Mykonos Blu Grecotel Exclusive Resort

The Hotel

Mykonos Blu opened in 1997 as the architectural commission Grecotel — the Daskalantonakis-family Greek hotel group founded in 1981 — gave to Aris Konstantinidis, the most consequential Greek modernist of the post-war generation. Konstantinidis, who had designed the Xenia hotel programme that defined Greek tourism architecture in the 1960s, was 84 when he completed the Mykonos Blu master plan; he died in 1993 four years before the property opened, and the project was the last he saw to construction. The result is the most quietly distinguished resort architecture on Mykonos and the only luxury property on the island whose primary cultural reference is Greek modernism rather than Cycladic vernacular.

The 105 keys are arranged across the south-facing slope above Psarou as stepped bungalows, suites, and villas, each one whitewashed and oriented to frame the bay below. Bungalow Sea View rooms are the entry category — 35 square metres, a sea-facing terrace with two loungers, and the architectural detailing (handcrafted timber shutters, polished concrete floors, recessed lighting) that makes Konstantinidis's hand visible to anyone who knows to look for it. Honeymoon Suites with Outdoor Jacuzzi are the most-booked category. Premium Villas with Private Pool are the headline two-bedroom standalone units. The Mykonian Royal Villa, with three bedrooms, a 12-metre private pool, and a butler kitchen, is the property's flagship.

Aristera is the principal restaurant, a Greek-Mediterranean kitchen with a terrace facing Psarou; L'Archontiko is the Greek-fine-dining room operating evenings only; and the Pool Restaurant runs all-day at the main 25-metre pool. The Elixir Spa programme runs daily through high season with treatments based on indigenous Aegean herbs. The hotel's primary beach proposition is the private signposted path that connects the Resort directly to Psarou Beach itself — and to Nammos, the legendary beach club at the south end of the bay, whose A-list reputation is half the reason guests select Mykonos Blu over the more architecturally distinctive Branco a kilometre east on Platis Gialos.

Service runs at the level Grecotel's family ownership has insisted on continuously since 1997 — the longest-tenured ownership of any luxury Mykonos resort still in original-investor hands. The general manager has been in role since 2014; senior service staff turnover is unusually low for the island. The position above Psarou (12 minutes from Mykonos Town by complimentary shuttle, 8 minutes from the airport) is the central proposition: Psarou is the most A-list south-coast beach, Nammos is at the south end, the Princess of Mykonos is two minutes by foot, and the boats out to Delos run from the next bay.

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