Summer Holidays…!

Maybe the best time to recharge batteries,  reload positive thinking  , reset priorities and start new beginnings from the next day at office… in all levels..!

When I think of my summer holidays, I could never imagine anything less than sunbathing under the golden sun 🌞 of  my favourite island in  my country , drinking  either smoothies or cold pink Champagne , always combined with gorgeous seafood,  having fabulous Mediterranean breakfast by the pool and diving into the crystal water every half an hour…! Amazing…!

How lucky could everyone be when all the above prove to be  a reality,  in a location where  Class is the matter and the premium luxury combined with the best quality  in any aspect,  is the main substitute .

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Of course I’m talking about my last experience in Mykonos and the latest Kensho Psarrou, the new brother of the Kensho Ornos Luxury Hotels and Villas.

Kensho Psarrou is a  magic place,  peaceful as a hidden paradise,  built in an ideal environment with great respect to the local architecture and natural surroundings , friendly and helpful personnel and the best beach on the island for sure with excellent service …! Actually I found  Psarrou so attractive in my latest trip in Mykonos,   that I barely went anywhere else.

At this five-star hotel, set on one of the world’s most exclusive beach, Aegean architecture meets local stone and aged wood. Inside, 30 luxury rooms and suites tell their own stories.

Luxury rooms & suites comes with either outdoor Jacuzzis or private plunge pools. Lie back and behold the sea views. No matter your choice of stay, you’re bound to feel like you’re in paradise.

Right outside your door is the busy and cosmopolitan Psarou Beach, the most famous beach on the island. Dig your toes into the white sand. Then dip in the calm, crystal waters and take in the mountain backdrop.

Kensho Psarrou 

Spoil yourself at the Kenshō Beach Spa. At this well-being and beauty powerhouse, therapeutic rituals instantly calm and uplift you.

Enjoy luxury dining on the water’s edge at the Kenshō Psarou lounge. The restaurant’s menu, signed by Mykonian chef Ippokratis Anagnostelis, offers modern Mediterranean cuisine with an emphasis on seafood. Aromas of Greece, Japanese influences and Peruvian flavors are used in artistic ways to create gourmet dishes. The pool and sea lie just a few steps away.

Our experience at the Kensho Psarou Restaurant was more than brilliant. We got so impressed by the creations of Mr. Anagnostelis that  I’m very sure  we will look for something similar for a long time…

I highly recommend this restaurant as the best in the island  for this summer , 2018 and I suggest the tuna Tartare , the Crawfish orzo or Crawfish Kritharoto and the fish ceviche as the must dishes. Trust me …!

Kensho Psarrou

Kensho Psarrou

From design that shines to fine dining on the water’s edge to a well-being powerhouse on an iconic beach – Kenshō Psarou is everything you’ve dreamed of and more.

Kensho Psarrou 

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in the Best Prices

KENSHŌ PSAROU MAIN DISTANCES

Center of Mykonos: 3.4 km
Airport: 3 km
Heliport: 40 m
Private Dock: 30 m
New Port: 7.2 km
Delos: 4 n.m. (30 minutes by boat)

From Mykonos,

Georgia Papadon & team

Photos :

by my iPhone &

Courtesy : Kensho Psarrou Mykonos

When Soneva Fushi arrived two decades ago on a tiny atoll in the Indian Ocean, its loosened-up, barefoot look became the prototype for a new generation of beach hotels. Now the team have returned with an opening set to redefine the Maldives yet again: Soneva Jani.

IT’S A WONDER THE MALDIVES isn’t running out of islands. This past year a new hotel seemed to open every month, from the party hangout of Finolhu to the family-friendly St Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort, and the Four Seasons Private Island Voavahwith its own 19-metre yacht to explore the Baa Atoll.

But the biggest opening by far is Soneva Jani, the third property from the smart, spirited Soneva team that pioneered around-the-clock butler service, a strong environmental code and a determination to disconnect from the noisy outside world,

(guests are gently asked to remove their shoes on arrival, which are then slipped into a linen bag until their departure).

Soneva was founded by Sonu and Eva Shivdasani, he a British-Indian businessman, she a former Swedish model. Their first hotel, Soneva Fushi, opened in 1995 and remains a firm favourite.

Soneva Gili followed five years later, showcasing the first overwater villas in the Maldives.

After that the group – now operating under the Six Senses banner – expanded so quickly it ran into trouble and the Shivdasanis ended up selling 26 hotels, including Soneva Gili, and 41 spas.

Elements of Soneva Fushi and their other hotel, Soneva Kiri, a jungly beach retreat in the Gulf of Thailand that opened in 2010, are evident here, but what sets Soneva Jani apart – and from hotels across the Maldives – is that it’s actually made up of five little islets in the Noonu Atoll.

