Excellent Villa and great host

Lovely villa - great location near Rethymno, although a car is definitely needed.

I highly recommend this accommodation and this owner who is so helpful and kind. perhaps soon ? Sebastien, from Paris.

The villa itself was immaculate. The beds and pillows were so comfortable and there was extra bedding if needed. Being a family of 5, it was so helpful that there were ALOT of fresh towels for us to use, including pool towels which saved on suitcase space. It maybe worth knowing that there is no stair hand rail, so for someone who has a disability or for those with really young children this may be a problem. For us it wasn’t though :) With regards to washing facilities, there was only one overhead shower which was located in the downstairs bathroom. The other 2 showers were a handheld shower head, and the upstairs en-suite bathroom had no floor drain which meant the handheld shower couldn’t have been used. Nothing was too much trouble for the host, Eva. We stupidly managed to lock ourselves out of the villa, and within 30 minutes she arranged for a locksmith to come. One day she even brought a huge basket of nectarines that had been organically grown in her fathers garden! The 9m x 4m pool was incredible, and was definitely the main attraction of the villa. As the villa is set quite high up, there was a constant breeze. With regards to the location, I would definitely say that a car is needed. The villa is remote and there is a little supermarket, butchers and bakery that are approximately a 25 minute walk away which was too far to walk with our children in the heat of the day, so we always drove and took about 5 minutes in the car. It would have been nice if there had been a lovely restaurant within walking distance of the property, but unfortunately there wasn’t. However, the villa had superb cooking facilities and a great outdoor BBQ. We also found a great takeaway that delivered pizzas! We did go out into Rethymno for an evening out, and went by taxi and was charged 26 Euros one way! Getting a taxi back was extremely difficult and some taxis refused to take us back to the villa, I’m not sure if this was due to the location of the villa or whether they just didn’t want to take us, but we found this incredibly stressful and decided not to go out there again in the evenings. Therefore it would have been nice to have a restaurant near the villa. Although the location was not great for us, I’m sure for some people this would not be a problem. We had a fantastic time at the villa and a massive thanks to Eva for all your help and attentiveness:)