Sfinias Apartments

The road to Sfinias from Heraklion/Mira is more than terrible. Instant depression because of the mess and very, very bad road. Dirt in piles all over the place . If you go here, take the other site (west) But we all (family of 4, children 13 & 16) say - don't go here! The welcome to Sfinias was sad and cold. When we walked by the swimming pool there were old men who drank raki playing loud music and yelling. The room of the children smelled like am old bar (longer period of smoking in there) and there was something growing in the closet. Bathroom is old, yellow dirt around toilet. It looks like an old hostel. We read that this building is new, not true! Sfinias is build on a mountain, and you have to walk (august 38/39/40 temperature) up the hill when you go to the private beach. (Beach looks nice) You have to be in good condition. We saw people with subboards, the coast looks calm. View is weird, because of the oil vessels in line which are waiting to be loaded. There is a place to eat when you walk all the way up the hill at Sfinias and that looks really nice. Husband said it smelled not good over there. We booked for a week, didn't stay one night. We thought it was terrible. We never ever did something like this... We would never recommend this to any one. (It's a miracle that Sfinias has got good rates at booking, that's why we booked. Plus photo's looked good. Don't fall for it)