Simply think about for a second that you’re invited to expertise the impeccable hospitality of Kivotos Luxurious Boutique Lodge in Mykonos – what would your reply be? 3 times YES! Properly, identical goes for me.
Kivotos Lodge has a singular identification you immediately fall in love with. There are two sorts of resorts: the default ones which often belong to chain resorts, that includes an similar philosophy – identical amenities, identical structure, identical rooms and people which have a mode of their very own. Kivotos belongs to the 2nd class: it has created a particular picture by combining modern artwork with an genuine cycladic contact. Being an Artwork Lodge, Kivotos additionally incorporates a personal Artwork Gallery with extraordinary artifacts.
WELCOME TO KIVOTOS!
You do not get a second likelihood in making a great first impression they are saying. Properly, if that is true, Kivotos is not going to want any; we had been already in awe!
THE ROOMS
Room with a view: Ornos Seashore was laying gracefully in entrance of our room – one of many 39 rooms Kivotos options. Every room has a special structure and design however all of them share an impeccably luxurious environment. Each rooms is embellished individually, adopting a mode that blends modern paintings with vintage artifacts. Backyard view, sea view, personal jacuzzi rooms (with a sea view, in fact!), 2 or Three individuals Suites and the Lodge’s gem, the Noah’s Waterfront Villa. It gives entry to the personal seashore in entrance of the Villa, simply 20 steps away from having fun with the mesmerizing sea-front – a function accessible completely in Kivotos. Is not it superb?
Varied worldwide celebrities have visited the Villa equivalent to Shakira, John Legend, George Michael, Donatella Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karolina Kurkova and lots of extra. And sure, Maryhop was there too.
Maryhop at Kivotos Luxurious boutique resort! Hi there Mykonos!
Non-public Jacuzzi within the room
Items of artwork in our room
Sea view, straight from our mattress!
Our unbelievable lavatory
The personal seashore of Kivotos
THE POOLS
We had the pleasure to take pleasure in swimming in a couple of totally different swimming pools throughout our keep on the resort: the saltwater pool with the underwater music which additionally connects to a swim-up bar and a second one which represents the island of Delos. Moreover, there are Three personal swimming pools for unique use of the residents of the VIP Suites or the Villas.
The central Swimming Pool
The Delos Pool
The personal swimming pools
THE BREAKFAST
I promised a separate overview of the resort’s breakfast and right here it’s.
I particularly distinguish a resort’s breakfast as it says loads about its service amenities. The general high quality of the buffet and on the identical time the freshness and high quality of the elements, the philosophy behind every alternative, the cleanliness and eventually the standard and amount served are all necessities issues on which a fantastic breakfast is judged upon. It’s a matter of opinion in fact and this one is my well-traveled Maryhop opinion.
Breakfast represents the nice and cozy welcome of a resort to its customer in accordance with me and this is the reason it ALWAYS has to function components primarily based on the native delicacies. It’s a key facility provided by the resort, as each customer will reminisce it and inform tales about it, again residence. Whether or not if it was scrumptious or completely terrible. It calls for excessive care and a focus to attain a fantastic consequence – it’s a basic a part of hospitality in any case.
At Kivotos Lodge I loved the freshest, richest, Greek-inspired breakfast and that for, I’ve to fee it as wonderful. The breakfast buffet included a wide range of decisions from scrambled eggs and bacon (the essential worldwide dishes to fulfill its guests from all world wide) to olives and conventional greek sweets. What fascinated me was the freshly squeezed orange juice – actual orange juice with out further cost. It’s possible you’ll suppose it is bizarre however over the previous 10 years touring I’ve hardly ever loved such a freshly-made juice.
Breakfast is included in all room charges and Room Service can also be accessible.
THE RESTAURANT
We determined to begin our eating expertise at La Meduse Restaurant on the primary ground of the resort, which featured a surprising sea view. Art work from the resort’s Artwork Gallery decorates the inside area of the restaurant, creating its distinctive environment and impeccable aesthetics.
Our menu of alternative was Greek-inspired and included the next dishes:
Royal Portobello mushroom with shrimps, feta cheese and pesto
Sautéed cod, served with beetroot ravioli and walnut
Cuttlefish ink tagliatelle with contemporary salmon, cooked with premium vodka with brick and golden herring caviar
Seafood selection on wok, in a Greek crimson saffron sauce
Properly, it was a feast of the senses! The nightly quietness of the bay made us postpone our plans of exploring the cobble-stoned alleys of the island’s Chora and stay on the terrace of La Meduse for a number of hours to benefit from the view and hospitality.
La Meduse Restaurant is not the one accessible eating choice on the resort.
The Candle Mild Non-public Dinner is an unique expertise, specifically designed to fulfill your style necessities, served on a personal deck by the seashore. Every customer has the chance to decide on one out of the three accessible menus created by the chef and luxuriate in an intimate dinner by the ocean.
I will have a separate submit on this superb expertise – for now, you may have a style of this personal dinner by trying on the photograph beneath.
THE MOZAIC SPA
My expertise in Kivotos Lodge included a soothing physique therapeutic massage on the Mozaic Spa too. A variety of physique and face therapies or therapies can be found on the Spa, in addition to Hammam. There’s the choice to take pleasure in your therapeutic massage, listening to the waves crashing by the seashore on the personal deck (rightwhere the candle gentle dinner additionally takes place) – it does not get any higher, proper?
There are moments and experiences like these that designate true, impeccable luxurious – a couple of particulars that encourage you to return simply to re-live them as soon as once more.
OTHER FACILITIES/ SERVICES
Past the very fundamentals – distinctive rooms, swimming pools, gourmand menu, spa and a personal seashore, the resort gives a plethora of different amenities each overview ought to embrace.
A completely-equiped and renovated health heart, a hair salon, billiards room, a Squash courtroom (authorised by the World Squash Federation), Yoga and Pilates programs, personal island excursions, a personal chapel (with wedding ceremony coordination providers), concierge providers, jewellery store and naturally wi-fi hotspots even on the seashore!
Being the one Yachting Lodge on the island, Kivotos Mykonos gives its friends an expensive Non-public Crusing Yacht, the Prince de Neufchatel: a 25-meter yacht of unparalleled aesthetics, accessible for unique use only for the friends of the resort for day by day or weekly cruises. We would not miss the chance to reside such an expertise – there shall be a separate submit on this quickly!
The personal Chapel of Kivotos
Non-public Cruise – Prince de Neufchatel
See You Subsequent 12 months KIvotos Lodge!
The resort is open from Might to October with its worth charges ranging from €290.
Maria Kalymnou
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