NOMAD stands at Kalo Livadi, southeast Mykonos, 200m from the beach, and it holds 14 suites and nothing more. That puts it half the island away from Mykonos town, on the quiet coast, with a short walk up the road between the sand and the front door.

The way the suites are measured says most about what the house is for. In the Nomad category, 60 to 80 square metres indoors come with 90 to 110 square metres of yard, so the larger room is the one with no roof on it. Each of those yards has a pool in it, and the floor underfoot is earth and sand rather than deck. The buildings stand close together on a compact site, and each suite is set so that its view is its own.

Adults only; no guest under 13 is admitted, and extra beds are not available. Walls are left rough, the ceramics are thrown by hand and the fabrics are washed pale, so the palette comes off the ground the house is built on.

The suites

There are seven categories, each with water somewhere outside the door. The Honeymoon Suite runs 35 to 45 sq m indoors against 35 to 50 outdoors, takes two or three, and has a hot tub on the terrace; it is laid out either on one floor or over two with a staircase between them. The Hideout Suite is 50 sq m indoors and 60 outdoors for two, with its own pool and yard. The two Nomad Suites, one of them facing the sea, are the largest at 60 to 80 indoors and 90 to 110 outdoors. The Cave Suite is cut as a cave and finished in marble for two, 80 sq m indoors and 60 outdoors. Two suites have two bedrooms each: one at 80 sq m indoors for four, and the Grand Nomad, 32 and 22 sq m indoors against 100 sq m of terrace carrying both a pool and a hot tub.

The gym without a plug

Every piece of equipment in the gym is wooden and runs without electricity, and the range still covers cardio, strength and flexibility work. Yoga is private and taken either in the suite or down on the beach, and a massage can be had at whatever hour suits.

The table

One kitchen carries the house: Kukulu, one bar-restaurant, and the evening collects there. It cooks Mykonian and Aegean food from produce bought on the island, the tables are set outdoors, and local wine is poured beside the plates. Cocktails come from a mixology bar by the pool, and an outdoor fireplace gives somewhere to stand when the wind turns. The chef also teaches. The cooking classes take guests through the dishes the kitchen serves, step by step and ingredient by ingredient.

The house keeps a gallery of contemporary Greek craft, handmade jewellery and ceramics by Greek makers. The cinema is small, seats guests in antique theatre chairs and shows old classics with a cocktail. Both sit inside the architecture the house claims for itself, which it calls Cycladic: clean lines and corners smoothed off.

The house, the group and the season

NOMAD belongs to The Bohemians Concept, four properties in all: Boheme in Mykonos Town, La Piscine Villa at Houlakia, Syrou Melathron in Ermoupolis on Syros, and this one at Kalo Livadi. The group names art and culture, wellness, food and learning as its four pillars.

Outdoor hot tubs are held between 28 and 30°C, rooms and mattresses are disinfected by a named process called Pure Space, linen and towels change on request, and both the building work and the produce come from suppliers on the island. Closed November to March, the house runs for seven months of the year.

Off the property, the concierge arranges private helicopter flights over the island and yacht charters off it, as well as the crossing to the ancient island of Delos. Nearer to hand are tours of the Mykonos Brewing Company and cheese tasting at Mykonos Farmers.

Who is this for

Two people, or four in one of the two-bedroom suites, who would rather hold the southeast coast than the town. The walk down to the sand is short, so a day here needs no transport. Mornings are quiet, the water sits at the door of the suite, and the evening has one table in it, set outdoors. It suits anyone who wants barefoot ground underfoot and Mykonos still within reach by road.