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Reviews for Erodios Apartments in Kalives Chania.
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Karen F. and Andy K., UK (May, 2011)
Hello,
We just wanted to thank you again for your hospitality during our stay
at Erodios apartments from 24th-31st May.
We really enjoyed staying with you and felt very looked after by Irene,
who gave us delicious homemade pastries, and thoughtfully left candles
for us on the night of the power cut caused by the storm! We loved the
location of the apartments, being so close to the village square, and
were pleasantly surprised at how quiet it was as we were so central to
the village.
With best wishes to you, and we hope to come and stay again should we
return to Kalives.
Karen and Andy
Ian M., England (Sep, 2009)
Yassas!
I'd just like to let you know that we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and felt well looked after. The apartment was spotlessly clean and tidy, just what we were looking for and good value for money. Would be happy to recommend other folk to stay there.
Didn't have any problems finding it - your directions were good and the signs at the road junctions helped, though I was at an advantage having been to the area a few times before.
A good base for exploring the Chania region.
The only thing I would change if I could ... would be to make the shower
area a bit bigger ... but it wouldn't stop us coming again.
Anyway, thanks very much we had a great time.
Andio
Ian and Debbie
Toni W., England (June, 2009)
Just a quick e-mail to say thank you for making our stay at the Erodios
Apartments a happy and relaxed holiday. Your hospitality and the warm reception
from all we spoke to in Kalives made our holiday a very special one. We
even spoke to a gentleman who lives near the Kalives Beach Hotel who was
based in Chatham dockyard during the war (1942) - Chatham is about three
miles from where we live, and where my mother (Gilly) was born in 1947!
Please pass on our regards to George, Gina and the rest of their family
from the bar on the square. With very best wishes and hopes to see you
soon, Toni, Mick and Gilly.
Tracey T., South Africa (May, 2009)
"Dear Ioulia,
I just wanted to thank you and especially Irene for the superb time we had at your apartments. Irene was just so kind and helpful and made us feel so welcome. We loved Kalives and hope to return again one day.
Please kindly pass on to her our special thanks again for all she did for us - she was wonderful! Thank you again for a lovely stay.
Kind regards Tracey"
Posted by Chris and Jack S., UK (September, 2008)
"Jack & I would like to thank you for looking after us during our stay
at Erodios apartments. As you know we were due to take our holiday with
Kosmar and had to quickly make alternative arrangements when the XL Group
of companies went into administration. We were absolutely delighted with
the apartment you gave us and are already looking forward to our return
visit next year. The apartment was clean and tidy with lots of opening
windows so that you could get a good circulation of air. It was lovely
having a taxi waiting for us at the airport and also to take us to the
airport for our return journey.
I have attached a couple of photos which we took.
Hope you have a good Christmas and hope to see you again in 2009."



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Posted by Katya and Anton M., Russia (July - August, 2008)
"We enjoyed warm hospitality of staying in Erodios apartments in August 2008 and
would like to thank the hosts again for making our holiday so pleasant
and easy. Apartment was very tidy thanks to every day cleaning. We were
looking for spacious place to stay, with 2 bedrooms as we had two little
kids with us (our youngest was just 4 month old) and Erodios appeared
very suitable.
Kalives village is very good for families with kids as all the beaches
have lots of trees that make very good shade. Main beach has shallow part
where kids can safely play in water. In other part of the beach you can
enjoy nice light breeze always blowing from the sea that calms hot daytime
in August."


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Posted by Mike L., Australia (July, 2008)
"We had a fantastic time in Crete. The place is wonderful, your apartments
are clean and comfortable, and the the service is excellent. Honestly,
the best memories of our holiday are from our stay at Erodios. We look
forward to coming back in the future and have already recommended your
apartments to friends and relatives."


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Posted by Anne and Frank W., UK (June, 2008)
"Hello,
Just a note to say Thank You for a lovely stay at your apartments.
