Such a lovely place. Family holiday to celebrate 2 x 30th b'days, a 60th b'day and 40th wedding anniversary. Better than the photos; it really is a special place to stay. The Villa was immaculate, tastefully decorated, very comfortable, very spacious. Amazing views both out to sea and countryside, beautifully kept garden with fragrant roses, pretty flowers, lovely olive trees, a lemon tree, super swimming pool with a very efficient filter and no chlorine making it very pleasant to swim, kept beautifully clean; comfortable loungers, sun all day, fab bbq area with outdoor kitchen type area and seating. Also, just a 5 minute walk into the lovely town with restaurants, supermarket, meat market, bakery,shops.. .It is slightly uphill on the way back up but we raced up it. A slow walk would make it feel less so. Amalia was lovely too...she welcomed us with a homemade creme caramel, which was delicious, home made olive oil (wish I could have taken that home), beers in the fridge, bread, cheese and ham... Amalia genuinely wanted us to enjoy our stay and made us so welcome. There were 6 of us for most of the stay and 7 for a couple of days which Amalia accommodated at late notice, going to the trouble of setting up a sofa bed on the landing area. In the kitchen there were sundries and condiments, such as salt and pepper, tea and coffee and bits and bobs which you need but dont really want to buy for the little you do need. I really can't think of one negative. We would definitely go back there and hope to at some stage. We all agreed Agia Efimia was one of the best places we could have chosen on the island. I researched pretty thoroughly but you never really know til you get there. We hired two cars and did see a fair amount of the island. The beaches are stoney in the North but are really beautiful and clean. Scenery everywhere was stunning. It was relatively quiet , but everywhere was open and the restaurants all had people dining so you didn't feel it was too much out of season, just not bustling which we loved. Added bonus, we were lucky with the weather, very slight cloud with sun every day but one , which was overcast but still warm and we travelled around that day. Greek weather information said the sea is not warm enough to swim at this time of year but we all swam in the sea at each beach we visited. We were all very sad to leave . 7 days was not enough. Fiskardo, Assos, Myrtos beach, Sami and Antisamos beach all a must xx