Where to sleep in Greece
The full Greece hotel list, from a room beside the ferry to a resort with its own beach. Filter by region, price or amenity. The entries focus on room count, location, facilities and the category that changes the booking.
A 21-room Design Hotels member on the pedestrian promenade at the foot of the Acropolis, and the Acropolis-view stay we'd book below the four-figure tier.
The Greek mattress-maker's 5-star design hotel in Koukaki: the sharpest design stay in the neighbourhood, with a rooftop Parthenon view the postcards don't oversell.
38 rooms above the Ergon food market on Mitropoleos: a hotel and a working all-day market in one building, between Syntagma and Monastiraki.
The Four Seasons-flagged grande dame on the Vouliagmeni peninsula: 25 minutes from central Athens, three restaurants (Matsuhisa Athens, Michelin-starred Pelagos, classical Greek Mercure), the Astir private beach, and the Athenian Riviera stay to beat.
The historic grand hotel on Syntagma Square: open since 1874, the address heads of state and Hollywood crews check into. Rooftop with the most-photographed Acropolis view in Athens.
The Grande Bretagne's smaller, quieter sister on Syntagma: 102 rooms across a single building, with a penthouse suite that has a private Acropolis-view plunge pool and a rooftop restaurant (Tudor Hall) on the same skyline.
A 15-room boutique inside a converted Psyrri workshop: the design-minded, low-€ option near the late-night quarter.
A 79-room YES! Hotels / Design Hotels member on Filellinon Street, the only Greek hotel ever designed by Humberto and Fernando Campana, the Brazilian design duo whose first hotel project this was.
One&Only's first Mediterranean property: opened November 2023 on a protected 21-hectare reserve on the Glyfada coast, with 127 villas, bungalows, and suites in a restored 1970s seaside compound.
A 22-room boutique in Kolonaki: YES! Hotels' first design project, architecture by DECA, a Design Hotels member and the quietest of the city's small-luxury options.
A 46-room Grecotel luxury opened 2023 on the Plaka edge: the most-talked-about new opening in central Athens, with a rooftop facing the Acropolis straight on.
White-cube minimalism above the ferry-port bay of Karavostasis, with a long pool facing the water.
An 8-villa private estate on Tinos: eco-built and sea-facing, several with private pools, a large shared infinity pool, and a full kitchen in every villa. The Tinian stay for a longer week.
Six villas on the quiet Skaros side of Imerovigli, sharing an infinity pool built on the caldera's edge.
Andronis Group's Oia property: 24 suites and villas carved into the cliff, with the Lauda restaurant on the same edge.
Andronis Group's Imerovigli property: 28 suites and villas, the Kallos Spa and the Throubi restaurant.
A 26-suite Imerovigli classic since the early 1990s: the property that put Imerovigli on the map.
The Chaidemenos family's Canaves Collection runs four Santorini properties: Ena, Oia Suites, Epitome and Sunday. Canaves Oia Suites has 46 suites and villas at the top of Oia, with the Petra restaurant and a grotto spa cut into the cliff.
Cavo Tagoo's Santorini property opened in 2021: 11 cliff-cut suites in Imerovigli, with Roka and a Greek modern-cuisine restaurant on site.
Auberge's Imerovigli property, with an infinity pool framed on the caldera and Lefteris Lazarou's Varoulko Santorini restaurant on site.
Cliff-cut suites in Oia, with three pools (the main one heated) and chef Ettore Botrini's restaurant on site.
Twenty-five rooms and suites on the Oia outskirts, on the caldera cliff, fully renovated between 2020 and 2021. Freshwater pool, free parking, and family-friendly.
The Marriott Luxury Collection property in Oia, cut into the upper cliff: the Charisma and Lure restaurants, the Circe bar, and a Secret Wine Cave.
Seven design suites at the highest point of the Imerovigli ridge, near the Agios Nikolaos monastery.
Marriott's Luxury Collection on Santorini: a converted 400-year-old village in Megalochori, away from the caldera crowds.
A 17-room adults-only boutique on the Tagoo waterfront, an 8-minute walk from Chora: the small Mykonian alternative to the headline hotels.
