We stayed in Asteraki villa this summer, 10 days in the second half of august. We were with our two kids, 5 and 2 years old and we really felt at home.
The place is quite and marvellous: a nice garden, with roses, local flowers and a perfect green meadow; there is a fantastic see view, from the terrace you can enjoy sunsets and dawns and count the uncountable stars during the silent nights. The pool is very well maintained, refreshing and clean, a diamond pond during hot days.
The house is brand new, the Italian style furnishing very nice, all you can need is there, the kitchen is fully equipped, air conditioning and water are assured.
Our guests were discrete and very welcoming at the same time. We found fresh honey, yogurth, water and fruit already in the fridge upon arrival and it did not pass a day without receiving from them a short visit aimed at checking that everythig was ok or a small present (fresh eggs or cheese for the kids for example).
The position is strategic, 30 minutes by car from falassarna beach and 15 minutes from elafonissi. Apart from these well known beaches there are small and very nice beaches just around the villa. They are not sandy but the water is very clean and the place very suggestive.
We appreciated the fact of being far from crowded places and in the middle of savage nature, even if we had to drive 15 kilometers to get gasoline :-)
We really enjoyed the west and wildest part of Crete with our small children, supported by the extreme comfort of Villa Asteraki.