Review of Palladium, by The TI Review Team

Nestled in a bay between the villages of Psarou and Platis Gialos, Palladium is ideally located both for access to gorgeous beaches and historic sites of the island's southern coast and the lights and glitter of Mykonos Town. Stone walls and whitewashed houses, on terraces landscaped with date palms, house rooms and public spaces that mix five-star hotel style with the charm typical of the island.

The facilities

Palladium boasts some of Mykonos Island's best amenities. There are two pools and an outdoor jacuzzi, a full-service gym and sauna, and a 'beauty parlor' offering treatments ranging from massage to hair styling (just book it ahead). Two restaurants, one for casual snacks and lunch dishes, the other, La Veranda - a refined indoor-outdoor space serving gourmet interpretations of Greek standards, lantern-lit in the evenings - are open to non-guests as well. Or, one can sidle up to the crescent-shaped pool bar for small meze-style dished and cocktails.

The rooms

They aren't the most quintessentially Greek (or the most luxurious) ones on the island, but Palladium's rooms and suites are comfortably decorated with upholstered or carved-wood headboards, gilt mirrors, and a pleasing selection of contemporary paintings. The welcome earns major points: a massive fresh fruit platter, flowers, and local wine. Most give onto views of either the pool or the sea; the suites have private pools and patios.