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Mykonos + Santorini hotels
The majority of boutique-style hotels in the Cyclades are on Mykonos and, above all, Santorini. In the past few years, however, boutique hotels have begun to appear on the other islands too. Most approach the quality found on Mykonos and Santorini, although some have yet to realize that minimalist decor, bellhops with attitude, and techno music piped so loudly into the restaurant that conversation becomes impossible are not necessarily the marks of desirably hip destinations. Santorini has a collection (mostly in Oia) of beautiful small hotels. A few caveats, though: Most of this island's best hotels are built on the face of the caldera, or cliff wall, that rises high above the Aegean. This situation creates the hotel views the island is famous for, but also means that every venture might require guests to negotiate dozens of steps, or more. Swimming pools (if you're lucky enough to have one) at these places tend to be small, and the rooms often represent cave living—cave living at its best, to be sure, but still cave living. The rooms, originally carved out of the cliff to provide storage and shelter for people of a somewhat more humble station than those who can afford the tariff now, have been fashioned into luxury digs, but some retain a claustrophobic feel.
This neoclassical mansion, atop Imerovigli village overlooking the caldera, has nine rooms (four can be combined and rented as a private villa). The rooms come...more
They overuse the word—Grace Suite, Grace Boutique Spa, State of Grace Restaurant & Bar, With Good Grace Gym—but it really is the right one to...more
This 52-room retro pad right next door to the famous windmills and "Little Venice" evokes the 1960s—when Mykonos was a key jet-set party town and Ari and...more
Once they check in, guests say they don't want to leave this 21-room oasis within (somewhat distant) sight of the sea. Although that may have something to do...more
You have to be impressed with this 20-room creation of the upstart but upscale Grace Hotels Group (they are also on Mykonos and in Newport, Rhode Island), if...more
Folegandros's main village, Chora, sits on a cliff overlooking the Aegean and has several hotels with views almost as dramatic as those along the caldera on...more
About as far as you can get from whitewashed, Cycladian monkish cells, these five suites and a villa are the work of art and antiquities collector Dimitris...more
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