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Those in the know flock to good-time Mykonos in June, when the nights seem to stretch into infinity and the sunshine bounces off the little white stone houses – and before the chaos of July and August. {Booking now here} Forget ouzo: magnums of Champagne are more de rigueur in...
Located in Athens, a 5-minute walk from Acropolis Museum, Acropolian Spirit Boutique Hotel has a bar and rooms with free WiFi access. The property is close to Temple of Olympion Zeus. The in-house restaurant serves Greek cuisine. {Booking now here} Guest rooms in the hotel come with a private bathroom,...
Isla Brown Corinthia is the product of the transformation of the 70's hotel "Hanikian", in Agios Theodoros Corinthia. The protagonists of the design of the new venture of the Israeli entrepreneur Leon Avigad are the Elastic architectural office, which for this project was awarded the gold prize of the recent...
Sea views, sunsets, and sultry, starry nights – the essential elements of a romantic holiday in Greece are very accessible. But it’s not as easy as you might think to find a hotel that lets the scenery do the talking. Plenty of hotels in Greece know how to put on...
Once the beating heart of Ancient Greece, Athens is a city that has weaved modern life around its 5th-century landmarks. Find here best hotels in Athens. From the magnificent Acropolis (an ancient citadel located on a rugged node above the city) to the neoclassical buildings that pepper Panepistimiou Street, it is impossible not to...
As the southernmost of the Greek islands, Crete is also the hottest. April makes a great shoulder season – outside of the Easter school holidays, of course – with the mercury rising amiably before summer’s sweltering peak. {Booking now here} Take advantage of thinner crowds with lazy days on blockbuster...
With every wannabe influencer and their mother draping themselves over Santorini and Mykonos this summer, it might be time to turn your attention to another Cyclades stunner. {Booking now here} Antiparos’s quiet beauty has increasingly drawn seclusion-seeking celebs: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson bought a villa here 15 years ago,...
This town in the Thessaly Valley is home to the Meteora, a rock formation with Eastern Orthodox monasteries. It is a UNESCO world heritage site for the 51% who want a different cultural experience which can be explored by foot. {Booking now here} Kalambaka is a city of the Prefecture...
Off-radar Milos has some of the best beaches in the Aegean without the buzz of Mykonos or Santorini. Moon-like Sarakiniko is made up of mounds of undulating bone-white, wave-like volcanic rock and forms one of the island’s most mesmerising bays. {Booking now here} Everything You Need to Know About Sarakiniko...
Marbella Elix, Parga Depending on your route, the journey to and from Marbella Elix is as unforgettable as the destination. If you can, arrive in Corfu, where you can take the hotel’s boat, sailing past caves and secret beaches, to reach Marbella Elix’s beach cove. From there, it's a beloved-by-kids...
Dexamenes Seaside Hotel PELOPONNESE, GREECE Double rooms from about £110 It might be hard to resist the siren call of the Greek Islands, but this daring, brutalist-style hotel is a reason to stick to the mainland. Nikos Karaflos was only 16 when his family business bought an abandoned Twenties winery...
Santa Marina, a Luxury Collection Resort, Mykonos – Greece When I chose hotels for honeymooning in southern Greece, where my mom's family is from, it was important to me that I support Greek-owned hotels in the aftermath of the pandemic. I was ecstatic to discover that Santa Marina, the beloved...
The Greek island of Karpathos, a growing center of ecotourism, features striking landscapes surrounded by the Aegean Sea. The isle is part of the Dodecanese archipelago, one of Nat Geo’s Best of the World destinations for 2023. {Booking now here} Discover Karpathos, Greece, a surprising and sublime spot in the...