Elounda Blue Waves

Excellent sea view and a very good terrace area. The pool was clean and used by our unit only — for the children it was the best part of the holiday. The interior is spacious, the kitchen fully equipped, bed linen and towels were changed. The owner responds quickly and politely — he replied to us the same day and took action. The location is quiet, about 2 km from the centre of Elounda, with our own parking space.

The main issue is that the property does not match the type stated in the listing. The booking and the listing describe a “detached villa”, but in reality this is an apartment in a building of six units. There is another rental unit directly above ours, a further one above that, and the other section of the same building is rented under a different name (“Villa Calypso”); both properties are shown on the same sign in the shared parking area. On the second night, the guests in the unit above were noisy from 22:00 until after midnight and we could not sleep — which is exactly what you expect to avoid when you choose a detached villa and pay a villa rate. The accommodation itself is good, but as an apartment in a shared building, not as a villa.

The Villa was beautiful- very clean and spacious. it had everything we needed for a lovely week in the sun. The pool overlooked the bay of Elounda and we loved lazing and relaxing as we whiled away our days. The Villa is situated a short way from local amenities so a car is essential. Elounda itself had many places to eat and lots of small shops etc to browse. The owners live onsite in the summer (above the apartment) and are Whilst we were there the owners could not have been more helpful or hospitable. There were basic necessities for us when we arrived at 3am so that we could make breakfast the next morning; which we really appreciated. additionally there was wine and beer which was a lovely bonus - (obviously not for breakfast….).

There was nothing we didn’t like.

A ground floor apartment, new, modern, excellent A/C, good facilities, comfortable. Great base to explore wider area. Wonderful views. Good value.

A few little things to finish internally (wires etc). It’s a reasonable walk to Elounda down hill and easy to get taxi back except no clear address which is a little difficult for taxi drivers have to direct to the adjacent hotel.