The villa we stayed in was not the one we booked (we were contacted the day before to advise of a water problem!) but we had a lovely holiday despite this. :)

We had a really great stay with an awesome sea view and a lovely garden. Perfectly equipped kitchen with everything you would ask for, mosquito protection in front of ever window/door and clean rooms. Unfortunately, barbecue was not allowed due to governmental ban. However, that’s obviously not the host’s fault.

The house itself was lovely and view’s wonderful. The drive is not to be underestimated, given you are a confident driver and the car has just enough power, you’ll make it. From the key pad, you don’t see the gate as it’s around a corner. But counting to 20 seconds before hitting hard in first gear so you make it past the gate and next to the property is a must. Upon the first visit the gate hadn’t fully opened, no way our car would hill start from that position. My wife was tense every time we haired up the drive! The property was a well presented, appointed and the outside area was stunning, lizards, occasional groups of goats passing by and the great view. My next two points are probably a bit more personal preference types. It’s visited too often for our liking, over the two weeks it had 3 cleaning visits, 2 pool visits and a gardening visit. This could have all been scheduled for a change over Saturday. We are more used to looking after ourselves and not having visits while we are at places (but this may not be a preference for many). The pool may be more suited to teens and older, we have 3 boys (7,9,11). Very active, diving and playful games around the pool but it had many sides with a big drop, too shallow for diving and a slippery step level all around the side. We had no incident but the first week was us issuing too many rules to the kids and worrying too much.

The villa , grounds and pool were fantastic clean and well appointed . The views will live with us forever and even though one day it was 37 the slight breeze afforded by position and the umbrellas provided by the pool meant it was always a delight to spend the day and early evening there . The downside was the fact that we were without water for 2 and a half days which although a local issue not to do with the Villa specifically more communication as to when the water might be back on would have helped and if I was managing it I would have provided some water etc rather than the customer having to purchase water to drink and wash in . The directions for getting to the Villa say that the road to it is steep but this is an understatement as the hire care we got would not get up the hill from a standing start from the point where the key pad to open the gate is . The instructions need to tell you that you need a run at it we had to unload the car to get up the hill . All in all would still recommend the villa as a place for a fantastic relaxing holiday but don't get the Villas Crete to book your hire car for you ( Via golden Wheels ) as I feel the age of the one I was supplied might well have contributed to it not getting up the hill to the villa with a full load on .