Places 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

Cretan cooking under a canopy of lemon trees

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

Intimate wine bistro on Theotokopoulou with one of Chania's best lists

Chef Saridakis's modern Cretan ode to fish

Heraklion's farm-to-table temple of authentic Cretan cuisine

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

French-trained chef's modern Cretan tasting room in a Venetian manor

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

Sunset seafood among the Tabakaria tanneries

Chef Maniadakis's gastrobistro by the Venetian fortifications

Cretan cooking around a 16th-century well

Suites in a Venetian-Ottoman old-town mansion

Creative Cretan inside a 15th-century monastery

A 15th-century Venetian palace below the Fortezza