The WILD Hotel by Interni

The private beach sits in a sheltered cove at the foot of a terraced hillside, which tells you most of what you need to know about this boutique hotel on Mykonos's quieter southeast coast. Rooms and suites step down toward the Aegean, each facing the water, with plunge pools in the upper tiers. The team came up as restaurateurs, and the on-site taverna shows it, leaning into slow, locally sourced Greek cooking served everywhere from the terrace to the sand.

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