Casa Del Mar Mykonos: A Week on the Quiet Side of the Island

This Casa Del Mar Mykonos review is based on a week stay late in May 2026, in the Royal Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa. All opinions are my own.

The short version

Casa Del Mar Mykonos is a small luxury hotel on the southwest coast of the island, a Small Luxury Hotels of the World member. Eleven villas step down the slope toward Glyfadi cove in the Aleomandra area, four kilometers from Mykonos Town. One restaurant, one spa, one beach. Rates run from €210 to €3,000 a night. The place doesn’t sell parties. It sells quiet, privacy, and a ten-minute taxi ride to everything else the island is famous for.

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The scorecard

Category	Score
Location	4.8 / 5
The villa	4.9 / 5
Food	4.8 / 5
Service	4.9 / 5
Staff	4.9 / 5
Wellness	4.8 / 5
The beach	4.5 / 5
Value	4.5 / 5
Overall	4.8 / 5

In this review

• The Royal Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa
• Miramar restaurant
• Glyfadi cove
• Casa Del Mar against the rest of Mykonos
• What a week actually costs
• Frequently asked questions

How this was reported

One week, late in May 2026. Personally tested:

• Royal Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa
• Breakfast and dinner at Miramar
• Spa facilities
• The cove
• WhatsApp concierge response times
• Transport logistics to and from Mykonos Town
• The walk around the headland south of the cove

The arrival

A little before six. The sunrise start. The Aegean is pink and silver and gray, and Naxos sits on the horizon as if someone had drawn it in with a soft pencil. The infinity pool on the terrace catches the color first. The cove below is glass. From inside the villa, the sea is barely audible, a slow breathing through the open doors.

This is the part of Mykonos no one photographs.

Twenty minutes later I walk down to the water. One minute from threshold to sand. It sounds like a brochure line until you actually do it, flip-flops on, coffee in one hand. The cove is sheltered, the color somewhere between turquoise and blue, and the water is so clear you double-check the picture before posting because it looks doctored. No beach club. No DJ warming up at eleven. Two rows of thatched umbrellas, the sound of staff setting up loungers, a small smile from someone who already remembers your name from yesterday’s breakfast.

Lunch happens about twenty steps from there, at Miramar, the hotel’s only restaurant. Greek-Mediterranean done properly, a terrace cantilevered over the cove, a menu you work through across a week rather than escape from in search of something better. More on that further down.

By afternoon I’m in Mykonos Town. Ten-minute taxi, door to harbor. Matoyianni Street, Little Venice, the shops, the windmills up on the ridge. All of it. Exactly when I want it.

That’s the trick this place pulls. Most properties selling “quiet luxury” in the Cyclades make you commit to the hotel for the week. Casa Del Mar refuses to make you choose. You get the private cove, the small restaurant, the personal service, the empty morning. You also get the island, the moment you want the island.

A week of that is rarer than it should be.

Why this place fits a Mykonos trip

Casa Del Mar is for travelers who want the Mykonos lifestyle without the Mykonos noise. Southwest coast, sheltered cove, small hotel, ten minutes to town. Not a party stop. Not a remote retreat. Something in between, and that in-between turns out to be surprisingly hard to find on this island.

Mykonos has an image problem. Or, more accurately, an image that does most of the talking for the place. Say the name to someone who’s never been, and they picture beach clubs, super-yachts, magnums of rosé, bikini influencers and Scorpios at sunset. The Cyclades party island. The Greek Ibiza, depending on who’s doing the comparison.

Most of that is true. Some of it is overblown. None of it is the whole picture.

The version of Mykonos that doesn’t trend on Instagram is whitewashed villages, blue-domed chapels, fishing boats in tiny coves, a wind with its own name (the meltemi), and a hospitality culture roughly three thousand years older than the DJ era. That Mykonos is still here. You just have to know where to look. And, more to the point, where to stay.

This is where most travelers get the trip wrong. They book a hotel near Paradise Beach because the photos look good, then spend the week trying to escape the noise. Or they go the other direction, lock themselves into a remote villa in the north, and resent the forty-minute drive every time they want a serious dinner. The sweet spot is harder to find than it sounds.

Casa Del Mar sits in that sweet spot, almost mathematically. Sheltered cove on the southwest coast, out of the meltemi’s path. Eleven villas, one restaurant, one spa, one beach. No nightclub, no foam party, no influencer queue at the pool. And when you do want any of that, ten minutes by cab and you’re at the harbor, in town, in whichever version of Mykonos you came for that evening.

