Name: Traditional Homes Guest House
Address: Akti Posidonos 43, Elounda, Elounda, Elounda, 71202, Greece
Rating: 7

Air conditioning

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Hairdryer (on request)

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Parking

Seasonal outdoor swimming pool

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Elounda Cool Beach

Elounda Beach

Chiona Beach

Vathi Beach

Wakys Beach

Port of Agios Nikolaos

Sitia Airport

Heraklion International Airport

Heraklion Port

Traditional Homes Guest House

Elounda

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canal-view

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golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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mountain-view

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park-view

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

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safe

mini-bar

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pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We stayed in the Monestary last June with our daughter and her 3 friends.  We loved it so much we came back in October (just the two of us) and stayed at another Traditional Homes of Crete Property - Argyros House.   These are typical traditional properties, both the houses we have stayed in are amazing architecturally with exposed stonework and cretan furnishings.  If you like boring perfection in places where you could be anywhere in Europe then these properties are not for you.  If however, like us, you like to really feel you are in Crete then The Traditional Homes of Crete are perfect.  We're going back on August 1st with our daughter to stay in Erato where we will have exclusive use of the pool, and then in September we are back to Argyros House where the sea view is out of this world.

We keep coming back

about villa Margarita - really astonishing. It was full of stories you could feel from figures like the legendary director Nikos Kundouros, American ambassadors and Scandinavian royalty. The decoration too. We are not talking about mass produced retro-looking objects but real antiques simply lying around the house or serving their useful everyday purpose. It has a huge veranda with the most amazing sea view. We spent most of our time there. You can simply tell this house has been designed by people who know the good life. There is a second fully equiped kitchen (as well as BBQ) in the veranda so you can have your breakfast, dinner or party without missing out on the view and company. The owner, Mrs Argiro was very kind, relaxed and helpful.

Great stay in a villa full of history

Nice but different place to stay. Old home made by stones. Little bit exiting place to be... wonderful scenery from the balcony. Bathroom was clean but the shower was not so good.
Little bit too warm at summer nights.
But good experience. Romantic too.

Leonidas Villa

Did not get the sea view that we had booked, the owner said you have a view yes Hills!!! Good location for food and drinks and a short walk away from the beach. No guarantee you will get what you booked. 

Sea View??? 

I stayed at Penelope Traditional stone house as one of five people for a week. We arrived after midnight and were welcomed by owner who gave us a bottle of water and 4 pieces of fruit. it would have been nice to have had a basic food pack given the lateness of our arrival. We couldn't find any cutlery, and eventually located it in a warped shut drawer in the table. By sliding my arm in from behind I managed to get a few items out. We were instructed to ask the maid if we required anything, but she didn't speak any English, so we couldn't communicate what we wanted. Our toilet paper bin was emptied once during the week- We had to see to it the rest of the time. Not very acceptable when 5 of us were using it!! The rubbish was disposed of once during the week. There was no washing machine, or Iron as stated. The property was grubby, I had to clean the base of my reading lamp which was black with dust and grime, and had to dust shelves before use. Taps were wonky and the toilet seat was broken, fittings tired and generally needed some TLC. The up side is the lovely attractive building with it's original features, and it's location/views. The pool was also good. For £1.000 for the week, I don't think it is value for the money.

Too basic.

We were looking forward to our time in Crete, especially from the photos of the traditional home we had booked in Mavriakiano, Elounda where old school architecture was promised to be combined with modern amenities, a private pool, aircon throughout, wifi.

Our first warning bell was when our wonderful Greek driver could not locate the place and despite calling the operator multiple times noone answered. Half an hour later at 10pm, a man by the name of Vangelis picked up the ph and offered to come and meet us where we were at Elounda to show us the way.  He said a 5 minute drive. Instead he took us up a mountain about 10-15kms away in the middle of nowhere and said we had arrived. 

We knew immediately this was not the place we had paid for and despite asking many questions about our booked accommodation, he refused to answer. Vangelis pressured us to stay in this isolated area citing it was a luxury villa compared to what we booked. When I refused, he called us morons in Greek. Thankfully our driver stayed with us and we asked he take us to our booked place otherwise we would have been stranded. After Vangelis spent ages on the phone he told us to follow him again.  He took us to an absolute dump in Mavriakiano but as it was 11.30pm with 3 starving tired kids and conscious of our poor driver we stayed for the night. 

We had no working aircon and the place was hot as an oven. There was no pool to cool down in, the beds had springs sticking out, water barely ran out of taps, the wifi did not work and the shower was essentially a hose at the bottom of the wall in bathroom. There was not even toilet paper left there for us.

The next morning Vangelis came back and we asked he take us to our booked accommodation. After arguing with us for some time he took us to a place 10 metres away which people had just left. It had a pool but only accommodated 3 people in beds and we were a family of 5. He suggested the adults stay in another house!

We wasted an entire day and night in Crete trying to find an alternative place to stay and ended up spending significant money on extra transport arrangements. Thankfully we ended up at Poppy Villas who were so welcoming and offered a wonderful place for us.

It is clear this man Vangelis is a dishonest con-man who uses this trick regularly and I wish I had seen some of the reviews earlier.  

There was absolutely no redeeming features to this property and unless you feel like ruining your holiday, I cannot impress enough upon people not to stay here.

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