"Michael" is Amazing Apartment on the Sea !!!

We arrived really late due to flight delay and hired a car with caravel local rental, we were really glad things were still open at 1.30 am so we didn't arrive until 2am and the lovely Vivi was waiting for us, she was kind and the flat was clean and inviting and had everything we needed for our stay, with a lovely sea breeze on the balcony, we spent many evenings hypnotised by the sound of the waves sitting on the balcony after swimming on the nearby beach a few metres away or at the Agia pelagia or lygaria beach which had some nice restaurants...our favourite one was Sirocco in Lygaria.

Vasilis and his mother Vivi are really generous people and treated us like special guests, we were so happy to find this place so near the beach with a dreamy view of the sea..and the promise of king Minos to Zeus runs deep with all cretans, this was the promise of hospitality to all visitors that King Minos vowed to uphold and in my experience, Crete delivers on this promise. We also drove to the east of the island to Istron and beyond where we were also met with wonderful food and hospitality. We had a great time and will definitely plan to go back next year, The Cretans are wonderful people and Crete is very special to us because of this warm and wonderful experience.

We were so happy to have found this amazing place to stay. It is right beside Made Beach. It was difficult for us to find though as there was no real street address, but to make it easy you just google Made beach and head all the way to the beach and it's the last condominium building on the left. Rent a small car to navigate the roads which are basically very narrow as in the case in most of Greece on the side roads. This condo is well appointed, clean and best of all a 1 minute walk to the beach. It is only a short drive to most sites, 1/2 hour to airport, less than 1/2 hour to Knossos Palace and less than that to the Venetian Port as it is close to a major highway. It's very much as others say, a hidden gem and very inexpensive for what you are getting. I would recommend it in a heartbeat to anyone wanting to go to Heraklion.

My husband and I recently (April) stayed at this great 1 bedroom apartment in Made beach. We arrived very late, but Vivi was there waiting for us. She had even kindly left us coffee, fruit, juice, water and sandwich makings for the next day. Vasilis her son is the contact person for the booking because his mother doesn't speak a lot of English, but she is very sweet. The area is beautiful and we enjoyed hiking up and down the hills surrounding the area. There is a large resort on the opposite side of the beach and we walked up there for some amazing views. The apartment itself was extremely clean and cutely decorated. It was obvious that the owner took pride in her apartment that she rents. We came right before the tourist season starts in full swing so the beach and the area was pretty quiet. I would imagine that during the summer months there will be many more people there. In the evenings we could sit on the balcony and enjoy the view of the beach and the beautiful blue green water! I would highly recommend this apartment to anyone looking for a beach-side vacation on the beautiful island of Crete!

We enjoyed our stay at the Mades apartment. The little bay is beautiful and we were met and made very welcome with a basket of local food items. A car was essential to get to shops and restaurants although we can recommend getting the bus to Heraklion. Going out of season meant many of the tavernas were not open but all the main archaeological sites, (Knossos, Phaistos, Gortyn) were. The Islanders are very friendly and breakfast on the balcony in the sun at the end of March was wonderful.

This was a lovely apartment for 2/3 people. It was clean, in a lovely village with a really lovely family who we were very fortunate to spend time with. The beach was blue flagged but the supermarkets were hard to find. (Vasilis maybe draw a map?). Need a car if want to leave the beach and/ or eat. Would firmly recommend this accommodation if you want to get away from it all. We did. Thank You to the Vivi family. Xxxx