Casa Karinea private pool and stone courtyard beneath the Cretan sky

Karines · Between mountain and sea

Where the road leaves the crowds behind.

A private stone house high in a real Cretan village — quiet enough to hear the mountain, close enough to swim the south coast before lunch.

Plan your stay Discover the setting

Karinesquiet mountain village

Southbeaches within easy reach

8 guestsfour private bedrooms

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Two landscapes · One stay

Wake in the mountains. Swim in the south.

Karines sits above the tourist current: a working village of stone lanes, olive slopes and unhurried evenings. There are no resort crowds outside the door — only the rhythms of the mountain and a sky that still grows properly dark.

Then the road drops south. Beaches, coves and waterside tavernas are within easy driving reach, while your private pool and shaded courtyard wait back at the house. Mountain calm and a day by the Libyan Sea belong to the same stay.

Arched living room window framing the mountain landscape around Karines — The Karines hillside, framed by Casa Karinea’s signature arch

Sunlit upper living room with arched windows and Cretan landscape view

Your base between landscapes

A house that holds the whole day.

Morning, village quiet

Coffee under the pergola, birds across the valley and no tourist traffic setting the pace.

Midday, the south coast

Follow the mountain road toward clear coves, open beaches and tavernas beside the Libyan Sea.

Evening, back to stone

Return to the private pool, two generous living rooms and four calm bedrooms for up to eight guests.

Every detail, looked after

Concierge support, pool care, linen refreshes and a welcome of Cretan flavours are included.

The private retreat

Stone shade. Pool blue. Mountain light.

A room-by-room portrait of the place you return to after the coast — entirely private, generous and grounded in its village.

Private swimming pool beside the villa — 01The pool courtyard

Shaded outdoor dining terrace with barbecue area — 02Lunch in the shade

Fully equipped modern kitchen with a natural stone wall — 03The kitchen

Bedroom framed by an original exposed stone wall — 04Stone bedroom

Bright bedroom opening to a private balcony — 05Morning light

Dedicated children’s playroom — 06A room for small imaginations

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The rare kind of Crete where a mountain morning and a swim in the Libyan Sea can belong to the same day.

Between ridge and seaCasa Karinea · Karines

Casa Karinea pool courtyard opening toward the hills of Karines

The setting · Karines

Far from the noise. Close to the water.

Karines is a small mountain village in Agios Vasilios, surrounded by olive-covered slopes and nights dark enough to see the stars. Drive south for beaches, coves and tavernas; return uphill to a place the tourism crowds pass by.

Wake up: A quiet mountain village
Drive down: South-coast beaches & tavernas
Come home: Private pool under open skies

Exact locationCasa Karinea · Karines35.2449° N · 24.5255° EOpen in Google Maps

Take the road inland

Leave the tourist trail. Keep the sea close.

Tell us your dates and who you are travelling with. We will reply with availability and help shape a stay that moves naturally between village quiet, private pool days and the southern coast.

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