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KALESMA RAISES THE BAR ON THIS POPULAR CYCLADIC ISLAND. DAZZLINGLY DESIGNED, IT MIMICS A SMALL, WHITE-WASHED VILLAGE AS IT TUMBLES DOWN IN TERRACES TO THE SEA OFFERING 25 SUITES AND TWO VILLAS, ALL WITH PRIVATE, HEATED SWIMMING POOLS.
WITH FEW RESTRICTIONS AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF DIRECT FLIGHTS TO GREECE FROM THE US, THIS COUNTRY, AND PARTICULARLY ITS ISLANDS, ARE ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE THIS SUMMER.
SET ON A BOUGAINVILLEA-SCENTED HILLTOP OVERLOOKING ORNOS BAY, THIS SERENE, WHITEWASHED SANCTUARY IS A REFRESHINGLY DISCREET ALTERNATIVE TO MYKONOS’S FLASHY PARTY SCENE.
AS FOR SEASIDE HAVENS, ONE OF THE LATEST HOTSPOTS TO JOIN THE PARTY IS THE KALESMA MYKONOS, WHICH OPENED LAST YEAR. A SLEEK DESIGN AESTHETIC—AND HIGH FASHION CRED—DIFFERENTIATES THIS 27-KEY HOTEL (12 SUITES, 13 VILLAS, TWO GRAND VILLAS) FROM ITS PEERS.
MYKONOS HAS HONED ITS REPUTATION AS A HEDONISTIC NIGHTLIFE CAPITAL SINCE THE 1960S, WHEN BRIGITTE BARDOT AND SOPHIA LOREN PUT THE CYCLADIC ISLAND ON THE A-LIST PARTY MAP. FORTUNATELY, AT KALESMA, TRAVELERS GET ALL OF THE EUROPEAN GLAMOUR WITH NONE OF THE THUMPING HOUSE MUSIC REVERBERATING THROUGH MYKONOS TOWN.
IN MYKONOS, THE PLACE TO BE IS KALESMA MYKONOS, AN INTIMATE ALL-SUITE, ALL PRIVATE POOL RESORT WITH LESS THAN 30 ROOMS AND AN IDEAL HAVEN AFTER BEING AT A BUSTLING BEACH CLUB OR NIGHT CLUB.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE GREEK ISLAND, SAYS HAMISH MACBAIN