Manili Boutique Suites & Villas

Manili Boutique Suites & Villas

In the centre of Archanes village, a former neighbourhood called Manili has been rebuilt from old stone houses into twelve suites and villas set around a pool, a barbeque terrace and the open-air seating of Manili Bistro. Room sizes vary from a 258-square-foot Standard Double with air conditioning, a minibar and soundproofing to a 431-square-foot Deluxe Suite, while a Duplex Suite adds its own jacuzzi and a Standard Villa spreads across 377 square feet. Couples, solo travellers and small groups of friends will find the pace suits them; the property does not take children twelve and under, so anyone travelling with young kids needs a different address, and the twelve-room count rules out large gatherings needing a full floor to themselves. What sets Manili apart from other boutique stays in the village is Manili Estate, a hillside sister property reached by car, with its own stone church for ceremonies and a wedding suite with a private jacuzzi for the couple's first night, a scale of extra ground that few twelve-room hotels can offer. The concierge arranges the practical side of a Crete stay: the Minoan Palace of Knossos ten kilometres away, the marked trail up Mount Giouchtas, and, depending on the season, the village's own grape harvest in late summer or the raki stills that follow it into January. House rules are plain and worth knowing before arrival: cash payments are capped at EUR 500 under Greek law, only guests registered to a room are allowed inside it, check-in opens at 3pm and checkout closes at 11am. The neighbourhood's old name, Manili, still marks the address, a quiet detail the renovation kept rather than smoothed over. Twelve suites and villas built from Archanes' old stone houses, arranged around a pool and Manili Bistro's terrace. It suits couples and friends more than families, since children twelve and under aren't booked in, and it's the only address here with its own hillside wedding estate and chapel.