The Best Hotels Near Casa Cook Samos, by the Record
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Terracotta blocks clustered like a hillside village, connected by pools that catch the Aegean light, set the tone at this design-forward resort on Samos's eastern shore. Rooms come as swim-up suites, private-pool retreats, or rooftop escapes, all done in linen, rattan, and concrete. The Beach House handles food and cocktails by the firepit. Pythagoreio's harbor and tavernas are just beyond the gates, which is a useful corrective when the poolside spell gets too comfortable.
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Grikos Bay sits right there through the window, a stretch of translucent blue framing bobbing sailboats and steep green islets, and the whole point of this small family-run boutique hotel built into the hill above it is that the view never really leaves you. Every room has a private balcony, breakfast goes on the breezy terrace, and the mosaic pool mirrors the same blue. Getting here takes some doing, which the guests who find it tend to consider a feature.
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Sleek stone buildings step down into the Aegean hillside like they grew there, which sets the tone for this sprawling wellness resort on Turkey's coast near Bodrum. Rooms run to floor-to-ceiling windows and private balconies, the beaches are quiet, and the spa is enormous, over 100,000 square feet of treatments and pools. The infinity pool meets the sea at the horizon in the way that photos never quite capture. A Forbes Four Star property.
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Ivory-white buildings stacked above a gold-sand beach on the Aegean, with most of the 108 rooms, suites, and villas angled toward the water. The beach doubles as the social center of this boutique resort, though the 28-meter infinity pool gives it a run. Four restaurants and bars, a spa with open-air cabanas, and Le Labo in the marble bathrooms round things out. A Forbes Four Star property.