I’m definitely not a resort or a retreat person. I don’t like being trapped in a cushy, comfy all-inclusive bubble where I don’t get to see, hear, smell, or taste anything other than what has been more or less intelligently composed and conceptualized for me by a team of hospitality pros.

To me, that kind of institutional, over-sanitized travel feels completely hollow. Soulless.

I much prefer staying at smaller, independent hotels where you actually feel like a guest – a human being – and not just another faceless, revenue-generating statistic in a corporate database.

That said, as much as I push back against the “resort industrial complex”, this hotel’s location here in Greece is undeniably beautiful.

The scenery here doesn’t give a hoot about stiff and worn hospitality mechanics; the way the light hits the bay and the surrounding landscape is the real deal.