Brilliant house in a brilliant location, amazing views!!

We had a really lovely time on our first visit to Crete. The villa and pool are built to a high standard and there was lots of space. The views were amazing. Even though there was a heat wave at the beginning of our stay, we managed to stay cool with the ceiling fans (and the pool). It was a short walk to several restaurants and a supermarket. We normally cook evening meals on holiday, but only did this once as we tired several local restaurants. The beach was a bit further, so we used the car due to the steep walk back. The beach was perfect for us, sandy with a very gradual sandy drop off. The neighbours and people in the town were lovely and welcoming. All of the local information provided by Amanda was very helpful. We would love to come back!

Excellently equipped villa with pool and great sea views Near calm and relaxing beach. Our family enjoyed the spacious home and nearby restaurants.

We had a lovely stay this July/August at Julanda. The views, especially in the evening, were fantastic and we enjoyed many evenings on the terrace watching the sun set and having dinner. We found the villa fairly easily from the airport even in the dark, the cleanliness of the villa was great, and the villa was stocked with everything we needed for our full stay including, fresh bed linen, towels, full kitchen crockery etc. Unfortunately, the reason we cannot give it 5 stars is for two reasons, the lack of air conditioning and the unsuitability of the villa for our full party. We had a 22 month old in our party and the villa really is not suitable for children of this age. We were constantly on edge having to watch him as the stairs were very dangerous as they are not enclosed so a child could fall off the edge, falling 2-3 metres. There are no pictures of the stairs so we really weren’t expecting this. There are also no child stair gates available. The manager did provide us with some wood to block the stairs off but it made it quite difficult coming up and down the stairs for everybody else. Also the wood for the top 2nd floor rail on the terrace was rotten and one of the pieces is completely loose so the gap was big enough for a child under 5 to easily fall through, so we couldn’t have our youngest child up on that terrace either, as it can only take a second of not watching them for an accident to happen. With regard to the air conditioning, when we originally booked the villa we did not realise it did not have air con. We do think this should be stated in the description. Once we realised it didn’t have air con we read through the reviews and nobody seemed bothered so we thought it would be cool enough. Unfortunately we did not find this to be the case, although each bedroom does have a fan, in the height of summer heat this really is not enough and we found the evenings uncomfortably hot to sleep. Overall, I would definitely recommend this villa to a party with adults or older children but if you are bothered about air con or have young children this villa is not suitable.