The place works well for:

• Couples on a honeymoon
• Travelers who value privacy over beach-club energy
• Families with slightly older kids who don’t need a structured program
• Mykonos repeat visitors who’ve had enough of the Ornos crowd
• Anyone who wants town access without sleeping in the middle of town

Book somewhere else if:

• You want a beach club on the doorstep and a DJ at the pool
• You have mobility limitations: the property is built into a hillside with stairs and steep paths between villas, the cove, and the restaurant
• You want to be in the middle of Chora with shops, bars, and restaurants outside your door
• You hate taxis and want to walk everywhere
• You need organized children’s programming
• You need sunset from the bed (wrong side of the island)

It’s a hotel built for people who understand the trade they’re making. You’re not here to be at the center of the action. You’re here to choose when to walk into it.

The other thing worth saying early, because it matters more than the photos suggest: this is a small property. Eleven villas is small. Which means staff know your name by the second morning. The hotel manager actually meets you on arrival. The concierge messaging you on WhatsApp at eleven at night is the same person you spoke to at breakfast. In an era when most luxury hotels have scaled up to 80, 150, 300 rooms with branded amenities and a different concierge per shift, the intimate scale is its own quiet luxury. The kind you don’t notice until you’ve lost it.

Tripadvisor gives Casa Del Mar four out of five from 172 reviews, ranking it 34th of 268 specialty lodgings in Greece. Booking.com guests rate it 8.9 out of 10. The numbers aren’t an accident.

Location: Aleomandra and Glyfadi cove

Casa Del Mar sits on the Aleomandra peninsula on the southwest coast of Mykonos. Four kilometers from Mykonos Town. 5.8 kilometers, about eleven minutes by car, from the airport. Ornos is 1.5 kilometers away. Kapari is walkable if you’re in shape. Psarou, where Nammos sits and the yachts park, is a short drive. So is Platis Gialos, and beyond that Paradise and Super Paradise. The entire southwestern cluster of the island is on the doorstep.

The map matters more here than it usually does.

The geographic reason this corner of Mykonos works is the meltemi, the dry northerly wind that rips down the Aegean from July to September. It’s what gave Mykonos the windmills and the hair-in-the-storm photographs. It’s also what ruins holidays at the wrong beach. North-facing coves and the eastern shore catch the brunt of it. Towels go airborne. Boats get cancelled. Lunch at a beach-club terrace turns into a contest with the sand.

Glyfadi, the cove Casa Del Mar overlooks, faces southeast and tucks into a curve of coastline that breaks the wind. While the north of the island is getting battered, the loungers at Glyfadi sit in something close to perfect stillness. The sea is usually mirror flat. You can swim in August. You can eat lunch outside without pinning down your napkin. That alone is worth a lot in high season.

The cove itself is small, semi-private, shared only with Casa Del Mar guests and a handful of neighboring properties. Pebble and sand. Two rows of thatched umbrellas and serious sun loungers, with a tighter policy on numbers than most beaches on the island. No DJ booth. No beach club. The hotel calls it semi-private because, by Greek law, all beaches are public. In practice you’ll only ever share it with your neighbors.

Above the cove, the villas step down the slope along the contour of the hillside. Cycladic white, low-built, stone paths between buildings, bougainvillea everywhere. Eleven villas total, across eight categories, from a one-bedroom Honeymoon Seaview Villa up to the nine-bedroom Magnificent Villa Sunset. Which one to actually book is coming.

Orientation is east-southeast. That single fact does two things to your stay. First, the morning light becomes the headline event of the property. The sun comes up over the Aegean, Naxos sits on the horizon, the cove shifts from gray to silver to turquoise across forty minutes, and you’re usually the only one watching. Second, you don’t get sunsets here. The sun drops behind the ridge, on the other side of the island. That gets dealt with honestly later in this review, because for most travelers it’s a fair trade.

Then there’s the access piece. Four kilometers to Mykonos Town sounds like a transfer. In practice, with the hotel booking the cab on WhatsApp the night before, it’s ten minutes from your door to the harbor. Out of reflex, I ended up using the Uber app as well, and yes, it worked on the island too. Super easy. You can be on the property at eight in the morning watching boats come into the cove, and by ten you can be walking Matoyianni Street looking at small old shops. That’s genuinely rare in this part of Greece. Luxury hotels with private coves usually sit forty minutes from anything worth driving to. The ones close to town are usually in town, which means traffic, narrow lanes, and nightclub bass through the bedroom window until four.

