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SanSal is a 23-room boutique hotel built beside the Venetian walls of Chania's old city, one block from the San Salvador Bastion, with a seasonal rooftop pool above the rooftops.

The Syntopia is an adults-only hotel in Adelianos Kampos, reworked in 2019 across two buildings, with a rooftop pool and a garden of sun terraces a short walk from a sandy Cretan beach.

Stella Island is an adults-only resort in the Analipsi district of Hersonissos, built around a lagoon-style pool that threads the whole property, some rooms opening straight onto the water.

Seaside A Lifestyle Resort sits on the cliffs above Agia Pelagia, an adults-only address in Crete where terraces step down towards the water and every room faces either the land or the sea.

NIKO Seaside Resort MGallery sits on the waterfront at Agios Nikolaos, an adults-only address of 137 rooms and suites, most with their own plunge pool, looking out over Mirabello Bay.

Maison Meltem is an eight-room adults-only bed and breakfast above Agia Pelagia, where the whole building faces the Aegean and breakfast is served under olive trees.

Minos Palace Resort occupies its own peninsula above Agios Nikolaos Bay — an adults-only address on the Cretan coast where a dark-bottom freshwater infinity pool opens onto Mirabello Bay.

Pnoe Breathing Life sits above the coast at Karteros, an adults-only resort where every room comes with its own private pool and the service, by all accounts, does the rest.

ADĀMA is an adults-only collection of villas above Matala, on Crete's southern coast, where the design of the buildings themselves is what most guests remember.

NEMA Design Hotel & Spa is an adults-only five-star on Analipsi Beach Road in Hersonissos, part of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, working a dark, contemporary palette against the Cretan light.