Three generations of 18 met at villa Sistena and another smaller villa close by Sistena to celebrate college graduations, job promotions, birthdays, and good tidings, this year outside the USA, arriving from Edinburgh, California, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. Despite complicated logistics, the family voted this stay as their best ever--beauty, wonderful Greek hospitality and endless things to do. Our hosts, including Maria and Nic treated us like family and anticipated our needs and wishes always with a smile. Andreas and his team of assistants made the entire week an effortless blissful tour of the island. The beautiful large pool was a real crowd pleaser, not heated but very refreshing given the hot spell this summer. We opted to have Maria prepare our meals, which turned out to be another highlight of our stay. Always gracious and inventive in serving up delicious Greek favorites. Just consider doing this for 18 folks (satisfying vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters) twice a day!. Beautiful location overlooking the Aegean and a sky full of stars at night on the patio--exquisite. However, the vila is pretty isolated and served by typical single lane roads, which created some white knuckle driving experiences in our stick shift rental. Andreas' crew of transport experts were a great help in moving groups to and from the port. This included one trip to the hospital which turned out to be not serious, but our driver insisted on helping and staying at the hospital so he could take us back--always with a smile. All in all we all were happy to have experienced our Greek adventure in Villa Sistena and would do so again. To be fair, the villa is showing signs of age despite the efforts of Nic and Maria. Could use some bath and kitchen updates, and maybe some screens on some of the windows left open at night. Ed Rush

We were an extended family of 13 staying for 6 nights. Maria took very good care of us, even preparing a delicious, traditional Greek dinner on our arrival night. Andreas was also very good, picking us up at the ferry and helping us get our rental cars. The house was laid out very nicely for a big group. We had plenty of room on the back deck for full group dinners! The pool is delicious and the views are incredible. There are even cows next door! Lia beach was a 10 - 15 min walk away, but you really do need a car to get anywhere else. We are a family who likes to cook a lot, so it was helpful to have basic supplies in the pantry. Our main complaint was that the main kitchen sink did not have any hot water, so you need to take pots and pans downstairs to the other kitchen area for washing. We did have to do a lot of laundry (we had 4 people who were traveling before Greece and then again after). There is no dryer, but plenty of drying racks and lots of sunshine!