Lovely apartment (true to description & photos), meticulously clean, spacious, nicely decorated & well furnished. Bed comfortable, shower powerful with plentiful hot water, air-con in both rooms, well equipped throughout (especially kitchen - washing machine, full cooker, microwave oven, full fridge-freezer, kettle, toaster, coffee machine, grilling machine, all types of pots & pans, crockery, cutlery & utensils). Shared outside terrace, although not entirely private, is well laid out & spaced for the three apartments. Lots of spare bed linen, pillows, towels & toilet paper. Multiple little touches that made the difference (bottles of wine & water on arrival, mini bathroom cosmetics, hairdryer, first aid kit, liquid mosquito plugins, spare batteries, washing up liquid, padded cushions for outside benches). Although we did not hire a car, there seemed to be adequate parking ability close to the apartment. Quiet location, with minimal passing traffic, but only a 10 minute walk to the beach, tavernas & shops (location on Booking.com is inaccurate, in reality they are next door to the Panmar Apartments above the port). Geanna, our local host & cleaner, looked after us very well and was informative & friendly (speaking perfect English) and collected us & dropped us off, by car, at the bus stop to save us the short walk with our luggage. Makry Gialos is an ideal location for a restful holiday - organised or wild beach, approx 10 - 12 beachside tavernas (all good & reasonably priced), several bars & souvenir shops, a couple of gelaterias, car hire companies & ATM’s, multiple mini-markets, a fabulous butcher & patisserie, a post-office, hairdresser, medical centre, dentist & petrol station – no real requirement to travel anywhere else for amenities, plus a reasonable daytime bus service to Ierapetra.