Lugares in Crete

Modern Mediterranean in a flower-filled courtyard

Cocktails in the secret garden of an Ottoman mansion

Vineyard estate and tasting hall near Knossos at Skalani

Owner-made jewellery and ceramics in a tiny Topanas atelier

Contemporary suites in a 17th-century town house

Stone-and-greenery room in the old-town lanes

Renovated city hotel above the Venetian port and Koules

Art-deco brasserie and ceramic studio with its own winery on the Koum Kapi seafront

Sommelier-owned Cretan room with a world-class wine cellar

Fire, Cretan produce and a zero-waste kitchen on Splantzia square

Suites in a Venetian-Ottoman old-town mansion

Creative Cretan inside a 15th-century monastery

A 15th-century Venetian palace below the Fortezza