We really enjoyed it and Kalives. We are back at work now, and the weather
is cold 18c, and raining. Many thanks for everything.
Regards Anne & Frank"
Posted by Anne and Ray E., UK (June, 2008)
"Thank you for making our two weeks stay so enjoyable. Even though it
was our fourth visit to Erodios it was just as enjoyable as our first
visit. Our apartment was excellent and all the family made us very welcome.
Nothing was too much trouble for them and we really enjoyed their company
(and their delicious cakes). We look forward to seeing you all again next
year."
Posted by John B. and Tracey W., UK (July, 2007)
"To all at Erodios Apartments,
we arrived back to a very wet and cold UK and would like to say thanks
for a wonderful stay in Kalives made very special by your superb apartments
everything that we have seen on the internet regarding the quality and
standard of your apartments was very true they are kept to an extremely
high standard with all the attention to detail. We found everyone to be
very helpful and friendly and the cleanliness of the apartments were second
to non.
The arrangements of the taxi to and from the airport were perfect on time
and reasonable in price being met when we arrived at the apartments with
a cold drink and a few very nice biscuits was a pleasant surprise. We
couldn't believe how fantastic the whole building looked immaculate!!
So thanks again for a very pleasant stay and hope to see you again some
time soon best wishes
Follow-up: a picture for you...
We visited your lovely apartments earlier this year and enjoyed every
minute we were there, sadly only for one week. I have just been looking
for holidays for next year and had a look at your website again, I see
that you have a new layout which looks great also saw that you have some
new pictures on there. I have attached a picture that I took when we were
at the far end of the beach by the harbour. I just thought it sums Kalives
up totally just how beautiful the area is. if you you would like to add
it to your website I would be very happy. Thanks again for a great holiday
hope you like the picture Maybe see you again next year.

Posted by Ray and Maureen H., UK (July, 2007)
"We had 2 weeks at the Erodios in June, wonderful apartments spotlessly
clean, beutiful views from balcony, very friendly people made us feel
very welcome. Greeted us as we pulled up in the car and after showing
us to our room came back with a very welcome tray with cold drink and
biscuits much appreciated as it was very hot. It is well situated just
up from church. We have been to Kalives before with Kosmar but having
found Erodios we will always come back to stay there from now on could
not fault it."
Posted by Pascal, Gwen and Cyril C., France (August, 2007)


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Posted by Elisabeth and Henk O., Netherlands (2007)
"Although the first reaction was a little disappointment on the
size of the apartment we would like to let you know that we had a very
wonderful holiday and that we are impressed with the effort you all put
in to make it nice place to stay. We certainly recommend others to stay
but will make the comment that the living room is a bit small. However,
with the weather in Crete this is normally not an issue and even the two
days with rain didn't cause us a problem as there is so much to do and
see at Crete. So a very big thank you! for a wonderful time."
Posted by Chris and Jo P., UK (2006)
"Just returned from a 2 week break at the Erodios apartments in
Kalives (Aug/Sep 06) - what a fabulous time we had and Rena just couldn't
do enough for us. The apartments are spotlessly clean, close to the beach
and just a 2 min walk from the delightful town square and kafenia. Plenty
of local taverns and for 3 courses each including wine, our bills were
always under €25 - amazing! And after a long, hot day on the beach,
Rena had left some grapes and homemade baklava in the fridge to revive
us! I would recommend these apartments and Kalives to anyone who wants
a relaxing holiday in a bustling Cretan village, where locals out number
the tourists and you want an ideal base for exploring West Crete. Just
can't wait to go back soon!"
Posted by Rhiannon and Dave W., UK (2006)
"A big thank you to everyone at the Erodios apartments in Kalives
for making
our holiday such a relaxing stay. I'd been to Kalives previously but it
was
the first time for Dave and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. It's very
conveniently situated and the apartments and grounds are kept beautifully.
The staff are fantastic and always happy to help or offer advice on places
to visit and short cuts for walks if it gets too hot!
