Altera Cave Villas is a cluster of seven adults-only villas carved into the hillside above the sea in Agios Pavlos, South Crete, built on bioclimatic principles the property calls 'invisible architecture'.
Acro Suites is a 50-room, adults-only wellbeing resort above Mononaftis Bay in Crete, its cave suites and infinity pools cut into the hillside a few steps from the water.
Domes Zeen Chania is a village of low stone buildings among banana and palm trees on a private Cretan beach, where every room slides open to its own terrace.
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.
Minos Beach Art Hotel spreads low across two kilometres of Mirabello Bay shoreline near Agios Nikolaos, whitewashed bungalows and villas set among rock, sand and a permanent sculpture collection.
AMÉNTE Mindful Stay is a ten-room apartment-style property on Crete's south coast, where contemporary lines are set against the Cretan landscape and run by sisters Chara and Irene.
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.
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.