When a stunning shoreline lines up with sleep and sustenance just a 3-minute walk away, a little holiday magic happens for families.
2 Bedrooms | From €350 per night
Sea Sound might not be an all-inclusive hotel with a kids club, but it could be better. For at your doorstep is a diversity of dining options (traditional seafood taverna, gorgeous modern-Greek, the pizza joint staple, sushi rolls, and even Thai street food), watersport activities, a mini mart, and even a dash of island-chic shopping. What’s more? Just a 5-minute drive out is the island’s Chora (main Greek village). Fancy a Pilates session before the kids to wake from another late Mediterranean night out? Take an early morning class in the therapeutic calm of Maria’s studio. We would oftentimes drop in again in the evening with kids for crepes and a stroll through shops and eateries set in chalk-white alleyways overhung by bougainvillea canopies.
Behind the humble exterior of a two-storey house on the quieter end of Mylopotas, revamped interiors boast Cycladic-chic within Sea Sound’s second floor hideaway. The 2-bedroom and 2-bathroom unit is a haven of whitewashed serenity embellished with wood, stone, ceramic and straw accents.
While the apartment isn’t huge, its landscape layout and large windows looking out into nature’s own infinity pool encourage a feeling of space. On a single floor plate, you don’t have to worry about staircases with toddlers. And in the second bedroom for kids, 2 single sized mattresses sit on a slightly elevated platform underlit by ambient lighting. If little ones fall off mid-sleep, you can sleep soundly knowing it won’t be from more than 30cm high. The kitchen is also fully equipped – toaster, kettle, cooking appliances, a Delonghi for morning Nespresso hits…The only thing it lacked – a dishwasher.
And then there’s Marina. So kind and generous in spirit, she’s the kind of host who will never make you feel silly about any of your requests. Lekani (plastic wash basin) for washing swimmers? Check. Extra towels? Anytime. A Swifter for the constant trail of crumbs? She happily brought one to us. It’s the kind of ever accommodating, heartfelt Greek hospitality of old that makes family travel ten notches easier.