Hopefully we'll see you again next year, thank you again for such a great
holiday"
Posted by Suzanne and Darren H., UK (2006)
"To everyone - thank you again for a wonderful holiday. Your hospitality
and
kindness is so touching - hopefully we will see you again next year!!!!!!"
Posted by Camilla, Lena and Jessica G., Sweden (2006)
"We would like thank you all who made our three week holiday at
Erodios apartments so very pleasant. Thanks for the warm welcoming at
the airport and at the hotel, all the tasty homemade cakes, the friendly
and hospital atmosphere, the celebration of my mother's birthday...
We are now back in Sweden working... and often think about the good memories
from Kalives.Hope to return to Kalives some day.
Wish you all the best!"
Posted by Peter and Marion H., UK (2006)
"Hi there,
Just to thank you all for a wonderful two weeks in the erodios apartments
in Kalives, we had a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing holiday."
Posted by David T., UK (2006)
"We have just returned from a week at Erodios apartments and wish
to say thanks to Artemis, the owner for making it a relaxing and memorable
stay. We have been to various Greek islands over 15 times and have been
to Crete 5 times and we found erodios to be the best apartment we have
stayed in out of all of those visits. The building and grounds are appointed
and maintained to a high standard and the rooms were spacious and spotlessly
clean. The apartments are situated in an ideal place, within easy walking
distance of the village square and beach but just far enough away to ensure
a tranquil and quiet stay. An excellent choice for anyone wishing to visit
this beautiful place. "
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Posted by Delphine and Anne Sophie D., France
"We stayed in erodios apartments in July 2005 and we enjoyed it
A LOT!!!We were four friends and those apartments are completely adapted
for friends since you still have your privacy. It is very clean and the
"room service" is very nice and welcoming. It is very well equipped
and in a good shape and modern which is rare in Greece (we were able to
cook there everyday (French people love cooking ....), there is a lovely
terrace on each apartment, the view is gorgeous, the village is quiet
and nice with everything you need (supermarket, international newspaper,
internet cafe, bars, beaches of course...). It is very close by Chania,
which is a lovely town if you go to the old part : the old harbour. There
is NO bad surprise, the owner is here to help you and not to be a crook
and this is AGAIN rare in Greece... thank you again."
Posted by Heather, Simon and Georgina C., UK
"We stayed at these apartments last year (booked the holiday with
Kosmar). Tried to book them again for this year, however, Erodios was
not with Kosmar. We would definitely have stayed there again this year
if they had still been with Kosmar. The Erodios apartments are great.
They are cleaned every day and the owners are lovely people who really
make you feel welcome.
This will be our third year to visit Kalives. There is something about
Kalives that just makes us want to go back time and time again. I think
it is the fact that this is an actual working village and not just a resort
for us tourists. It has a lovely church in the square and a honeycomb
of streets that house the locals. The locals are very kind hearted people
who really want you to enjoy your holiday and are very helpful. Lots of
fantastic taverns (the best ones in our opinion is the "Medusa"
(which was really popular last May/June time so we found ourselves having
to book a table whenever we wanted a meal in here), "El Forno's"
- both on the beach and the one opposite the church (I think the waiter
is called Nikko and he has been working there for years - according to
my mum who first stayed in Kalives about 15 years ago and Nikko was only
a teenager then). The one opposite the Church in the square is a traditional
Greek tavern and is one of the few taverns to be opened during the winter
months for the locals. Resort probably appeals to families and couples
who want a peaceful holiday."
Posted by Fabian M., UK
"Two friends and I stayed at Erodios in September / October 2003. The
best recommendation I can make is that I have already booked to go back
in April and hope to go again in September. I have been visiting Kalives
for over 15 years and can honestly say that I have never found cleaner,
more comfortable, well decorated and maintained apartments - they are
superb (and excellent value for money). I hope not too many people read
this review - the apartments might be fully booked when I want to make
my next reservation."
