Stelios was a wonderful host! The apartment looks newly renovated (or even just built)! Stelios was kind enough to leave us some fruits, water and bread. The kitchen is perfect to make meals! The apartment is located in Kalyves, which is a more family friendly area. The beach is a short walk away. I highly recommend Kritiko (restaurant near the center of Kalyves), the food was amazing!
Stelios was very helpful when we had any questions and he helped us arrange a taxi for our midnight flight arrival. Our driver was even kind enough to drop off our bags at the apartment and then take us to look for food past midnight! My boyfriend loved the gyros from simon's (fast food joint).

Chania is a short 20 mins drive. And the beautiful beach, Elafonassi is around 1.5hrs away.
Thank you for the wonderful stay, Stelios!
May 2015
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Cynthia
5/23/2015
Το δωμάτιο (Sirokos) ήταν ευρύχωρο, πεντακάθαρο και άψογα διακοσμημένο με ολοκαίνουρια έπιπλα, αναπαυτικά κρεβάτια, άνετο σαλόνι με μεγάλη tv, γρήγορο ίντερνετ, πλήρως εξοπλισμένη κουζίνα, ευρύχωρο μπαλκόνι με θέα στη θάλασσα. Το διαμέρισμα βρίσκεται δίπλα από τη θάλασσα, με πλήθος καταστημάτων κοντά αλλά ταυτόχρονα έχει μια απόλυτη ησυχία που σε κάνει να θες να κάτσεις ατελείωτες ώρες στο μπαλκόνι. Οι ιδιοκτήτες φιλικότατοι, είναι κι οι ίδιοι ταξιδιώτες που έχουν γυρίσει όλο τον κόσμο οπότε ξέρουν ακριβώς πως θα φροντίσουν τον επισκέπτη τους. Να σημειωθεί το κέρασμα κατά την άφιξη μας αλλά και ένα δώρο έκπληξη που μας έκαναν κατά την αναχώρησή μας!
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Yannis K
3/06/2017
Everything was nice, the apartment was clean and well equipped. The owner offered us additional beach towels for free. We can honestly recommend this place 🙂
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Weronika
11/06/2023
Wir waren Mitte Januar für eine Nacht dort und würden die Unterkunft jederzeit weiterempfehelen. 😀 - Natasa ist eine sehr freundliche Vermieterin, der das Wohl ihrer Gäste wirklich ein Anliegen zu sein scheint. Die Unterkunft war sehr gepflegt und sauber und mit viel Liebe zum Detail eingerichtet. 😞 - None
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Maik
1/18/2024
Wir waren einige Tage im Juni bei Stelios und Natasa. Super Gastfreundlich und keiner unserer Wünsche wurde nicht erfüllt. Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und mit viel Liebe eingerichtet. Sogar Sandspielzeug für unseren kleinen Sohn wurde zur Verfügung gestellt. Alles in allem ein sehr schöner Aufenthalt bei den beiden. Macht weiter so. Liebe Grüße
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Thorsten
6/14/2025
We had a really good stay! The location was perfect, close to supermarket, restaurants and the beach. Stelios and Natasa has been very helpfull with evertything.
We will definitely recommend staying at avra apartments!
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Cecilie
7/27/2021
We stayed at Agra Apartments in Kalyves for a week in June 2021, and we couldn’t have been happier. Everything was exactly as we had hoped for, the apartment was spacious (even more than it looks in pictures!). The view was absolutely stunning.

Stelios and Natasa were very kind and helpful hosts, that made sure we were comfortable. They were always easy to talk to and reach on text, and Natasa gave us some really nice suggestions for places to go that we are grateful for.

Kalyves was a perfect town to stay at for us, as we were driving to see different cities, beaches and areas around Crete. It was just far enough away from Chania to feel super authentic and secluded as a tourist, but close enough to visit in a short time.

All in all we were extremely satisfied with our stay at Avra Apartments, and we recommend anyone visiting Crete to go there too! ❤️
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Nikolaj
6/19/2021
We had a perfect family holiday staying at Avra apartments. From the wonderful warm welcome with Anna (at midnight!) to all the advice, tips, and small touches from Stelios and Natasa really made our daughters first holiday even better than we could have hoped it would be! We are all very sad to leave but had the best time!
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Rachel
5/24/2022
Είχαμε μια υπέροχη διαμονή. Πολύ ήσυχο διαμέρισμα και κοντά στην παραλία. Νιώσαμε σαν στο σπίτι μας. Το διαμέρισμα είχε όλα όσα θέλαμε. Ελπίζουμε να επιστρέψουμε σύντομα. Το συνιστώ ανεπιφύλακτα.
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Rob And Tomasz
8/10/2024
We had an amazing stay!. After travelling for a while and being on the go a lot it was the perfect spot to just relax. Definitely recommend renting a car as there’s not much in the area itself but that wasn’t an issue for us. Lovely kitchen that was fully equipped with everything you need to make a nice homemade dinner. The view from the outside sitting area was really nice. Hosts were so so helpful and responsive. I would definitely book again and would recommend staying here!
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Jessica
8/28/2025
Stelios was very kind and helpful host. He provided us information about good restaurants, beaches and other places we were interested in. Cleaning the apartment and changing the towels and bed linen during our stay was very nice service. All in all, the apartment was in a really good condition with beautiful interior design. Extended check-out due our late flight was extremely good service, which we appreciated a lot. We highly recommend Stelios´ apartments for those who appreciate good service, privacy and the atmosphere of a small village.
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Olli
5/15/2024
Appartamento eccezionale, pulizia e cordialità assoluta, posto indimenticabile e fantastico… stra consigliato
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Cristina
8/26/2022