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Apollo still thy long, long summer gilds, Still in his beam Mendeli's marbles glare

Lord Byron · Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Cubic whitewashed buildings with flat roofs stepping down a hillside toward the sea, divided by whitewashed rubble walls with blue and red timber gates, a headland and small islets on the horizon

Four Seasons Mykonos is laid out like a village above Kalo Livadi

Four Seasons Mykonos opened in summer 2026. Nicos Valsamakis laid out its 94 rooms, suites and villas like a village, stepping down 6 hectares of hillside to Kalo Livadi Bay

A rendering of a pale stone pavilion with a wide arched opening and a low pitched roof, standing above a cobbled court with a circular fountain, umbrella pines and cypresses framing a view across still water to the low fortress islet of Spinalonga

Rosewood Blue Palace, planned for Elounda in 2027

An indoor pool set against a rough-cut stone wall, with loungers on a pale stone floor and a lit corridor beyond

WellnessMykonos

The Rock Spa at Fouquet’s Mykonos: oxygen, cold and stone above Paraga Beach

A colonnaded restaurant terrace with tables laid, the low sun over the sea and an infinity pool beyond

GastronomySantorini

Vaios Koukoumtzis became executive chef of Santo Collection in Oia

Low stone and whitewashed houses scattered through scrub above a sandy bay, with the open Aegean beyond

WellnessAntiparos

The Rooster’s House of Healing on Antiparos: longevity rituals of heat, light and cold

A long indoor pool lit turquoise runs beside a split-face white stone wall, with cushioned loungers set behind sheer curtains along the opposite side of a concrete floor

ANASA at Patmos Aktis: a spa named for breath, reopened on Patmos

Dining tables laid under a pergola on a stone terrace, above a curved swimming pool with the open sea and a low island beyond

GastronomyParos

Pino by Luca Piscazzi: a Roman chef’s restaurant at Vione Paros

The shared pool of the EÉSO enclave at dusk, with timber-clad pavilions under flat canopies set into the water on either side and a lit bar at the far end.

EstatesHeraklion

Inside EÉSO by NEMA, an inward-facing enclave on Crete

A whitewashed cubic building above deep blue sea, with a private plunge pool and loungers on the terrace below it, palm fronds at the left and a settled shoreline across the water

Omeon Mykonos: 38 rooms and suites above Agios Stefanos

An aerial view of a low stone-coloured resort spread across a green peninsula, rows of suites with small private pools stepping toward the water, and a curved cove of pale sand and clear turquoise sea below

AMOH Rhodes: a resort between two coves and a limestone quarry

An aerial view of Gouvia Bay on Corfu, a large marina packed with white yachts along parallel pontoons on the far shore, a wooded peninsula of villas and pools in the foreground, and a hillside town behind

Gouvia Marina, Corfu: 104 new berths for yachts to 50 metres

A circular marble bar ringed with red-upholstered stools, set beneath a shallow dome under a wrought-iron chandelier, on a floor laid in pale triangular mosaic

GastronomyAthens

Byzantino reopened in Athens as a grande brasserie

A stone colonnade beside a long narrow pool, with an olive tree, a cypress and the sea beyond a low ridge in late afternoon light

WellnessPorto Heli

Amanzoe’s Mobility & Recovery Programme, curated with Novak Djokovic

Amanzoe added a three-day programme curated with Novak Djokovic in April 2026: assessment, conditioning and contrast therapy, at the only Aman spa in Europe to offer it

A dining terrace at dusk above the sea, white-clothed tables and low sofas beside an infinity pool, a lit stone-pillared bar to one side and the lights of a hillside town across the water

GastronomyMykonos

YĒVO at Bill&Coo Mykonos: a fine-dining room rebuilt around fire

Bill&Coo Mykonos opened its 2026 season on 15 April. Its fine-dining room, YĒVO, came back cooking over wood and flame, with a Bites & Share menu beside its two tasting menus

The white superyacht Emerald Kaia at anchor on calm blue water, her name lettered on the bow, a black tender alongside her lowered platform and a long mountainous coast on the horizon behind

Emerald Kaia’s maiden voyage: nine Greek calls in 11 days

Aerial view of a resort of low whitewashed cubic buildings stepping down a dry rocky hillside in tiers, with planted roof terraces, small private pools and a long curved swimming pool lined with loungers at its centre

EstatesSantorini

Sandblu Santorini: an existing Kamari hotel under the LXR name

The yacht Four Seasons I under way on calm water at sunset, her white hull and dark glass funnel lit from the side, with a long mountainous coastline and low islands on the horizon behind her

Four Seasons I: a first Greek season from Athens

A curved stone-and-glass pavilion at the head of a long outdoor swimming pool, with cushioned loungers along one side and a wide blue bay and low hills beyond

Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino: a spa season built on measurement

A wide Milos bay seen from a hillside, pale scrub-covered headlands running down to turquoise shallows, with white houses scattered across the far shore under a clear sky

Eréma Milos: 41 suites on Cape Chalaka, each with its own pool

A rendering of the rebuilt marina at sunset, yachts moored along floating piers inside a breakwater, low wave-roofed buildings lining the quay and the Saronic Gulf beyond

MaritimeAthens Riviera

Agios Kosmas: a marina rebuilt as The Ellinikon Marina

The lit dining room of a neoclassical pavilion, tables laid in white beneath warm alabaster lanterns, tall windows giving onto dark garden trees

GastronomyAthens

Zappa at the Aigli: a restaurant with its own name in the Zappeion Garden

The glazed orangerie dining room at night, its blue-black steel frame hung with white globe lamps, white-clothed tables set before floor-to-ceiling glass with the lit garden beyond

GastronomyAthens

Artisanal reopened in its Kifissia orangerie under Giannis Parikos

A lit restaurant level above a floodlit swimming pool at dusk, glazed and open to a terrace, with palms and planting on either side

GastronomyAthens

Onuki opened in Athens as the first restaurant at THE ILISIAN

A lit shopfront under a white fascia reading Smoku, with bar stools and small tables set out on the pavement beside potted palms

GastronomyAthens

Smoku Athens: Dimitris Katrivesis and a tasting room behind the bar