The best hotels in Greece
Greece is the kind of destination that conjures up a wistful sigh whenever it's mentioned. Images of sapphire-domed churches and blocks of feta-white buildings immediately spring to mind. With millions of travellers flocking to this sun-drenched stretch of the Med every summer, more and more hotels are popping up to meet the growing demand. From chic boutique abodes in Athens to all-white cave hotels in Santorini, we’ve rounded up the best stays for your next Greek holiday.
For more Greece recommendations try:
- A complete guide to the Greek islands
- What to do in Greece this summer
- The best Greek island villas and Airbnbs
The best hotels in Greece
Tryfon N. Georgopoulos1/20Grace Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection, Santorini
Best for: food lovers who want the full Greek experience
Grace Hotel encompasses everything you’ve seen in the photos at its most glamorous and lovely. white stone walls, turquoise private pools and rooftop yoga. Its reputation as one of Santorini’s premier hotels makes this a popular destination for Europe’s high-rollers. With just 21 rooms, the hotel’s cliffside locale in Imerovigli offers up Aegean Sea views and second-to-none service. There are various categories, but its clotted-cream white rooms are discreetly designed yet comfortable with private terraces and pops of nautical colours. But the hotel’s 22-meter infinity pool is arguably the place to be, with the poolside service of the resort’s standout food on offer day and night.
Address: Imerovigli, Santorini
Website: aubergeresorts.com/gracehotel
Price: From £550 per night
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2/20Mona Athens
Best for: younger couples looking for trendy luxury
This stylish 20-room boutique hotel is hidden amongst the graffiti-clad streets of trendy Psirri. Industrial touches like original metal windows and an eight-story spiral iron staircase from the 1950s add to its raw aesthetic. But in the rooms, thoughtful choices like custom knit rugs, handmade natural mattresses, velvet curtains and flower-shaped copper taps lend a sense of sultry charm.
Address: Kakourgodikiou 4, Psirri, Athens
Website: mona-athens.com
Price: From £189 per night
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3/20Apollo Palm Hotel, Athens
Best for: a beautiful boutique stay
The latest addition to Athen’s buzzing hotel scene is Apollo Palm. A mere five-minute walk from the Ancient Agora, this 48-room hotel consists of two decades-old buildings joined by a tropical garden oasis. Warm yellows and oranges, curved edges, custom-designed furniture and brass fixtures define its inviting interiors. And on the rooftop, Acropolis views and cooling cocktails add to the hotel’s allure.
Address: Kranaou 3, Athens
Website: apollopalmhotel.com
Price: From £111 per night
4/20xenodocheio Milos, Athens
Best for: foodies who love five-star service
Not to be confused with the limestone island of the same name, this 43-room five-star hotel in the heartbeat of Athens has a thing for food. Branding itself as the city’s first “first luxurious gastronomy hotel,” its destination restaurant, estiatorio Milos, is one of seven around the world. And like its standout food, the sleek, neutral-toned rooms here are impeccable, with nearly everything sourced from Greece.
Address: Kolokotroni 3-5, Athens
Website: xenodocheiomilos.com
Price: From £355 per night
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5/20Kyrimai, Mani
Best for: food fanatics and history aficionados
In the rugged, less-frequented region of Mani in the southern Peloponnese, this hotel sits inside a converted 1870s building on the water. Although out of the way, this 23-room escape immerses you in the island’s unique history and untouched pebble beaches. Interiors here are rustic, with stone walls, wooden beams and country home furniture. Kyrimai’s coastal kitchen is one of the region’s best, with catch-of-the-day seafood and hyper-local cheeses and meats.
Address: Gerolimenas, Mani, Peloponnese
Website: kyrimai.gr
Price: From £311 per night
6/20Amanzoe, Porto Heli
Best for: celeb-studded remote beauty
One of the country’s most luxurious hotels belongs to the world-famous Aman group. Ultra-private spacious rooms, superb service and stately Acropolis-style architecture make this stay worth the price tag. This Peloponnesian oasis has olive-tree-lined columns, private terraces and pools with ocean views. Sleek minimalist furnishings and soft neutral tones that exemplify the Aman brand carry over beautifully into this refined Greek hideaway.
Address: Agios Panteleimonas
Website: aman.com/resorts/amanzoe
Price: From £2,400 per night
7/20Eliamos Villas Hotel & Spa, Kefalonia
Best for: families looking for relaxed wellness
Kefalonia is the largest island in the Ionian Sea, meaning there’s no shortage of choice, even in the summer months. But you’d be hard-pressed to find something more relaxing than the new Eliamos Villas Hotel & Spa. Located 20 minutes from the capital Argostoli, each of its 12 villas has ocean or olive grove views, a kitchen and a private saltwater pool or hot tub. Sand-coloured interiors, wooden beams and handmade tiles embody its relaxed rustic vibe.
