Trad. Village Home 'Kerash Bey'

Marvellous house. We felt a real greek atmosphere. Wide bedrooms, wide kitchen but, most of all, a marvellous terrace with a vine arbor wich gave us freshness during our meals and with a beatiful view of the sea and the church tower. Our children were enthusiastic about their own accomodation. Every bedroom has got a private bathroom (which is basic) and there was never lack of water (we were 9 persons)! The landlord is a very gentleman. Always helpful and kind with us. He can speak english very well and was a pleasure to talk to him. We hope to come back someday.

We spent only one week in Drapanias. We were two families with 4 children. The big house was perfect for us, well equipped and very quiet, with plenty of space for everybody. Yannis is a super host, he take really good care of us in a discrete and thorough way. His precious suggestion were so useful to discover the beauties of this amazing isle. I would have loved to spend more time in Drapanias to fully enjoy the relaxing village and the comfortable house. The very good position makes this place perfect for a trip in fantastic area, especially if you like the sea.

It was the second time in Kerash bey already, and we just love it! The house is perfect for us, and so are the surroundings. The owner is great and everything works. It's a little bohemic, which suites us well. The roof terrace under the vines is just wonderful! The village is tiny and quiet. Nice bakery, and a very small Minimarket. A very nice restaurant down by the beach, both fish and other food. Even though there is a bus to Chania and Kissamos you need to have a car to get around. We will definately go back as soon as possible!

This house is absolutely the top! Authentic, lovely details, spacious, clean and absolutely big enough to give host a group o* 9 people ! Our host was a big help and very charming. We really loved the house , the laid-back atmosphere in the village and dream about te next vacation! There is no house on the island that can compete with this !

We (two families with children) stayed in this beautiful house in the heat of August, and really appreciated the large cool rooms with elegant fans, the open internal courtyard, and the shade of the amazing plants on the huge terrace. If you want an easy Greek holiday lazing on the beach with English-speaking tavernas, poolside bars and shops on tap, this isn’t for you. If you are interested in something a bit closer to real Cretan architecture and life, it certainly is. The house is reached along a street beside the church, too narrow for cars. Many of the other houses are single storey with tin roofs, and the occupants spend their days in the street on plastic chairs chatting. They were very friendly, but not sure they were that impressed with our perpetual ‘kale meera’. The baker down the road seems to be always open, with wonderful warm bread and a few pasties. There is a very small minimarket, and a local fruit/veg truck which appears occasionally selling tomatoes and peaches, but otherwise it is a car journey or bus ride into Kissamos for the bigger shops. Imported food is expensive, though, so bread, nectarines, tomatoes, olives, cheese and honey were our main diet. The local beach at Nopigia is a hot 30 minute trudge along an empty road lined with dusty olives and drying onions, at least in August. There is a good taverna when you get there, but this isn’t exactly the height of tourist-ville either. The local town of Kissamos is quite busy but in a rather sweet way, with an amazing little museum of local Minoan pots and Roman mosaics. Chania of course is wonderful. Highlights of our holiday (apart from the house) were the snorkelling, particularly at Falasarna, which has an amazingly beautiful beach and clear water, as well as a ruined town from 600BC – no sign of much development since other than some huge polytunnels. A similar length drive and a very hot walk up a mountain took us to the equally ancient town of Polyrinnia where we scrumped too many figs. The gorges were stunning - sheer walls of rock, and relatively easy walking in the shade due to the abundant plants and trees – we went to the local Rocca gorge, and to the Sougia gorge on the South side of Crete. The long journey to Sougia over the mountains was memorably breath-taking, and indeed completely terrifying back home in the dark. My daughters however would say that the highlight was none of these amazing sights, but the 3 week old puppies of the extremely kind owner!