Kove Mykonos

Style

Aegean paean

Setting

Overlooking Ornos Bay

Like a party queen who never has eye bags, Kove Mykonos — a Myconian Collection Hotel is set to leave you wondering how it looks so fresh… Whitewashed rooms dotted with rustic details and staff dressed in ethereal linen layers — like off-duty angels — suggest pared-back simplicity. To keep things at a celestial level, there’s a serene, sea-spying pool, an expert on-site yoga teacher and a madcap, cave-set spa. Yet, come sunset, bespoke cocktails at the lively bar, and fireworks of texture and flavour from chef Ippokratis Anagnostelis, are set to tempt you to abandon restraint…

Facilities

Rooms

Thirty-five, including 13 suites.

Checkout

11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 4pm.

More Details

Rates usually exclude breakfast (pick from buffet and à la carte options).

Also

Breathe in Kove’s signature scent – a heady blend of sea salt and fig, developed specially for the hotel by a boutique perfumery based in Athens.

Hotel Closed

From 27 October to 22 April.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pet Friendly

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Spa with treatment rooms, hammam and plunge pool; alfresco Jacuzzi; yoga area; free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, minibar, Hermès bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Room number 121 – a Junior Suite – has a swing chair you’ll want to take home with you and some bonkers chunks of crystal set in its ceiling, along with a hunk of whitewashed treetrunk spliced onto one wall. There’s also an outdoor Jacuzzi, designed for sunrise and sunset sessions (preferably accompanied by champagne/some of bartender Alex’s cocktails).

Poolside

There’s a sea-spying outdoor pool by the bar, shielded by a glass wall and flanked by chic sun loungers. Should you get thirsty from splashing and sploshing, the bar is just a flipper’s flap away. (There’s also a little pool in the basement spa.) You can easily walk to Ornos Beach.

Spa

Affectionately known as the Cave, the spa is proof of Kove’s playful side, featuring craggy, rock-boulder walls, a colour-lit pool, a Jacuzzi and curved massage chairs that look like they’ve been left behind by aliens. Treat sun-frazzled skin to one of the refreshing, soothing therapies starring fragrant Fleur’s products: a clay-and-cucumber body mask or a body peel plus massage, perhaps.

Packing Tips

Swish swimwear for the pool; some cue words for cocktails: ‘refreshing’, ‘sour’, ‘sunset’, for example.

Also

Design fans will wander around wide-eyed admiring Kove’s collection, which includes pieces by designers such as Patricia Urquiola, Paola Navone, Il Laboratorio and more. Reforested wood gets a star role; for every tree used, another seven are planted.

Children

Little Smiths can come too, but don’t expect heaps of family-friendly frills – Kove Mykonos was definitely designed with grown-ups in mind. Baby bedlinen can be provided, as can on-loan highchairs; babysitting is €40 an hour.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Aim for the stars – or at least the ravishing rooftop verandah that spies on Ornos Bay (there’s even a Jacuzzi up there, should you wish to have a bubbly interval between courses).

Dress Code

Copy the eye-candy staff: sport loose linen layers – bleached Mykonos-white, naturally – and caramel-coloured Grecian-god/goddess sandals.

Hotel Restaurant

Don’t expect simple souvlaki here – chef Ippokratis Anagnostelis' dishes are culinary fireworks of texture and flavour: sea urchin with sea-mist tea, crispy cod skin with oyster emulsion, suckling pig with celery and green-apple pickles, for example. Opt for the Moonlight Tasting Menu to canter through 10-plus courses with deceptively concise names such as ‘Egg’, ‘The Garden’ and ‘Octopus’. Save room for dessert – baklava with honey jelly, lemon cream, black-pepper ice-cream and honey crystals, perhaps.

Hotel Bar

The bar is by the pool, manned by drinks don Alexandros. Menus are for squares: let the exceptionally capable bar staff rustle you up something based on your precise thirst at the time – just lob them a clue such as ‘sour’, ‘minty’ or ‘dangerous’, to point them in the right direction. Pair it with some nibbles, too – there's a variety of finger food options to complement every drink.

Last Orders

It’s a deliciously leisurely set-up: breakfast is served until 11am; lunch til 4pm (yes, really). The restaurant closes after dinner at 11pm; the bar doesn’t really have a set closing time – it takes its cues from you.

Room Service

Order salads, snacks and mains (meaty, veggie and seafood) from the restaurant to your room.

Planes

Mykonos Airport is 7km away, a 15-minute drive. Call our Smith24 team to arrange flights and transfers to the hotel (€35 each way).

Automobiles

Don’t let wheels weigh you down. Taxis are fairly cheap; even better, gad about by air or water.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Admire the off-duty glitterati sunning themselves in tiny swimwear on nearby Psarou Beach; Platis Gialos is Psarou’s sister, with a more mellow feel. Both are a short drive away; your local stretch of sand, easily accessed on foot, is Ornos Beach. Other items for your sun-sea-and-sand list include: Paraga, Paradise and Super Paradise. Boats to all of the above – and more – regularly leave from Ornos Bay. Not everybody wants to lie on sand all day: potter around Little Venice, browse the boutiques that line Matogiannia (one of Mykonos Town’s main pedestrian walkways) or have an interactive history lesson at Delos’ museums and galleries. Kove’s concierge team includes quite a few native Mykonians – get the local low-down on what to do.

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