The original Mykonos Town design-luxury hotel: opened May 1995, 47 rooms above Chora, home to Matsuhisa Mykonos since 2003.
A small Mykonos design hotel, open since 2006: minimalist suites above Megali Ammos beach, ten minutes to Chora when you want it. Barefoot-luxe and laid-back, not a scene.
A 56-room beachfront on the Platis Gialos south coast: direct sand access, walking distance to the south-coast water-taxi hub.
A cliffside Mykonos hotel above Mykonos Town: rooms, suites and villas, a long infinity pool with floating beds, and a DJ through the day.
Opened 2021 on the Aleomandra hillside above Ornos Bay: the most-talked-about Mykonian luxury opening of the post-pandemic generation, designed by K-Studio.
The original Kenshō property in Ornos: 33 adults-only suites, a spa, and a restaurant using Mykonian ingredients.
A 22-suite SLH member above the Tourlos new-port marina: 5 minutes by cab to Chora.
A 1960s Mykonos Theoxenia restored in the late 2000s: the sharpest mid-price hotel in Mykonos Town.
A 50-room adults-only boutique on the Ornos hillside: the Ornos stay we'd book below the Santa Marina luxury tier.
Marriott's Luxury Collection Mykonos, on a private peninsula jutting into Ornos Bay: 102 rooms, the Buddha-Bar Beach restaurant, and a private cove.
A 60-room boutique on the Rohari hill above Mykonos Town: Greek-family-run, the Semeli Group's flagship.
A small Naoussa property, opened in May 2019, five minutes on foot from the Naoussa harbour.
A family-run apartment hotel on the Naoussa hillside: 8 self-catering units, a pool, walking distance to town.
A 5-star resort on Kolymbithres beach: 46 suites and 11 rooms across a 12-hectare property with a private beach, three pools, three restaurants.
Sixteen rooms and suites in the hills above Naoussa, with the Bohemian Essence Spa on site, ten minutes on foot above the harbour.
The Luxury Collection's Paros property on the water at Naoussa: 40 guestrooms and a private beach club. Chef Yiannis Kioroglou runs the Parostià restaurant.
A 46-suite Design Hotels member on Kolympithres bay, opened 2019: minimalist whitewashed cubes around a serpentine pool, the Mr Steve restaurant, the headline post-pandemic Paros opening.
A 60-room boutique on Parasporos beach: Cycladic-village-style architecture across multiple buildings, a spa, and the Nefeli restaurant with a menu signed by Michelin-starred chef Lefteris Lazarou.
A 60-room, low-rise beach hotel set back in cedar trees behind Plaka: with a pool, a kids' menu and the beach across the lane.
A 35-room small hotel at Agios Georgios, the in-town beach, with a 15-minute waterfront walk into Chora.
An 18-suite hotel built around the owning family's wine. Dinner and the tastings happen in the cellar.
Family-run on the hill above the old town with the Portara view from the breakfast terrace and a four-minute walk down to dinner. The reliable Chora-base pick if walkability matters more than design.
A 23-room 4-star directly on Agia Anna sand: the cleanest, calmest, lowest-fuss beach hotel in the price band. Local art on the walls, a small pool, walk-to-water rooms.
Bohemian-luxury Cycladic: driftwood, white plaster, low-slung sofas, the long Stelida view down to the beach. Condé Nast–listed, and small at under 25 keys.
A small hotel three streets back from the Agios Prokopios sand, with a pool and courtyard breakfast.
Stone villas and suites on the Stelida hilltop with private pools and the long view down to Agios Prokopios. A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
Ten adults-only suites on Plaka sand: in the Michelin Guide for hotels, the most intimate top-tier choice on Naxos. The room is the experience: terrace, plunge pool, beach across the lane.
The Naxian Collection's adults-only sister property: opened 2017, villa-style with private plunge pools, the same Stelida view, with fewer shared hotel facilities.
A small, well-run guesthouse in the upper part of Adamas, with bright rooms and a courtyard for breakfast.
The full-scale luxury resort on the south coast: pools, multiple restaurants, the spa. Marriott Autograph footprint, about 25 minutes by car from the island's main towns.
