Anassa

The cliffside resort is styled as a Byzantine village, all whitewashed villas and terracotta roofs stacked above the Mediterranean near the Akamas peninsula. Three pools, four restaurants, and a Roman-style spa offering thalassotherapy mean most guests quietly abandon any plan to leave the grounds. It handles children with a full program and somehow still never feels overrun. Aphrodite's legendary baths are nearby, should you feel compelled to go look at something other than the sea.

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