Posted by Roger D., UK
"Stayed at your apartments during October 2003 whilst exploring
Western Crete. The quality and service was excellent. I would recommend
your accommodation unreservedly. I hope to return soon".
Posted by James and Eileen C., UK
"We stayed in the Erodios apartments Sept/ Oct 2003, and had a very
restful and comfortable stay. The accommodation is very well appointed
and we will always remember the lovely views, and the friendliness of
the owners. We hope to return before too long."
Posted by Ian T., UK
" Rena and Artemis
Just a short note to thank you for kindness and help during our stay with
you recently ( June 17th/1st July 03 ). You and your apartments are all
your excellent web site say they are and so is Kalives, once again, thank
you."
Posted by David P., Holland
"My husband and I spent two weeks in Erodios apartments in December.
We'd already visited Kalives in the past, but it was during summer. However
this time we had to get there in winter. The hotel we had stayed was closed,
so we booked at Erodios apartments. Although during summer the village
was crowded, now it was very quiet. I suppose we were lucky because although
most of the days it was raining, a beautiful winter sun was shining behind
clouds pretty often. To our surprise during some days it was almost like
spring, it was so hot. We were not exactly on holidays, yet we found time
to stroll on the wet sandy beach and enjoy the tranquility of the place.
The apartments are in a very quite neighborhood. We loved to sit out at
afternoon on the balcony and enjoy the view. The owners are friendly and
they did their best to make us feel at home. They even offered us melomakarona,
kourabiedes (traditional cookies they make in Greece) and raki. "
Posted by Sandra B., Germany
"This summer my family and I visited Crete and Kalives for the second
time. We had booked two double rooms at the hotel we had been staying
last year, but we decided to extend our holidays and since the hotel didn't
have any vacancies, we had to look for another hotel. We heard about Erodios
apartments and went to see them. We were delighted! The owner showed to
us an apartment with two bedrooms (so we could be with our children) which
had a separate sitting area and a kitchenette. It had two balconies -
when the doors were left opened a pleasantly cool breeze ventilated the
apartment. The apartment was very tidy and clean. In the beginning we
were worried about the price, we thought that it would be expensive, but
finally it wasn't! The owners were very friendly and hospitable and did
their best to assure that we had a comfortable stay."
Posted by John H., England
"We booked via Internet an apartment for two at Erodios apartments
and just hoped that the descriptions we read at the site would be for
real. In the first place we were surprised to discover that they meant
it when they said that the bedroom is a separate room from the sitting
-area (usually it's one room and the owners are trying to mislead you).
The apartments were kept very clean and nice. The apartments are family
run and the owners are incredibly friendly. As far as it concerns Kalives
it is a beautiful village. Not at all clubby, it is ideal for couples
or families who want a restful holiday"
Posted by Michael B., Germany
"We were looking for a hotel near Kalives beach, but we were so
enthusiastic about erodios apartments when we saw them that we forgot
all about having to walk some more meters to reach the beach. The apartments
were in a very quiet part of the village, yet near the village's square,
in a cleverly designed building. Our apartment had two balconies (with
both sea and inland views) and it was spotlessly clean. The family that
runs the apartments is lovely and nothing seems to be too much trouble
for them. I strongly recommend these apartments for a nice family holiday
or for couples who are looking for peaceful holidays"
Posted by Eleanor T., France
"I haven't been to Erodios Apartments but I have visited Crete and
Kalives three times in the past. Kalives is a quiet village with a lovely
sandy beach, some taverns and a few bars, a nice little river but most
of all it's a great base from which to explore Crete (especially Chania
and Rethimno Prefectures).You can hire a car and visit south Crete or
places near by, like kourna lake or georgioupolis. Don't miss visiting
the old harbor at Chania. However, I should give you a piece of advise:
avoid Crete in July and August if you can't put up with heat. Crete in
these months is insanely hot and sunny! I think May is the best time to
visit Crete. "
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