Above Pollonia with the view across to Kimolos, a pool, and more shared facilities than a small guesthouse.
The new-money entrant: 38 villas on its own private bay on the north-west coast, infinity pools, a beach club, two restaurants. The closest Milos has to a Mykonos-style luxury complex.
Hillside above Adamas with the long view across the bay. Pool, breakfast, private terraces. Not stylish in the design-press sense but the location and the view do the work.
Whitewashed, minimal, on the Pollonia main strip: a 30-second walk to Enalion and Yialos. The best-value Pollonia base if Skinopi and Coco-Mat are out of budget.
Seven stone villas on a slope above the sea, among olive trees, lavender and thyme, over the fishing village of Skinopi. No spa and no restaurant; the villa, the cove below, and silence.
Hillside above Adamas with private plunge pools in most suites and the wide view across the volcanic bay.
Cycladic minimalism done with restraint: white-on-white, raw timber, the Pollonia bay in the window. Small (under 15 keys), adults-only, breakfast delivered to your terrace.
Adults-only Small Luxury Hotels member on the Agia Pelagia cliffs, 25 minutes west of Heraklion airport: 47 sea-facing suites cascading down the rock, many with private cliff-edge pools. The contemporary cliff-architecture answer to the east-coast resort cluster, and the top-tier base if you're flying into HER and want a hotel before the cross-island drive.
A family-focused beachfront hotel four kilometres west of Chania at Agii Apostoli: supervised playroom, kids' pool, and a small pebble beach across the lane.
The suites attached to Avli's Venetian-courtyard restaurant in Rethymno: rooftop jacuzzi, antique-lined rooms, the cellar (and the cellar dinner) downstairs. How to do Rethymno for two nights of a longer Crete trip.
The Chania Old Town flagship: a 17th-century Venetian mansion behind the harbour, 24 suites around a pebble-mosaic courtyard, Small Luxury Hotels member, the rooftop with the harbour-and-mountain view. Chania at the top of the boutique tier.
A Plaka hillside hotel facing Spinalonga, with interiors by Gian Paolo Venier and menus by Lefteris Lazarou (the original Greek-Michelin chef from Varoulko).
Built into its own private cove just east of Agios Nikolaos: 300 rooms cascading down the cliff to a private beach, four restaurants, the largest resort in the east-coast cluster.
An adults-only Marriott Autograph hotel at Agii Apostoli, 4 km from Chania Old Town, with garden-set rooms and optional plunge pools.
Marriott Luxury Collection, designed by Lambs and Lions (Berlin): the Chania-area design alternative to Casa Delfino, on the beach west of the Old Town. Plunge pools in the higher categories, an on-site pottery atelier, and the better hotel restaurant on this stretch. Family-friendly, despite the design-magazine aesthetic.
Relais & Châteaux since 1988, with the Old Mill restaurant on-site (R&C Toque d'Or) and 88 rooms across hotel, bungalows and suites.
A restored stone hamlet built around a 1763 olive mill in the Amari Valley UNESCO biosphere, 25 minutes south of Rethymno: Historic Hotels of Europe member, opened as a hotel in 2008, and it sits in the mountain landscape rather than on a coast.
A 16th-century Venetian farmhouse three kilometres from Chania centre: three villa-houses with private pools, citrus and olive groves around, the Kindelis family still farming. The countryside alternative to the Old Town for couples who want privacy and a car.
A founding member of Design Hotels (1963) on the seafront at Agios Nikolaos: bungalow-and-villa layout strung along the shore, with a permanent ~55-piece outdoor sculpture collection from the Mamidakis family.
The former Blue Palace Luxury Collection, reopened in 2025 as a Rosewood after a complete rebuild: bungalows and suites cascading down the Plaka hillside above the bay, all looking across to Spinalonga island. The new top of the east-coast cluster.
A 15th-century Venetian townhouse on a quiet Old Town lane: seven rooms, hand-restored details (exposed beams, sandstone walls), a small rooftop.
Five rooms inside an 18th-century neoclassical mansion on the Nafplio Old Town's Syntagma Square: mother-and-son run, antique-filled, breakfast in the painted ground-floor parlour. The Old-Town small-hotel that rewards going small.