Casa Del Mar threads the needle. Far enough out to feel like a different island. Close enough that you never feel cut off.

The Royal Beachfront villa, and the rest of the lineup

Casa Del Mar runs eleven villas across eight categories. The smallest is the one-bedroom Honeymoon Seaview Villa from €210 a night. The largest is the Magnificent Villa Sunset, nine bedrooms for eighteen people, from €3,000. 

The full lineup:

These are starting rates, and high season pushes them up. Check live rates for your travel dates here. Book direct at casadelmarmykonos.com or via Small Luxury Hotels of the World for member benefits.

The entire portfolio shares the same DNA. Cycladic stone floors, lime-washed walls, vaulted ceilings in places, restrained furniture, big terraces or balconies, full sea views, fully equipped kitchens, espresso machines, smart TVs, free Wi-Fi, room service to every villa, robes and slippers, premium bedding. The aesthetic is consistent. What changes is space, position on the slope, whether you have a private pool or jacuzzi, and how many bedrooms you need.

The Royal Beachfront, in detail

This is the villa I lived in for a week, so it’s the one I can speak to honestly.

Eighty-five square meters, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, comfortable for four. The pool is the headline. A private infinity edge looking straight over Glyfadi and out to the Aegean, with the silhouette of Naxos on clear days. The terrace around the pool is generous, with a covered seating and dining area, sun loungers, and a daybed that catches the morning light. From threshold to sand, sixty seconds on foot.

The villa was fully renovated in 2025, and that detail is worth dwelling on. Much of the older luxury stock on Mykonos hasn’t been touched in years. Walk into several of the famous boutique hotels on the island and you’re looking at interiors that peaked around 2014. Casa Del Mar is going the other way. The Royal Beachfront has been brought up to a contemporary luxury standard that stands up to anything newer in Greece.

The material palette is where it shows.

Marble in the bathrooms and on the kitchen counters. Dark brown wood, properly finished, used for cabinetry, bed frames, and built-ins. Copper accents in the lighting and hardware. Colors chosen to sit together rather than compete: warm whites, soft grays, the dark wood, the copper, the cool of the marble. It’s a design language you recognize from Aman, Six Senses, a high-end Rosewood. Restrained, considered, expensive without working at looking expensive. The living room is anchored by a designer bouclé modular sofa in the Camaleonda style, the kind of considered furniture choice that signals the renovation wasn’t done on a budget.

The bathroom is walk-in with both rain and handheld shower, good pressure on both. Full-size toiletries. Double vanity in the master. The kitchen is fully fitted with a Nespresso, kettle, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, enough crockery and glassware to host a dinner if you actually wanted to. The bedrooms have premium linens, blackout curtains that actually black out, and the specific kind of silence you only get when a building is properly built into a slope above the sea.

Air conditioning is recessed into the wall in every room. You don’t see the unit, which keeps the visual line clean instead of slapping a white box in the corner.

The hotel manager confirmed during the welcome tour that they’re continuously upgrading across the property. That’s not marketing language. It’s a structural commitment, and it shows.

For most travelers, the Royal Beachfront is the villa to book. Two bedrooms gives you flexibility. A couple gets a spare room for bags or work. Two couples can split it. A family with one child has room without compromise. The infinity pool is big enough to actually swim a length in. The position on the slope means full sea views and the shortest walk to the cove. €595 as a starting rate isn’t cheap, but it’s the price point where the Casa Del Mar numbers start to make obvious sense for what you get.

Which one should you actually book?

A practical segmentation:

Tighter budget, or a first visit: the Honeymoon Seaview Villa from €210. One bedroom, no private pool, but the same Cycladic style, sea view from the terrace, and full access to the cove, restaurant, spa, and indoor saltwater pool. The cheapest way to experience the property without giving up the location or the service.

Couples wanting some wow without the full pool: the Signature Seaview Jacuzzi Villa from €301. Private hot tub on the terrace, two bedrooms, 70 square meters. The sweet spot for a romantic week.

