Litsa and Efi Apartments Review

Overall Rating

I know this is long but trust me - it will tell you everything you NEED to know.

The owners of the Litsa & Efi Apartments are some of the most unsympathetic, untrustworthy and unhelpful human beings I have ever met! I went on a 7 day holiday to Crete 'on the cheap' with 4 mates (all 21 year-old blokes), so you can imagine we weren't exactly fussy when it comes to accommodation. The apartments are well located; very close to local supermarkets, the beach and nearby tavernas and small bars. If you are looking for a place to fall after to going out in Malia every night then this place isn't ideal but it is only a short taxi ride away or a half hr walk along a busy road (taxi recommended - not fun finding way home on foot at night, drunk).
Anyway, back to the apartments themselves. You will only be provided with one bog roll for the week (not much to ask for is it?) and the sheets will not be changed during a stay of 7 nights or less (get grubby quickly when you sweat like a pig in the heat). DO NOT buy any food from the bar, only drinks (was heaving just looking at a mates' burger which later actually did make him vomit). The rooms are tidied virtually every day which I suppose is good (but this mostly only consists of having your minging sheets and towels folded and scraping any of your stuff on the floor to the sides of the room - also the 'paper you wipe with' bin is occasionally emptied, that is if you remember not to flush it in the first place).
Don't bother trying to cook anything on the hobs unless you are only intending to slightly soften some butter - seriously, the balcony gets hotter.
The pool is OK, open from 8 til 8 and nice to cool down and relax in/by, just watch out for the sharp bits of tile on the pool floor and on the side near the lights that I and another of my friends made our feet bleed on.
Finally, back to the owners of the hotel. When the 5 of us returned from another amazing night out in Malia at around 6am, we found both our adjacent rooms had been forced into and we had been robbed. Money, iPods and mobiles were stolen. Upon hastily informing the owners we were met by what can only be described as nonchalant shrugs. I shit you not - they would not even let us use a phone to contact the police, merely pointing to the horizon suggesting that the police station was "somewhere over there"? Returning from the police station hours later, having had no sleep, we were shortly to be removed from our rooms at midday with no allowances made for the mornings break-in. The owners continued to argue with us and other guests who became involved when hearing about our misfortune and being equally agitated by the owners' attitude. One of my friends was even threatened by the more elderly owner to have his throat cut, later being actioned at by sharpening knives behind the bar!
That said, aside from the service at these apartments, they are well situated for a girls/lads bender of a holiday. Malia is superb and I didn't want to leave! I would absolutely not recommend these apartments for families. Peace to Crete.