Address: Eliamos, Spartia
Website: eliamos.com
Price: From £850 per night
Frances Wilks8/20Ayiopetra, Naxos
Best for: a stylish boutique stay with something nearby for everyone
This boutique hotel on the outskirts of tiny Sangri village is owned and run by Dimitri, an actor, set designer and lecturer, and his mother Tonia, who edited the Greek editions of Elle Decoration and Harper’s Bazaar before diving into hospitality several years ago. Built using local Sangri stone, Ayiopetra’s three tiered buildings slope down the hillside and blend into the landscape – with just five spacious suites for the handful of lucky travellers who manage to find it.
Address: Sangri, Naxos
Website: ayiopetra.com
Price: From £270 per night
9/20CALILO, Ios
Best for: beach lovers who don’t mind over-the-top design
On an island known for its hippie history and now pumping nightlife, Calilo is a serene escape. Located steps from Papas Beach, arguably the island’s best, the resort was crafted from marble and granite found on its land. Family-owned with just 30 suites, each is a wild and whimsical mixture of black and white mosaic tile and marble with pops of pastel green furniture.
Address: Papas Beach, Ios Island
Website: calilo.com
Price: From £705 per night, minimum two-night stay
10/20Vora, Santorini
Best for: quiet luxury with caldera views
Sitting on Santorini’s volcanic cliffs, Vora has just three Cycladic cave villas with ocean vistas. While each whitewashed abode is made to look ancient, they’re decked out with all the modern comforts. The design is stylishly understated, with custom-made dark timber furniture and charcoal accents against its white walls. But best of all is the sweeping caldera views from its generous outdoor spaces and private hot tubs.
Address: Imerovigli, Santorini
Website: vora.com
Price: From £1,200 per night
11/20Magma Resort Santorini
Best for: a more relaxed, less expensive Santorini holiday
A member of Hyatt’s chic Unbound Collection, this hotel offers up a different Santorini experience. A 20-minute drive from the action of Oia, Magma has a more tranquil locale among the wine vines of the island’s interior. Buildings here are made from volcanic rock collected on the island, and the dark moody colours carry into its 59 calming rooms and suites. Its sole restaurant Magma by Spondi has a Michelin chef-designed menu and infinity pool views.
Address: Vourvoulos, Santorini
Website: hyatt.com/magma-resort-santorini
Price: From £342 per night
12/20Hotel Aristide, Syros
Best for: an art-lover's city break off the beaten track
This boutique art hotel–a former Neoclassical mansion house–is a sanctuary of just nine rooms and suites, overlooking Ermoupoli port on the lesser known Cycladic island of Syros. There’s an immediate feel of ancient glamour, with architectural relics from the building’s days as a shipowner’s home, spritzed with teal velvet and art deco furniture. The rooms–each unique in soft pinks, yellows and aquamarines–are generously spacious, and each is finished with statement pieces of art, modernist lighting and plants.
It’s a single-use plastic free zone, and details like ceramic shampoo bottles, bamboo toothbrushes and natural, cruelty-free soap can be found all over the hotel. These touches are part of a larger sustainability commitment made by the hotel’s owner Oana Aristide.
Address: Mpampagiwtou 27, Ermoupoli
Website: hotelaristide.com
Price: From £342 per night
13/20The Wild Hotel, Mykonos
Best for: rustic glamour with beach access
The Wild isn’t the kind of wild you typically associate with Mykonos. Its southeast location is a departure from maddening crowds and more in line with the island’s natural beauty. That theme carries into its 40 rooms, suites and villas with desert tones, herringbone brick floors and wooden beams. Some rooms have private pools, but the palm-fringed umbrellas by the large communal pool have dreamy views over the rugged, windswept coast.
Address: Kalafatis, Loulos - AG. Anna, Mykonos
Website: thewildhotel.com
Price: From £455 per night
14/20Cali, Mykonos
Best for: ultra-luxe beach lovers who want a swanky escape
Named after the owner’s mother, Cali is a beauty on Mykonos’ secluded southeast coast. Made with local patchwork stone and marble, this 40-room escape is a love letter to Greece. Locally-made art hangs on the white walls, sustainably-made linen from Athens adorns each bed, and all the food here is sourced from the area. From spectacular ocean views to sublime hammam treatments, this hotel is a masterclass in understated elegance.
