My husband and I along with our 15 month old son had the pleasure of staying at Lily's cottage for 8 days at the end of June 2016.
We arrived in the afternoon and Lily and her son, George, met us just off the main road and showed us to the villa, which is located just off the beaten track up a small unmade road.
The accommodation was great, modern and very nicely decorated in a traditional style. It had everything you needed for a self catered holiday, with a fully fitted kitchen, dishwasher and washing machine. Lily had also provided a cot and high hair for our son.
There are gorgeous views from the front of the property to the sea. The outside area was lovely, well established gardens that are very well looked after. Great outside seating areas on the terrace or around the garden. The pool was perfect, reasonable size and the water lovely and warm. George came to clean the pool every 2 days.
The property is located up a hill from the main village, but we did not find this much of a problem, even with a pushchair. Although you would not want to walk back in the heat of the day! It is about 5/10 mins walk to the closest taverna and a bit further to the Main Street of the local town. Lidl is also close and provided all our food needs for the week. We had a hire car and would recommend this. We used this to visit nice beaches and Rethymnon, which has a lovely old town only a 10 min drive away.
Lily was a wonderful host and went above and beyond to make sure we had a lovely holiday. On our arrival
she had cooked a spinach pie for us, which we were very grateful for having had a long journey. The fridge was also stocked with the basics - water and beer, wine and raki! Lily was available via mobile if we ever needed anything and made very good recommendations for beaches on the island. She also bought us champagne to enjoy the full moon, traditional Cretan cakes, fresh eggs and another homemade dish of bread tomato and feta. We also had vegetables from the garden. The property was cleaned twice while we were there and all sheets and towels changed too. Lily would arrange a time that was convenient for us. Bathroom and pool towels provided so no need to take your own.
Overall a great holiday, made better by a wonderful host.