Snaking off the biggest island, a former vegetable farm, is a 1.8km jetty with 24 overwater villas, each one bigger than some hotels (I was still discovering doors to little rooms and alcoves on my last day).

The largest can fit a family of 10. Next year the island will also be home to a couple of dozen beach villas, hidden in the forests of screwpine,

banyan trees and sea trumpet, which will all be for sale – although available to Soneva Jani guests when the owners aren’t around.

A tented restaurant serving seafood lunches will be set up on another island and the other three will remain entirely undeveloped, so there will always be somewhere to play castaway.

The scale of the villas may be extraordinary, but everything else about this place is understated. It’s not about name architects, tricksy interior design or superstar chefs, just simple open-plan, open-air living.

Rooms built in renewable plantation wood sprawl in great sweeping curves, each a charming jumble of pitched roofs and rondavels with fairytale turrets to climb up for the views;

ladders lead directly from decks into the Indian Ocean; windows fold away; portholes in the floors reveal marine life below; a push-button retractable ceiling above the bed unveils the starry night skies.

Thanks in part to Eva, the interior design – all light and bright with vaulted ceilings, bamboo floors and white rattan furniture – shows admirable Scandinavian restraint.

Sandblasted pine is sawn into soft organic shapes; there are oval windows and round, sunken sofas with hand-dyed cotton cushions from Sri Lanka. Lampshades are made using rough marble slabs, or thickly stitched cream cowhide.

The restaurant is headed by Japanese chef Kengo Tomita, who I immediately recognised from Soneva Fushi, and who greeted me like an old friend and brought me a steaming bowl of soba noodles because he remembered I like them.

The bar and wine-tasting room, spa, gym, yoga studio and kids’ club are connected by a series of glass bridges (the spa director is the brilliant Meena Gurung from Sikkim, who says some of her best therapists are from the Himalayas).

Across a wooden bridge is a wonderful observatory with a telescope rising up from the floor and live monitors that share the view through the eyepiece.

By the pool at Soneva Jani in the Maldives.

A seating area overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Bicycle across the island to the open-air, floating cinema, where guests wear Bluetooth headphones to avoid any sound effects disturbing the turtles.

Sonu tells me he has plans to open two more groundbreaking hotels in the Maldives – so they’ll have to dream up some more ideas to play with.

But for now, this is absolutely the new place to stay, for the creativity, the sensitivity, and above all for somewhere happy to act as both backdrop and foil to the outstanding beauty of the islands of the Maldives themselves. Which might just be the greatest compliment of all.

Red Savannah (+44 1242 787800) offers a week at Soneva Jani from £5,997 per person, based on two sharing, including breakfast, international flights from Heathrow and seaplane transfers.

This feature first appeared in The Islands Issue of Condé Nast Traveller December 2016.

Via  Condé Nast Traveller

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With a name meaning ‘magic’ and sublime hillside setting – promising views of minarets and Medina – Hotel Sahrai

captivates from the moment you arrive. This airy retreat is a marvel of light and space, bringing together a modern look with a time-honoured feel. Inside and out you’ll find traditional Moroccan features, from Taza stonework to Fassi ceramics – alongside crisp interiors and designer furnishings.

• • Stunning mix of old and new design by architect Christophe Pillet
  • Infinity pool with Medina views
  • Exclusive Givenchy Spa – one of just four in the world ,   are some of the Unique Qualities of the luxurious hotel.

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The star of the Sahrai hotel is the Givenchy Spa – a blissful place to relax in refined surrounds. Indulge in a muscle-relieving massage on a terrace overlooking Fez, unwind in the Jacuzzi and hammam, then browse the luxury boutique.

The Givency Spa

Hotel Sahrai , Fez, Morocco 

There’s also an inviting pool with panoramic views. At dinnertime, Hotel Sahrai offers a choice of Moroccan flavours or Parisian gourmet menus. With a hip atmosphere and delicious cocktails served under starry skies, the Rooftop is perfect for ending the day in style.

Hotel Sharai Fez, Morocco 

Fez’s labyrinth-like Medina, with over 9,000 winding streets, is just moments from Hotel Sahrai.

Join one of the hotel’s guided tours through the alleyways to discover the city’s enchanting history and culture. Or watch locals create beautiful leather goods at the Chaouwara Tanneries. To see Fez’s famed architecture and artisanship, a visit to Medersa el-Attarine or Dar el-Makhzen won’t disappoint.

Classical and contemporary, sleek and sophisticated, a palatial boutique overlooking Fez

THE ROOMS

Acqua di Parma products in the Bathrooms

Things to Enjoy…

Hotel Sahrai , Fez , Morocco 

Sahrai , Fez, Morocco 

Hotel Sahrai , Fez

Hotel Sahrai Fez, Morroco

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