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Independent, insider guides to Greece's finest hotels, caldera suites, private yacht charters and fine dining — written for travellers who expect the best.
Where to StaySantorini
Both villages sit on the same cliff and sell the same sunset. What separates them is noise, stairs, privacy and roughly 30 percent on the nightly rate. Here is how to choose without regretting it.
Where to StaySantorini
Santorini sells "private infinity pool" on hundreds of listings. Perhaps thirty of them mean a pool you can actually swim in, unobserved, facing the sunset. These are the ones worth the money.
ExperiencesHighest value
A week on the water between Mykonos and Santorini is the best money you can spend in Greece. It is also the easiest to spend badly. Here is how the market actually works.
DestinationsAthens
Twenty-five minutes from the Acropolis there is a coastline of private bays, Michelin kitchens and superyacht berths that most visitors fly straight over on their way to an island. That is the opportunity.
PropertyLead magnet
Every summer, people who came for two weeks start looking at listings on the flight home. This is what the next six months actually involve, written by someone who does it for a living.
Where to StayMykonos
Nobody tells first-timers that Mykonos has a windward side and a leeward side, and that in August the difference is the whole holiday. Here is how to pick your base.
Where to StayCrete
Most Crete mistakes are made before arrival, when someone books a hotel in the east and a flight into the west. Here is how to choose your third of the island.
ExperiencesMykonos
Nobody publishes the number, so everyone finds out at the end of lunch. Here is how Mykonos beach clubs actually work, and which are worth a day of your week.
Why trust us
Greek property specialist and founder of Greek Exclusive Properties. Two decades spent inside Greece's high-end real estate and hospitality market — the same network that sources villas for buyers now reports on where to stay, charter and dine.
Our income comes from partner bookings and property enquiries, never from hotels paying for coverage. If a famous name isn't worth the money, we say so.
Everyone writes about the caldera view. Almost nobody tells you which suites get the 7am cruise-ship noise.