Couples who want the full pool experience: the Su Casa Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa from €560 or the Royal Beachfront from €595. Both are two-bedroom infinity-pool villas with cove views. Su Casa is more compact at 70 square meters. Royal Beachfront is bigger at 85 and is one of the renovated units. If both are available, the Royal Beachfront wins.

Families: the Family & Friends Seaside Villa from €350. Three bedrooms across 150 square meters, each with its own bathroom. The price is friendly relative to the space. No private pool, but the cove is at the door.

Multi-generational, or two couples wanting maximum space and a private pool: the SoLuna Casa Villa from €900. Three bedrooms, 200 square meters, private pool, the kind of villa where everyone gets their own corner.

A serious group, or a small wedding: the Genesis Villa from €1,950 (six bedrooms, twelve guests) or the Magnificent Villa Sunset from €3,000 (nine bedrooms, eighteen guests). The Magnificent is the property’s flagship. Private chef and bespoke services on request.

The most common mistake is over-booking. People see the price gap between a Signature Seaview Jacuzzi and a Royal Beachfront and decide they need three bedrooms. They don’t. A couple in a 70-square-meter villa with a cove under their feet, a restaurant up the path, and Mykonos Town ten minutes away has, by any reasonable measure, more space than they can use in a week.

The other common mistake is the reverse. Two couples cramming into a one-bedroom because the photos looked good. Pay the difference. Take the Family & Friends or the SoLuna. Enjoy the trip.

Miramar Cycladic Restaurant: better than it has to be

There’s a pattern with hotel restaurants in the Cyclades. Good-looking terrace, internationally safe big menu, food that’s fine. You eat there once for convenience, then spend the rest of the week eating elsewhere.

Miramar isn’t that.

The restaurant sits cantilevered above Glyfadi cove, on a covered terrace that looks straight out to sea. Open from 11 in the morning to 10:30 at night, so it runs as breakfast, lunch, late lunch, drinks at sunset, and dinner. There’s no hard switch between services. Show up at four for a plate of beef carpaccio and a glass of assyrtiko, and no one checks the clock. It’s the rhythm hotel restaurants used to have everywhere, and few still do.

The kitchen is Greek-Mediterranean with proper Italian crossover from the wood-fired oven. It isn’t trying to be a tasting-menu restaurant. The menu is built to be eaten across a week of returns, which is exactly what happens.

A few dishes worth ordering by name.

Beef carpaccio. Thin enough, dressed lightly, with the kind of olive oil that does most of the work. A classic, correctly executed, which is harder to find on Mykonos than it should be.

Beef tagliata. The dish of my week. Sliced ribeye, dressed with arugula, parmesan, and a balsamic reduction made with care. Wood-fired, rested properly. The kind of plate that makes you cancel your reservation in town the next evening.

Pinsa greca. Pinsa, for the uninitiated, is the older, lighter cousin of pizza, with a longer ferment and a crisper base. The Greca version leans into local ingredients. One of the smarter things on the menu.

Casa beef burger. Don’t sleep on this. Hotel burgers are usually an afterthought. This one isn’t. Thick patty, melted cheddar, and a jet-black sesame bun, colored with charcoal rather than burnt, that tells you the kitchen is paying attention to detail. The best burger I had on the island, and I tested a few.

Signature Greek salad. Skip the version at most tavernas in town. This one is built on properly ripe tomatoes, real Mykonian feta, kalamata olives, a drizzle of oil that tastes of the grove it came from, and oregano that hasn’t been sitting in a jar since 2019. A reminder of what a Greek salad is supposed to taste like.

The rest of the menu runs through grilled fresh fish, pasta, salads, classic Mediterranean mains, and a small but considered dessert section. Full bar with properly made cocktails, a decent Greek wine list (assyrtiko and agiorgitiko by the glass, international bottles), and a coffee program that handles Greek frappé alongside real espresso. The full menu is at menu.casadelmarmykonos.com/main-menu.

The restaurant manager is Nikos. His presence is part of why the room works. He runs the floor with the calm that signals he’s done this for a long time. With the biggest smile. There’s a polish to the way he reads a table and paces a service that would not look out of place at the very top tier of global hospitality, the kind of aura and floor presence you associate with a Four Seasons or an Aman, and it’s a little surprising to find it on a property of just eleven villas. Wine recommendations are sensible rather than pushy. Special requests get handled without fuss. Repeat guests get remembered, which on a property of eleven villas is a low bar but one many hotels still miss.

