Our little apartment was all we needed, very spacious although the bathroom could have been laid out better and the showerhead a bit dodgy, it didn't bother us at all.
The apartment had two balconies, one with full view of the beach which we accessed by walking down the stairs, with a restaurant on the beach and plenty of sunbeds.
But best of all was watching from the main balcony, the magnificent sunrise each morning and the incredible golden moon rises when it was the full moon The other balcony was where we had breakfast each morning because it was cooler than the other balcony, it too had a sea view.
The shop was just across the main road and the main street had lots of restaurants. The bus stop was just up the road with buses to Chania one way and Platanios the other.
Our apartment was cleaned every day with new sheets/towels and Nellie the owner was a really nice lady who gave us fruit and a bottle of wine on our first night and more fruit later on. We will certainly think about going back to Kalamaki in the future