The Best Hotels Near Leeda's Village, by the Record
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Stone buildings weathered to the color of old honey sit tucked into olive groves and lawns on an island that never got the memo about the Aegean's signature scrubby dryness. Leeda's Village is a small, green, quietly grand hotel on Zakynthos, holding a Michelin Key, with rooms ranging from a snug Lodge to a three-bedroom Grand Villa with its own pool and vegetable garden. The restaurant pulls much of its produce from the owners' nearby organic farm.
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Concrete and wood do the heavy lifting here, which is saying something when the backdrop is Zakynthos hillside and a lagoon-shaped pool that makes the suites feel like floating villas. Olea is an all-suite resort with a full-drama spa, three restaurants, and three bars ranging from casual poolside to a double-height dining room with views that go on forever. The Michelin Guide awarded it 1 Key.
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A grotto-like spa pool with curvaceous walls sets the tone at this adults-only resort a short walk from Tsilivi Beach. The design skips the island kitsch entirely, running minimal and almost urban, with suites offering freestanding baths, hot tubs, or private plunge pools depending on what you book. The rooftop restaurant looks out over the pool toward the Ionian. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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Private pools come standard in every villa here, which tells you the register Porto Zante is playing in. This luxury resort on Zakynthos, the Ionian island most travelers skip on their way to Kefalonia, sits above a private beach with Aegean views that make the infinity-pool-selfie crowd forget to take photos. One to four bedrooms, Armani Casa furnishings, a spa, and a restaurant serving sushi pulled from the sea just below. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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The central pool at Contessina is the organizing principle of the whole hotel, with a rooftop terrace bar looking down over it and a handful of garden suites adding private plunge pools beside it. It's a modern, minimalist luxury boutique hotel on Tsilivi Beach in Zakynthos, with a spa, two restaurants, and enough kid-friendly infrastructure that families arrive without having negotiated a truce first.
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The guest rooms here are converted wine tanks, their curved concrete walls still carrying the patina of a working winery. This Michelin Key-holding beachside hotel on the western Peloponnese swapped fermentation vats for timber-screened patios and sliding glass doors aimed straight at the Ionian Sea. The furniture skews utilitarian, the comfort is quietly lavish, and the central courtyard, ringed by decommissioned tanks, turns out to be a genuinely good place to sit and do nothing.
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Every suite comes with its own plunge pool and a private terrace angled toward the Ionian Sea, with Zakynthos floating on the horizon. This hillside adults-only resort above Trapezaki Beach leans sleek and modern rather than whitewashed-and-postcard, which sets it apart from most of the Aegean competition. Mount Ainos fills the other view. Two restaurants serve seasonal Mediterranean food, and the communal pool is lit from above like a constellation, which feels a little on the nose given the name.