Address: Kalafati, Mykonos
Website: calimykonos.com
Price: From £1,700 per night
15/20Verina Astra, Sifnos
Best for: low-key luxury in a foodie haven
A 10-minute drive from the capital, Apollonia, Verina Astra is composed of sixteen low-rise, sea-facing rooms and suites all have a similar rustic-luxe aesthetic with distressed floorboards, white rope Balinese lampshades and earthy-hued linens. It feels understated and laidback, in keeping with Sifnos’s low-key vibe. Tree-trunk-frame daybeds, wicker umbrellas and loungers with grey and white striped cushions are arranged round the infinity pool, and in the restaurant, Mediterranean-inspired dishes served up on the candlelit terrace – pasta with beef-tail ragu, sea bass with beluga lentils – are sublime.
Address: Poulatis, Sifnos
Website: verinahotelsifnos.gr
Price: From €150 per night
16/20MINOIS Hotel, Paros
Best for: a fun and flirty luxury getaway
Fifteen minutes from Paros’ main port of Parikia, MINOIS has just undergone a significant facelift. A mix of Mediterranean aesthetics from Marrakech to Marseille, colourful patterns and fun mosaic tiles decorate the spaces. But don’t worry; its 44 suites are still modelled after the typical whitewash Cycladic style holiday-goers crave. And while Paros is known for its fabulous restaurant scene, it’ll be hard to tear yourself away from the wow-worthy views and traditional recipes at Olvo.
Address: Parasporos Beach, Paros
Website: minois-hotel.com
Price: From £429 per night
17/20Cosme, Paros
Best for: understated elegance with stand-out food
Situated just outside the town of Naousa, Cosme is part of Marriott Bonvoy’s Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts group, and the new sister to nearby Parilio. It is a place of elegant, minimalist comfort, designed to look like a Greek village, with architecture that resembles the neat, closely packed houses of the nearby communities. While this is a small, boutique hotel, there is plenty on site to entertain you, including an atmospheric spa where you can enjoy a wide range of treatments with heavenly Korres products, a well-stocked gym, two restaurants, a bar, and of course a beach that opens onto the sheltered bay and the clear blue Aegean sea, with a beautiful half-moon shaped pool that mirrors the bay's curves. The food at Parostia, the main restaurant, is a real highlight.
Address: Naousa, Paros
Website: cosmehotelparos.com
Price: From €450 per night
18/20Pagostas, Patmos
Best for: a true experience of Greek island life
This tiny three-room guesthouse in the old town of Patmos is perfect for immersing yourself in the life of this historic island. Created in collaboration with the interior designer Leda Athanasopoulou, the spare yet richly textured interiors are imbued with tenderness. Peachy Patmian stone, grey-green cabinets and faded terracotta tiles converse with vintage ceramics, hand-loomed textiles and embroidered cushions. Family heirlooms have also found their place. Jasmine-perfumed terraces and a garden provide respite from wind and sun.
Address: Patmos 885 00
Website: pagostas.com
Price: From £250 per night
19/20Domes White Coast, Milos
Best for: a luxury adults-only boutique hotel
The stark moon-white cliffs of Milos have made it one of the country’s most photographed landscapes. This 30-suite adult-only escape from reality mimics the aesthetic of the famous Sarakiniko Beach just down the road. Its interiors are white with clean lines, timber tones and private plunge pools, including an entirely glass one. The house-made breakfast here is a standout, as is the genuine Greek hospitality.
Address: Mytakas, Pachena
Website: domesresorts.com/domeswhitecoastmilos/
Price: From £913 per night
20/20Phāea Blue Palace, Crete
Best for: stylish, design-conscious travellers
The family-owned Blue Palace resort has been one of the longest-standing luxury hotels on the island and one of the best-known names, but it’s all change on the site this year. Now split into two, half of it has reopened as Phāea Blue Palace, a boutique hotel with 47 suites and a strong design ethos, while the other half is set to open in 2025 as Rosewood Blue Palace. For anyone with a love of style, Phāea is a must-visit – a lot of effort has gone into making the hotel a showcase for Greek culture and design. Pieces from the Benaki Museum in Athens and from a variety of Greek artists and makers are on show throughout the hotel, from a show-stopping display of textiles and ceramics in the lobby to the art and photography that adorns the suites. For a particularly luxurious trip, book the Phāea Blue Villa, an exclusive-use house for 8 guests with its own pool and a private chef and butler to cater to your every need.
Address: Plaka, Schisma Elountas
Website: bluepalace.gr
Price: From £454 per night
