We spent 11 nights at this lovely quiet hotel, just before the school holidays started.
The hotel is tucked behind the mountain, separating it from the airport on a 20-30min taxi ride which cost us €26.
To check in, walk towards the restaurant located directly in view of the pool.
The pool has sloping depths from 90cm to 2m and a little paddling pool area separated from the main pool by a sort of rockery ornament, i guess so that parents can keep an eye on the kids.
There are a number of parasols and some poolside chairs are directly underneath a small tree of fusia bougainvilleas.
The staff here speak Greek, English, French and I think German (though we only conversed in the 2 former). Whenever we had questions they were genuinely eager to assist us, always polite, attentive and cordial, as is the Greek custom.
Artemis Village is in the process of refitting all their rooms; we were allocated one of the already renovated rooms, which had a nice modern mini kitchen, automatic shutters, and of course a tv and air conditioning. Walking around the hotel I noticed that every room has an aircon unit, which is a welcome relief with temperatures slowly climbing to mid 30s. The hotel's wifi even covers the pool area.
Our room itself was very clean, the cleaning lady came once per day.
There are plenty of vines and olive trees and the grounds are very well presented.Stavros itself is a very quiet corner of Crete.