We loved this place!
The villa - great size for 6 adults - decent balconies off each room plus from the lounge, kitchen and upper hallway! So there was always shade to be found somewhere and space to relax both individually and collectively.
The view from the huge window in the lounge and balconies is spectacular.
The AC in bedrooms is much needed and fab and the general cleanliness of the villa was good.
The upstairs shower/bath is a bit snug and awkward but ok!
The beds are ok - we’ve slept in worse abroad! Bit too firm for our liking but not terrible, and crisp clean bed linen supplied.
There are fixed shutters on the bedroom balcony doors which provides total blackout which is great plus security from bugs entering the room!
The wardrobes are big although could do with more hangers!
The kitchen is ok. The dishwasher was easy to use and very quiet. There was no breakfast bowls when we arrived so bought some plastic ones from the supermarket and generally noted a lack of cooking equipment - it’s pretty basic - only two heavy oven trays, no scissors, no spatulas etc. and the fridge freezer is on its way out!
We lost all power for our first day (apparently a scheduled shutdown which weren’t aware of) which was pretty annoying since we’d been the to supermarket to stock up but just about managed and had no further issues.
The pool is just fab - the view alone from it is amazing- it’s not heated but we were actually so glad of that as Crete is very hot in the summer, so the pool gave us all much relief and fun to stay cool.
If there was an option to heat it - we would have def done so in the evenings as it was way too cold to use after 6pm.
Also the pool lights don’t come on until 9:30-12:30 - we felt this would be better adjusted to 7-10pm as was hard to watch the stars with the light pollution until half midnight!
It’s about 1.8m at the deepest end - and def deep enough for fun and games and the view all round is just amazing - we enjoyed watching the navel activity in Souda Bay including submarines and the golden eagles and falcons hunting & gliding most days.
The pool remained spotlessly clean and there is an outdoor shower next to the pool under an old olive tree (cicada heaven/hell!) and the nice pool guys came twice in the ten days we were there to clean the pool.
There were 6 sun loungers (no cushions) and one brolly and just enough space for all but would have been better if the other side of the pool between the Villa also be paved (currently weeds and stones) so the beds can be moved around a bit more.
The Villa location is up in a cliff/ valley so you get a wonderful view of Souda Bay. It’s almost always windy which is fantastic to take the edge off the heat.
5 mins away is the mini-market and a few fantastic and well-priced tavernas with spectacular views over the white mountains to the south. Several Beaches are between 5–20 mins away, Chania old harbour is 25mins and great waterpark only 30mins.
It felt very private yet still close enough to visit ancient Aptera, the White mountains, Chania town, great waterpark and fab Beaches. We would recommend getting a hire car - and If you do drive, you’ll need to be pretty confident …. Their road markings, signs and junctions are not clearly marked and they use the hard shoulder a lot to aid overtaking plus mopeds are everywhere!
If you can, definitely make the effort to visit Elafonisi beach - it is just spectacular - Caribbean like - you will not regret it!!!
The only downside (to all of Crete) is the constant daytime racket the cicadas make. They are literally everywhere! But You do kind of get used to the noise but they are just so loud!
From the get-go, the whole TheHotel.gr team have been superb in every way - very responsive, helpful and friendly - thank you to all and we thoroughly recommend using your services, this Villa and visiting Crete.
We loved this place!
The villa - great size for 6 adults - decent balconies off each room plus from the lounge, kitchen and upper hallway! So there was always shade to be found somewhere and space to relax both individually and collectively.
The view from the huge window in the lounge and balconies is spectacular.
The AC in bedrooms is much needed and fab and the general cleanliness of the villa was good.
The upstairs shower/bath is a bit snug and awkward but ok!
The beds are ok - we’ve slept in worse abroad! Bit too firm for our liking but not terrible, and crisp clean bed linen supplied.
There are fixed shutters on the bedroom balcony doors which provides total blackout which is great plus security from bugs entering the room!
The wardrobes are big although could do with more hangers!
The kitchen is ok. The dishwasher was easy to use and very quiet. There was no breakfast bowls when we arrived so bought some plastic ones from the supermarket and generally noted a lack of cooking equipment - it’s pretty basic - only two heavy oven trays, no scissors, no spatulas etc. and the fridge freezer is on its way out!
We lost all power for our first day (apparently a scheduled shutdown which weren’t aware of) which was pretty annoying since we’d been the to supermarket to stock up but just about managed and had no further issues.
The pool is just fab - the view alone from it is amazing- it’s not heated but we were actually so glad of that as Crete is very hot in the summer, so the pool gave us all much relief and fun to stay cool.
If there was an option to heat it - we would have def done so in the evenings as it was way too cold to use after 6pm.
Also the pool lights don’t come on until 9:30-12:30 - we felt this would be better adjusted to 7-10pm as was hard to watch the stars with the light pollution until half midnight!
It’s about 1.8m at the deepest end - and def deep enough for fun and games and the view all round is just amazing - we enjoyed watching the navel activity in Souda Bay including submarines and the golden eagles and falcons hunting & gliding most days.
The pool remained spotlessly clean and there is an outdoor shower next to the pool under an old olive tree (cicada heaven/hell!) and the nice pool guys came twice in the ten days we were there to clean the pool.
There were 6 sun loungers (no cushions) and one brolly and just enough space for all but would have been better if the other side of the pool between the Villa also be paved (currently weeds and stones) so the beds can be moved around a bit more.
The Villa location is up in a cliff/ valley so you get a wonderful view of Souda Bay. It’s almost always windy which is fantastic to take the edge off the heat.
5 mins away is the mini-market and a few fantastic and well-priced tavernas with spectacular views over the white mountains to the south. Several Beaches are between 5–20 mins away, Chania old harbour is 25mins and great waterpark only 30mins.
It felt very private yet still close enough to visit ancient Aptera, the White mountains, Chania town, great waterpark and fab Beaches. We would recommend getting a hire car - and If you do drive, you’ll need to be pretty confident …. Their road markings, signs and junctions are not clearly marked and they use the hard shoulder a lot to aid overtaking plus mopeds are everywhere!
If you can, definitely make the effort to visit Elafonisi beach - it is just spectacular - Caribbean like - you will not regret it!!!
The only downside (to all of Crete) is the constant daytime racket the cicadas make. They are literally everywhere! But You do kind of get used to the noise but they are just so loud!
From the get-go, the whole TheHotel.gr team have been superb in every way - very responsive, helpful and friendly - thank you to all and we thoroughly recommend using your services, this Villa and visiting Crete. Read less
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