Edward Tuttle designed Amanzoe above the Argolic Gulf: colonnaded pavilions, 41 suites and 8 (now 9) full villas, with the beach club a 10-minute buggy down the road. A new 3-bed family villa added for 2025.
The waterfront alternative if the inner Old-Town boutiques are full: a small Old-Town palazzo with Bourtzi-fortress views from the front rooms, easy walking to every restaurant on the list.
Nine suites and villas terraced above Limeni bay in the Mani: every room has its own outdoor hot tub on the water-view terrace, the on-site Crocus restaurant takes care of dinner.
A 1920s-era former wine factory on the Ilia coast: 34 suites converted from the original concrete wine tanks (kept intact, the doors are oversized iron). Design Hotels member, open April–October, the most architecturally interesting stay on the western Peloponnese coast. Pair with an Olympia morning.
A destination wellness spa in the Mystras hills above Sparta: Healing Hotels of the World member, programmes built around traditional Greek-and-Asian wellness systems. Book it for the spa, not the bed. Pair with a Mystras Byzantine-ruins morning before checking in.
A restored 13th-century Byzantine and Ottoman manor on a 15-acre olive estate above Monemvasia: vaulted stone rooms and a spring-fed pool, and it books out as much for the photography as for the bed. 10 minutes from the Kastro by cab.
A 19th-century stone trading house on the water at Gerolimenas in the deep Mani, one of the most atmospheric stays in the entire south. Vaulted rooms, terraces over a quiet bay, the small village outside the door. The booking for travellers who want to feel they've reached the end of something.
The Mandarin Oriental opened on the south (Navarino Bay) side of the Costa Navarino estate: separate from the Romanos and Westin side, with its own spa.
On the Akronafplia cliff above the Old Town: a 5-star with bungalow villas, two pools, and a private funicular down to Arvanitia beach.
A neoclassical townhouse in Nafplio Old Town, with fireplaces in the top suites and the 3Sixty rooftop bar and grill above.
The original Costa Navarino hotel: Luxury Collection brand, the Armyra by Papaioannou kitchen on-site, and the Anazoe Spa next door (covering all four hotels).
The W sits on the Navarino Bay side of the estate: adults-only, guests aged 12 and over, and the newest of the four Costa Navarino hotels.
Banyan Tree group's first European resort, opened June 2021 on a coastal hillside south of Corfu Town at Benitses: colonnaded pavilions cascading down to a private beach, the Asian-spa standard the brand is built on, and a full wellness programme.
A 19th-century neoclassical townhouse in the Corfu Old Town, three minutes' walk from the Liston: 31 rooms and garden breakfast.
A 17th-century Venetian palazzo directly on the Liston: the rooftop bar is the city's casual-with-a-view drink, the rooms are simple but the location is as central as Corfu gets. The historic Old-Town address.
Adults-only (15+) cluster-style boutique at Mousata, above Trapezaki Beach on Kefalonia's south coast: 21 suites, each with its own private plunge pool, terraced down the hillside.
Grecotel's flagship Corfu property: 30 acres on its own peninsula at Kommeno, four Blue Flag beaches, gardens that have been planted for fifty years, at a scale most of the chain has never had. Reopens for the 2026 season on April 24. The mid-tier-luxury alternative to Ikos that doesn't trade on novelty.
On the former Onassis-era Miramare estate on the Corfu south coast: adults-only, Marriott Luxury Collection, bungalows in mature gardens.
A cluster of stone-and-pine villas and rooms set into a private cove just outside Fiscardo, with the Ionian directly below. Small Luxury Hotels tier.
A family-run hotel with fewer than 20 rooms on the Lakka side of Paxos, connected to the Erimitis cliff-top bar and restaurant on the west coast.
Adults-only wellness boutique on the Kefalonian south coast at Lourdata: yoga pavilion, plant-based menu option, and the bay below for the morning swim.
