Larkline on Crete: a week at Geolivia Villas

Larkline on Crete

A week at Geolivia Villas

Seven days for twelve: three cities, two villas, one programme

20–26 Sept 2027 · 12 adults

Put together by Arne Wiese · Tourvy

Twelve people, three cities, one week: two villas among olive trees east of Heraklion, three working mornings, a day under sail to Spinalonga and evenings at one long table.

Highlights

Hello Mara Lindholm,

thank you for thinking of us for Larkline's week together. We planned it around one idea: three cities land within a quarter of an hour on Monday morning, and from then on you are one team in one place. The three working mornings are yours to shape, with your own facilitator or ours on request. Tell us what you would like to change, whether the pace, the dinners or the order of the days, and we will adjust.

Arne Wiese, Tourvy

Twelve people from Munich, Amsterdam and Zurich, one week together on Crete. You land within fifteen minutes of each other on Monday morning and stay at Geolivia Villas, two identical houses on one olive estate above Gournes, fifteen minutes from Heraklion airport, with a 150 m² pool and a tennis court built to ATP guidelines. Three mornings belong to your work, the rest to the island: Heraklion's Venetian harbour with a local guide, a day on a private catamaran to Spinalonga and Kolokytha, a winery in Peza at harvest time, Knossos at opening time, a cooking evening with the chef and a farewell dinner under the olive trees.

The route

One place, 7 days

Risograph print of old olive trees on a hillside, a white chapel and the Cretan Sea with a low island on the horizon
Gournes · Day 1–6

Day by day.

  1. Day 1 · Mon 20 September · Gournes

    Three cities, one landing

    Three flights land within fifteen minutes; lunch on the terrace, a first session by the pool, dinner from the chef.

  2. Day 2 · Tue 21 September · Gournes

    Working morning, Venetian evening

    A working morning, then Heraklion's Venetian harbour with a local guide and dinner at Peskesi.

  3. Day 3 · Wed 22 September · Gournes

    Under sail to Spinalonga

    A private catamaran across the Bay of Mirabello to Spinalonga, a swim in Kolokytha bay, lunch on board.

  4. Day 4 · Thu 23 September · Gournes

    Second morning, tennis, a Cretan kitchen

    A second working morning, a doubles tournament on the villa court, then cooking with the chef.

  5. Day 5 · Fri 24 September · Gournes

    Closing session, then Peza

    The closing session, then vines, cellar and a harvest-week tasting at Lyrarakis in Peza.

  6. Day 6 · Sat 25 September · Gournes

    Knossos at eight, then free

    Knossos at opening time, a free afternoon by the pool or the sea, a farewell dinner with Cretan music.

  7. Day 7 · Sun 26 September · Gournes

    Home, three ways

    One transfer to the airport, then three flights home between 11:25 and 12:25.

Where you stay.

The pool with its sunbeds in the water. Photo: hotelsandvillasincrete.com
Gournes · Day 1–6

6 nights

Two identical three-level villas on one estate, named after the lovers of Erotokritos, the great 17th-century Cretan verse romance. Each has its own kitchen, living and dining room on the ground floor and the master bedroom with walk-in closet above; together they sleep up to 14. Between them lie a 150 m² pool with two double sunbeds set into the water and a professional tennis court built to ATP guidelines. Fourteen original paintings by Kostas Tsolis, seven in each villa, hang in the rooms. The estate covers 7,500 m² with 140 olive trees and looks out to the sea and Mount Psiloritis. For the week, Erotokritos is your plenary room and Aretousa holds the breakouts. Both villas are yours alone for six nights, with early check-in, daily housekeeping, linen and towels, final cleaning and the climate resilience fee.