This Gorgeous New Greek Island Lodge Has Suites With Secluded Terraces, Personal Swimming pools, and Views of the Aegean Sea

It’s shaping as much as be one other record-breaking summer season for tourism in Greece, and Paros is getting loads of consideration. The Cyclades island within the central Aegean Sea has seen a gentle rise in guests over the previous few years, due to its charming seaside villages and the crystal blue water surrounding a few of Europe’s most stunning seashores — it’s no surprise Journey + Leisure readers named it one in every of their 25 favourite islands on the planet in 2023.

Including to Paros’s draw, the 44-suite Andronis Minois simply opened in early Might. After buying the Minois Lodge Paros in 2023, the reopening marks the primary property in Paros for Andronis Accommodations, the family-owned assortment of luxurious resorts and villas in Santorini, and a member of the Small Luxurious Accommodations of the World.

“We’re proud and excited to welcome Andronis Minois into our assortment,” George Filippidis, managing director of Andronis Accommodations, stated in a press release offered to T+L, including that it’s “some of the distinctive properties on Paros.”

Set just a little over 500 toes from the water’s edge, Andronis Minois is the primary beachfront location for the resort group. Suites include secluded terraces, and multi-bedroom lodging have non-public swimming swimming pools.

In public areas, company will discover a central pool trimmed by cabanas and a lounge deck, an outside health club stocked with exercise gear, and — for these seeking to calm down past lounging on a personal patio with views of the Aegean Sea, the subterranean Aura spa affords remedies like massages and salt scrubs.

On web site fine-dining restaurant Olvo can be a brand new idea for the model, with dishes like beef tartare, and seabream that mesh conventional Cycladic delicacies with Nikkei and Peruvian influences. The wine record incorporates a sturdy collection of bottles from Paros, neighboring islands Naxos and Santorini, and Greece at giant.

The property’s design additionally blends conventional Cycladic structure — these iconic white cubic buildings — with one thing new for Andronis Accommodations: extra trendy, vivid interiors from artwork, furnishings, and textiles. Handcrafted washbasins and colourful tiles marking room numbers had been made by Athens-based A Mano Creations, for instance, and earthenware cups, bowls, and vases had been handmade by Ea Ceramics, based mostly on the island of Crete. On partitions all through the property, discover minimalist works by artist Alexandra Papadimouli of the Spherical Button, impressed by the Cyclades.

In relation to leisure, on-property actions embrace kitesurfing and diving, however off-site, there are vineyard excursions and horseback driving, and guests are inspired to discover the attractive island.

“Paros combines Greek island structure and Cycladic aesthetics with its picturesque villages equivalent to Lefkes, stunning golden seashores, and a energetic nightlife in Naoussa,” Filippidis informed T+L. Since Paros doesn’t have a world airport, he added, “You’ll be able to take it as sluggish as you need strolling round villages which you can solely enter on foot, or swim at an remoted seashore equivalent to Molos or Agios Sostis.”

Charges for the 2024 season begin at $400/night time.