Thronos and Aravanes together make a wonderful place, one of the most memorable stays I have experienced in a lifetime of wandering around the world. I recommend it highly to anyone who is a traveler rather than a tourist, and whose appreciation of local culture goes beyond a superficial zooming through the Top Ten sights in the guidebook.

Rooms refurbished, re-equipped and redecorated; but still the same warm welcome, generous hospitality and good food. You never know whom you will meet at dinner. Lush greenery and masses of wild flowers on walks.

We enjoyed especially that all guests and the host were eating together what the kitchen maiden had chosen to cook from local supplies. Sometimes supplied with herbs, collected by the guests. So that you would taste meals you never could choose in a restaurant. Besides it is placed in a beautiful landscape, greener than ever seen in Crete