Petite pooches up to 10kg can stay for free.

If you’d like to secure the services of a private chef, personalise your breakfast or take on some wellness-coaching, just let the team know and they’ll make it happen.

It’s entirely up to you if you bring swimwear for your private pool – after all, who’s looking? But you may feel more comfortable wearing some in the spa pool. The hotel has a gym too, and personal trainers and yoga and Pilates classes can be arranged on request. There’s a small pool lined in sage tiles, sauna and shaded relaxation area. SpaĪt the House of Healing spa, alleviation comes in the form of custom-made treatments scented with the perfumes of Antiparos in two placidly minimalist treatment rooms. The only communal pool is in the spa, but instead you can practice your widest butterfly stroke without fear of whacking a fellow swimmer in the private pool that comes with each residence, while the Farmhouse has a Jacuzzi you can bubble the night away in. If travelling with the family, book into the Farmhouse, which sits away from the main house amid the hotel’s groves and kitchen gardens. You can’t go too far wrong, but the Sea View Suites offer perhaps a smidge more romance with their Aegean panoramas. Suites and villas feel more like a seductive second home with a large leafy terrace, charming personal touches (locally woven cushions, coffee table books, folk crafts) and a private pool – and further opportunities to go au naturel under a large alfresco shower. Space and privacy – and chance to ogle the picturesque landscape – take precedence here. In rooms: private pool (or a Jacuzzi if you’re staying in the Farmhouse), TV (Smart TV on request), iPod dock, a stocked wine cooler, minibar, Nespresso machine, tea-making kit, free bottled water, pillow menu and air-conditioning. Spa and sauna, gym, concierge, laundry service, beach bags to borrow, free WiFi.

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