Questions
and answers.

Tanya’s. The house is named after Vangelis’s wife, Tanya, and the one next door after their daughter, Gina. On Booking.com it is listed as “Tanyas Cozy House”, and some older pages spell it “Tania’s”: it is the same house.

Gina’s Cozy House has 58 m² and sleeps up to three, with a queen-size bed and a sofa bed, and one step at the door. Tanya’s Cozy House has 63 m² and sleeps up to four, with a double bed, a single bed and a sofa bed, and five steps up to the door. Both have a bedroom, a bathroom with a washing machine, a living room with kitchen, and a private courtyard with a pergola, a jacuzzi and a barbecue.

Up to three in Gina’s house and up to four in Tanya’s. Families or two couples can book both houses together when both are free.

Yes. They stand side by side in the centre of Kamilari, but each is completely independent, with its own entrance and courtyard.

Each house has its own private jacuzzi outdoors in the courtyard. It runs from early May to the end of October.

Gina’s house has one step at the door. Tanya’s has five steps up to the entrance.

€700 a week per house for two people. From November to the end of March the price is 20% lower. Each extra guest costs €20 a night. The Greek climate resilience fee is paid on top.

5 nights.

Yes. You get the best price by booking directly with Vangelis, and you deal with him from the first message.

30% by bank transfer when you book, and the rest in cash when you arrive.

The calendar shows the free and taken nights of each house. It is updated every hour from the booking platforms, so it can be a few hours behind. Vangelis confirms every enquiry himself.

All year. The houses are heated in winter, and tavernas and shops in the area stay open.

Arrival is from 15:00 and departure by 11:00.

Vangelis sends you the location and meets you at the house himself. Arriving late at night is no problem.

Heraklion airport is about 1 hour 15 minutes away by car. Vangelis recommends Giorgos for a taxi, about €80 from Heraklion. See Getting here.

Yes, right next to the houses.

Not for a quiet stay. The village has a supermarket open all year, a pharmacy, an ATM, a doctor and a bus stop, and the square is a few steps away. To explore Phaistos, Matala and the south coast, a car helps a lot.

Weekly cleaning and a change of sheets, Wi-Fi over Starlink, a washing machine, a barbecue and sunbeds in the courtyard, and beach towels, an umbrella and sunbeds to take to the beach. Wine, fruit and Vangelis’s raki are waiting when you arrive.

It is summer in Crete, so the days are hot. Both houses have fan-coil cooling, the courtyards are shaded by pergolas, and the jacuzzi is there for the evening.

Yes. The same fan-coil system heats the houses.

Children are welcome, and a cot and a high chair are available on request. Pets are not allowed.

Vangelis has bicycles for guests. Ask him before you arrive.

English, German and Greek.

Yes. The registration numbers are at the foot of every page: ΜΗΤΕ 1070864 and ΑΜΑ 00001309540.