We had a wonderful time at Kera Green Villa. It is a beautiful, spacious villa that is well located and well equipped. On top of that, we enjoyed great contact with Vasiliki and her family. We highly recommend the villa and hope ourselves to stay again it the future.
For the location: the walk into Kalyves was less than 1 km and took us just under 15 minutes (up a relatively steep track and down a steep backstreet on the other side). Almyrida was a little further.
The villa is located in a quiet area, with only the distance sound of the waves and the family’s poultry clucking. There is very little road noise and no dogs barking (something we heard in another property we rented in Crete in the past). Finally on the location, it is a very short walk to the sea to swim (rocky beach). So top marks for location!
For the villa: The photos are representative and we loved it! Despite good restaurants within walking distance in Kalyves and Almyrida, we spent several evenings in the property as the kitchen was well equipped and the views from the top floor where the dining area and lounge are good. We also connected our Netflix account to the TV to watch a film or two.
There are also table and chairs by the pool so we had lunch there – the pool and bedrooms on the ground floor are connected to the kitchen/dining/lounge upstairs by an outdoors staircase.
The pool is surrounded by olive trees, and pretty private with a deep side and a shallow side for children.
The rental cost includes a cleaning fee: and indeed the property was regularly cleaned to a good standard, and the sheets and towels changed if you like.
Vasiliki has prepared an excellent booklet of what you can see and do on Crete. We like being by the sea, so did easy day trips to Falassarna, Loutro (via Chora Skafia), Marathi and Stavros on the Akrotiri (we liked the beaches here – 40 minute drive), Chania, Rethymno, Balos Bay (from Kissamos). We’d visited Paleochora and Elafonisi last time but could have done these again in a day as well.
Finally, Vasiliki and her family members were very hospital and helpful. They were close by so readily available (for example regularly checking the pool water quality) yet were discreet and gave us our privacy. A big thank you Vasiliki!