Avaton Luxury Beach Resort

A boutique resort perched on a hill above a north-facing beach in a quieter corner of Halkidiki, where the rooms mix clean modernist lines with ornate French-style furniture in a way that probably shouldn't work but does. Some suites come with private pools. The Champagne Bar faces the peninsula at sunset, the kitchen does artful things with Greek classics, and the wellness center is there for anyone the monks of Mount Athos won't let through the door.