But, Zeus willing, by next summer it will be ours - it must be ours, for, come summer, there is no better place to be than Mykonos.Īs the cognoscenti know, June and September are sublime, but August is mayhem. It is still not ours, not quite, only two-thirds built and carpeted throughout with dried goat droppings. It has been four since I spotted our dream house, on top of a cliff with the most ludicrously spectacular view of Fokos, a horseshoe-shaped beach off a beaten track in the north of the Greek island. It was 10 years ago that we started summering in Mykonos.
Meanwhile, weaving its knowledgeable way through the low-slung tables, where pewter buckets of icy rosé and plates of fried calamari have been set down, is a golden retriever with a faded red bandana around its neck. The Cycladean answer to Padstow, if you will, with the dusty car park full of windsurfer boards being hoisted into the backs of Jeeps as lunch segues into happy hour. Shoulders the colour of conkers, pareos fashioned from Louis Vuitton leopard-print scarves, diamonds, a conspicuous lack of make-up and perfect masculine top knots.
The crowd? Distinctly Athenian beach bum. A sprawling, reed-thatched shack dotted with swaying pumpkin-gourd lamps, pulsing slightly with sounds from the still-chilled DJ set. Instead it evolves with us and with time” he continues.BAR ALEMAGOU, Ftelia Beach, Mykonos. It is like a work in progress, which is never completed. Every year we introduce new experiences and constantly add something new – from a Baxter chair to an antique piece, a kilim or a handcrafted object renewing the decoration and the overall feeling of the place. Our background in design combined with the talent of our architects and the craftsmanship of the construction company that developed the property (Airtec | Vasilis Karavas) resulted in this unique mélange of Mediterranean essence. “We fell in love with the spot on site and, together with our partners and architects Sofia Apergi and Matina Karava, we designed a unique destination hotel. A hotel in Mykonos was a natural next step for us however, it took time to find the perfect place that could turn our dream into reality,” Alex explains. In 1997 they introduced the renowned Interni Restaurant designed by Paola Navone, opening a new chapter in the family business that today includes the management of The Grand by Interni on the rooftop of Grand Hyatt Athens, Twenty Two restaurant in Metropol Palace, Belgrade and Twentyone in Athens “We were always captivated by people, hotels and good taste.
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