temperature there is accettable. Almost every morning (not always, but quite often) your sleep will be rudely interrupted by the ringing bells of a 50 meters church (at 7.00 am, incredibly precise every time).If you are one of those who struggle to wake up, don't worry: the kind priest will ring the bells again at 7.30 and 8.00. After a couple of days we decided to wake up at 7.00 every day even on vacation, as it was impossible for us to have a proper sleep after that time. But maybe we are just ear-sensible, i don't know.

POSITION:
The apartment is located 5 minutes walk from one of the old town entrances and 15 minutes walk from a city beach (Zefiros Beach): this time will seem to be much longer when you will do it under a 35 degrees sun (especially considering the beach itself is not fantastic), reason why i rented a scooter after a single walk there (ZEUS renting, 10 minutes walk, 17/18 Euro/day 125cc scooter,and 40 Euro/day citycar). The ride to Kalithea Beach (recommended: 2 euro entrance and free bed with mandatory purchase at the bar) is 10/15 minutes with a scooter capable of cruising at 70 km/h (that is ok to sightseeing the upper half of the island as well). The ride to the closest supermarket is 5 minutes top.

p.s Somewhere in Maria's apartment we found a sheet of paper with some recommended "to do" things: one of those is to eat at a restaurant (called Mandala) in old town. It has been one of the few times in my life i left a restaurant without ordering something: we stayed there just the time required to read the indian stuff in the menu's first page. This is just a personal opinion though.