villa kristia

We honestly would have been much better off booking six hotel rooms for our group of 13. The villa’s condition and the owner’s lack of support ruined the trip. I don’t recommend it, especially for families or winter visits. There was no hot water, and the heating didn’t work: none of the bedroom air-conditioning/heating units worked either. We asked the owner to come help, but he said nothing could be done. His proposed plug-in heater smelled burnt, seemed unsafe, and had an open flame. With three infants in the house, we couldn’t use it, so there was no safe heating and the stay was very uncomfortable and stressful. We asked for a little extra time at checkout to make up for these problems, but instead paid €70 in cash. It felt completely unfair. The listing said the property suited families with infants and included baby gates, but there were none. The broken glass staircase and bannister were a serious hazard, especially for the children. The pool was dirty, there was no wood for the fire or coal for the BBQ, and the towels were damp when we arrived. WiFi was unusably slow, so we had to use our own hotspots. The table tennis rackets were broken and the net ripped. The iron didn’t work properly and had burn marks on its soleplate.

The villa was absolutely amazing and had everything we needed.

The place was clean, well equipped, and the service was great. The location wasn’t ideal, though: the sea is about a 30-minute walk away.