The Ikos group's newest Corfu property (opened 2023) on Dassia bay: adults-mostly, all-inclusive ultra-luxury done at the top of the category. Multiple restaurants, Michelin-direction dining included in the rate, a Rolls-Royce-equipped concierge fleet. The Ikos brand is the all-inclusive Greeks are proud of.
A Leading Hotels of the World adults-only property at Tragaki on Zakynthos's east coast: sea-view suites with private pools. Pair it with a Prosilio dinner one night.
An adults-only all-suite hotel at Tsilivi (north of Zante Town): calmer than the Laganas strip, with modern Cycladic-aesthetic rooms and a good pool.
A small adults-only sea-view hotel above Petani Bay on Kefalonia's quieter west coast: directly above one of the island's prettiest beaches.
A 35-room small hotel on the Sivota harbour in southern Lefkada: family-run, and it books the boat for a Captain's Corner dinner. Lefkada's south-coast loop runs from here: Porto Katsiki, Egremni by boat, Vasiliki.
A small boutique on Corfu's north-east coast at San Stefano (Sinies): eight rooms and a restaurant directly on the beach, on the Durrell stretch of the island. Walk to Kassiopi for the Old-Port dinners.
A Small Luxury Hotels member on Kos: adults-only, above Lambi beach, 4 km from Kos Town. Useful for a Hippocrates-and-Asclepieion morning and the Patmos ferry.
Adults-only luxury resort at Navarone Bay, 1.5 km from Lindos village: suites with private pools, and a quieter scale than Lindos Mare.
A five-star spa-and-villas resort on Rhodes's south coast at Lachania, close to Prasonisi at the southern tip, where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean and the kitesurfing beach is.
A family-run small hotel in Skala, Patmos's harbour town, 50 metres from the ferry quay. Use it for easy harbour and restaurant access.
Adults-only design hotel on Rhodes's north-east coast at Kolymbia: bohemian-Mediterranean styling (the brand made its name), and a serpentine pool spine. 30 minutes from Old Town, 30 from Lindos. Currently open and operating.
Six rooms run by Andrew and Claire in the quiet Nimborio bay 2 km from Yialos: water-taxi access in and out, and swimming from the rocks below.
A colonnaded suites-and-garden property in central Yialos, with a pool. It has more shared space than The Old Markets.
Six suites inside a 14th-century Knights-of-St-John residence at St John's Gate: restored by Angelos and Anna Trillis, each suite a different historical layer (Crusader, Ottoman, Italian), the Old-Town boutique that the design-press cites first. The flagship Rhodes city stay.
A 142-room luxury hotel on the cliff above Vlicha Bay, two kilometres from Lindos village: the cliff-down funicular to a private beach is the design signature. Larger-scale than the Old-Town boutiques, with a big pool and several dining spaces.
Seven rooms inside a restored Ottoman mansion in the Rhodes Old Town: restored over twenty years by Giuseppe Sala and Efi Dede, each room kitted out as its own painted-and-textiled set piece. Open April–October. The literary-traveller's address; the Marco Polo Cafe garden is the unsold breakfast.
Mitsis Selection's adults-only Lindos-area property at Vlicha (next door to Lindos Mare): 70 rooms, more contemporary than its neighbour, full-service.
Thirteen apartment-style villas on the Sapsila bay just south of Skala, where Benetos sits, each with a self-catering kitchen. Walk to Benetos for dinner.
A 56-room Marriott Luxury Collection hotel on Grikos bay, with a spa and on-site restaurants.
SLH-member small hotel on the hill above Grikos beach on Patmos: 11 rooms, terrace-and-sea views, the Petra family running it since 1989. The reference Patmos boutique stay, walking distance to a quiet swim and a 10-minute cab from Skala for the Vegghera/Benetos dinner.
Six suites inside a 600-year-old Crusader-and-Ottoman building in the Rhodes Old Town: vaulted stone ceilings, antique-and-restored detail, a small courtyard.
Ten-room boutique at the base of the Kali Strata, in a Greek National Monument-listed 19th-century commercial building: restored and slow. The rooftop Agora restaurant opened in 2023.
A neoclassical building on Mitropoleos by Ernst Ziller, restored into a small hotel with a roof garden over the old town. Three of the five room categories face the Acropolis.