Villa Italiana

Really dirty and unhygienic apartment as well as disorganized without even a roll of toilet paper and a garbage bag. The vomitous kitchen, food residue in the drawers and the pots placed next to the trash can... A very old and half-broken hairdryer put in a drawer with other people's hair, sand and dirt. Poorly cared for even the outside. Really terrible experience. Nothing to say about the kindness of the owner but at the time we reported our inconvenience to her everything was normal... Oh, I forgot we had cockroaches to keep us company!

A set of 9 studios in a magnificent terraced garden. Comfortable thanks to efficient air conditioning and good layout. Everything is well maintained. Very warm welcome from the owner. And Ammoudara beach is perfect for families with children.

After reading the reviews on Tripadvisor we went ahead and booked to stay at Villa Italiana for 10 days this October 2019. We arrived very early in the morning, 1.00am. As arranged a key had been left in the lock. Our first impression of No. 7, studio apartment was not good. There was a very large cobweb by the window in the corner of the room and thick dust all the way round the top of the wood cladding, The bed hadn't been made and the headboard was up against a door that lead to the studio next door. If people are staying in there you can hear everything. In the morning our impression was no better, it was very dark one reason was that you couldn't open the shutters by the kitchen window and the only other window at the other end of the studio was at the front therefore completely overlooked by other guests staying in the adjoining studio. During our whole stay the sheets, pillow cases and towels were only changed once in 10 the days and one of the towels had large holes in it. The room was cleaned every 2-3 days, this was a mopping of the floor but no dusting, the dust remained for the whole of our stay except for the cobweb which we removed when we arrived. Also if it has been overcast the hot water runs out very quickly especially if there are a number of guests staying as the back up water heater had not been turned on. This happened on our last two days. As for location it is very peaceful & pretty, set amongst lots of trees and vegetation, the downside lots of mosquitoes day and night. There are no traditional Greek tavernas within walking distance, but two restaurants that belong to hotels at Ammoudara beach are within approximately a 10 mins walk along a rough dark road, then you have to cross the main very busy road right on a bend to reach them. The owner Rosa is very friendly and we did have a lovely breakfast on our first morning which costs 8 euros pp. If we hadn't paid to stay for 10 days we would have looked for somewhere else to stay. We did enjoyed our stay in Crete but found the accommodation very disappointing.