The Best Hotels Near The Bold Type Hotel, by the Record
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A 19th-century neoclassical shell holds a quietly audacious interior, all Bauhaus angles and Danish modernist calm, in a port city most visitors speed past on their way somewhere else. This boutique hotel holds a Michelin Key, and the rooms earn it without trying too hard. The courtyard restaurant, tucked behind the old house, has the unhurried atmosphere of a film set that hasn't been struck yet.
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Greece has a ski resort, and this 16-room boutique hotel sits on the hillside road leading up to it. The Kalavrita Ski Center draws the winter crowd, but Anerada is comfortable enough to justify a visit when the slopes are closed, which is often. It feels more like a well-appointed private house than a hotel, with Coco-Mat mattresses, Korres bath products, and a generous breakfast before you walk into town for dinner.
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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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A two-kilometer private beach on the Peloponnese mainland, which tends to quiet the usual debate about whether you really need an island. This Ionian-facing resort spreads across villas and suites done in whites and warm neutrals, with windows sized for the view. The spa pool is lined with columns that recall a Greek temple, which is either over the top or exactly right depending on your mood. Dining runs from a beachside taverna to Mediterranean gastronomic meals at sunset.
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Fir trees and hiking trails are the only neighbors at this restored stone lodge sitting high in the Peloponnese highlands. Once a soldiers' sanatorium, it was eventually converted into a luxury mountain retreat, with pale wood interiors, linen duvets, heated floors, and copper bathtubs in some suites. The wellness area leans into the setting with a cave pool, forest sauna, and hammam. Truffle hunting and horseback riding are on the activity list, which is a commitment to the bit.