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After a pandemic-induced year-long travel moratorium, there’s something deeply liberating and reassuringly gratifying about stepping into a brand new hotel that has just opened its doors, especially if it’s located on one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan islands in the Mediterranean. Kalesma Mykonos, which fittingly translates as ‘invitation’ in Greek, does exactly that, inviting discerning holiday-seeking travellers to a tranquil, sun-drenched, luxury retreat of laid-back sophistication and Cycladic charm where they can rebalance their minds and reset their bodies. Comprising 25 luxury suites and two larger villas, the five-star boutique hotel was designed by Athens-based architecture practice K-Studio and interior designer Vangelis Bonios, founder of Studio Bonarchi,as an authentic yet exclusive Mykonian neighbourhood. Perched atop the Aleomandra cape on the southwest of the island, Kalesma combines all the amenities you’d expect from a luxury resort, from private pools and fine dining, through to wellness treatments, with a languorous, indoor/outdoor lifestyle and a picturesque setting, complete with expansive views of the Aegean Sea. 
Photography by Yiorgos Kordakis. 
Built on a ridge, the hotel is uniquely positioned to enjoy views of both the sunrise to the east, and the sun setting over Delos Island to the west. Taking advantage of the property’s privileged location, K-Studio has thoughtfully placed the social areas at the uppermost part of the site to allow all guests to enjoy panoramic views as they sunbathe by the pool, dine on the terrace or relax around the fire pit at the centre of “Aloni”, a repurposed threshing floor, once used for grinding wheat now used as an outdoor lounge. Lower down the slope, the suites and villas are conceived as secluded retreats, providing spacious accommodation along with private pools and patios, outdoor showers and freestanding bathtubs. But what makes Kalesma Mykonos stand out from the island’s numerous luxury hotels is its forthright, open-eyed embrace of Mykonos’ soulful Cycladic heritage. The design team has drawn from the island’s vernacular not just in terms of architectural tropes such as whitewashed volumes and timber pergolas but also in terms of its humble complexity, sculptural sensibility and communal dimension: the hotel unfolds around a central square as a series of interlocking whitewashed volumes, taking the form, in other words, of a typical Cycladic village. 
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