Private estate buyout.
The whole cliff, privately. Six suites and two Kyrgyz yurts. The spa, the long table, the grove, the path up the ridge. Up to sixteen guests. No other visitors, no front desk, no other table.
Who takes the whole estate.
Three kinds of gathering have used places like this since long before we built Lino Cambi.
Families and chosen families — usually for a milestone birthday, a wedding week without the wedding, a parents-and-grown-children reunion, or a multigenerational year-end. The estate sleeps sixteen across eight rooms, which is the right size for a family with adult children, partners, and a few close friends.
Companies and teams — for a leadership offsite, a founder's retreat, a small-board working week, or a senior team gathering after a difficult quarter. The estate works as a corporate venue precisely because it does not feel like one. There are no conference rooms. There is a long table, a cliff, and the kind of silence that lets people say things they would not say in a Holiday Inn ballroom.
Private wellness intensives — for a group of practitioners running a deep week, or for a private circle who want a programme of breathwork, cold plunge, meditation, and table without other guests in the way. Bring your own facilitator, or work with ours.
What you get when you take the whole estate.
- Exclusive use of all six suites, both Kyrgyz yurts, the main house, the spa, the grove, the cliff baths, and the ridge path. No other guests during your stay.
- Up to sixteen guests — eight rooms, double occupancy. Single occupancy is fine; the rate does not change with the count.
- Full board at the long table — three meals a day, plant-led, estate-grown, served family style. Bring dietary needs and we will work around them.
- The entire spa — cold plunge, sauna, hammam, temperature pools, cliff-edge hot tub, daily breathwork, the ridge walk, body treatments by appointment.
- The kitchen privately — your menu, your wine, your timing. Want to learn to make Cretan dishes with the village women who cook them? Tell us at inquiry.
- The long table set the way you want it — for sixteen, for eight and eight, for one round of twelve, for a quiet four with the rest of the table laid for tomorrow.
- A bring-your-own facilitator option for wellness intensives — yoga instructor, breathwork lead, executive coach, family therapist, group leader. Coordinated with our spa and kitchen team.
- Optional private transfers from Heraklion or Chania airports. The drive itself is part of the week.
Stay length and timing.
Three nights minimum for the whole estate, seven nights ideal. Most groups arrive on a Sunday and leave the following Sunday. The middle of the week is where the rhythm of the place takes hold, so two-night gatherings do not really get the gift the estate has to offer.
Peak season (June to September) is the most contested. Shoulder season — late April through May, and October into early November — is the time most groups end up choosing once they see what those months look like here. The harvest weeks in late October and early November are particularly memorable; founding members staying through harvest are welcome at the press in the village down the road.
What the rate covers.
The whole-estate rate covers accommodation for up to sixteen, full board at the long table, full spa access including one body treatment per person per day, and a host couple from our team on site for the duration of your stay. It also covers the privacy of having no other guests on the property.
Not covered separately: additional treatments beyond one per person per day, additional or specialty wines beyond the table pour, transfers, and any specialist facilitators or coaches brought in at your request. All discussed openly in the inquiry.
Rates are set per group, per stay, in conversation. We do not publish a nightly rate because the right rate depends on the season, the length, and the shape of the gathering. Here is why we do it this way.
Take the cliff.
Tell us roughly when you would like to come, who you would be bringing, and what you most want the gathering to be for. We respond personally within forty-eight hours.
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