Breakfast deserves its own paragraph.

Service runs 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and you have two options: come down to Miramar, or order to the villa terrace. Both are good. The a la carte breakfast covers the obvious (eggs every way, Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts, fresh pastries, cured meats and cheeses, fruit, juices, real coffee), but the in-villa option becomes the ritual. You order on WhatsApp, pick a time, and at the appointed hour breakfast arrives on the terrace, with the cove below, the morning light, and your own pool. One of the most photogenic thirty minutes of the stay. Do it at least twice.

Breakfast service is run by Tania. She has the kind of quiet, total command that makes everything else look easy. The juice is fresh. The coffee is right. The pastries are warm. The eggs arrive exactly as ordered, day after day, for a week. In restaurant terms, that consistency is the hardest thing in the world. She also has the best recommendations for activities, best sunset spots and knows all the secret places that make this island special.

A note on alternatives. One restaurant on the property is a fair criticism if you’re staying long and want variety. The honest answer is that Miramar is good enough that you don’t really feel the absence. The menu has enough range for three or four returns a week without repetition. When you do want variety, the hotel will book you anywhere on the island via WhatsApp and have a cab at the gate when you’re ready. 

Miramar also takes non-guests, with reservation. Worth knowing if you’re staying elsewhere and want to try a dinner.

Service, and the people who run the place

Casa Del Mar feels closer to a private home than a hotel. A hotel manager who meets you in person. A wonderful fruit platter waiting in the villa. A WhatsApp concierge from 8 a.m. to midnight, with a night-duty line after that, replying in minutes. A maximum of around forty guests on the property at any time. The kind of scale where staff know your face by the day after arrival.

The hotel manager is Giota Driva. She meets you on arrival, not in a lobby with a clipboard, but outside, walking the property, with a real conversation rather than a script. She asks what you’re there for, what you want to do, what you’d like help with. When the tour ends and you step into the villa, there’s a large fruit platter on the kitchen counter with a handwritten note.

Small things. They aren’t small. They set the tone.

The concierge runs on WhatsApp. You get a message at check-in and it’s your direct line for the week. Need a cab to town? Message. Want a dinner reservation somewhere on the island? Message. Extra towel, longer spa booking, forgotten sunscreen? Message. The response is consistently fast, often under a minute. It sounds like a gimmick. In practice, it’s how the service becomes invisible.

More than once during the week I used WhatsApp for things I’d usually handle myself. Not from laziness, from efficiency. Restaurant recommendations hit. When I asked about a specific local wine, someone had a bottle on hand an hour later.

Nikos, the restaurant manager, has already had his paragraph above, but worth repeating that he’s part of the service picture, not a separate one. He knows the guests by the first dinner. He remembers what you drank (my love for Coke Zero). He has a feel for when you want to talk and when you want to be left alone. That’s not a technique. That’s experience.

At breakfast, Tania had total command of everything. Service tempo, tables coming out, juice arriving at the right moment, the perfect americano coffee, a short greeting calibrated to each guest. She did it with such a light hand that you barely registered it until you’d been there a week. 

Housekeeping deserves its own sentence. They worked while I was at breakfast. Every day. When I came back, everything was fresh. New towels, made bed, cleaned, in order. I never saw them at work. Possibly the highest compliment you can pay a department whose job is to be invisible.

That’s the combination Casa Del Mar has found. The service is everywhere and nowhere in your way. Staff know you without crowding you. You feel looked after, not watched.

The cove

Glyfadi is a small pebble-and-sand cove, sheltered from the meltemi and free of beach-club energy. The water is blue, turquoise, very clear, and calm. Two rows of thatched umbrellas and serious loungers. Snorkeling straight off the beach.

The cove isn’t big. That’s the point. Most large Mykonos hotels compete to pack the maximum number of loungers onto the maximum stretch of sand. Casa Del Mar has chosen the opposite. Two rows at most. Generous spacing. Real distance between guests. On an island where a square meter of beach to yourself is a stroke of luck, that’s a luxury in itself.

The water is the kind of clear that sounds like exaggeration until you’re standing in it. I saw fish a meter off the beach on day one. The bottom is a mix of sand and smooth pebbles. You walk straight in, it deepens quickly. Swimming is easy. No real chop, no current to fight. Just calm.

Snorkeling is unexpectedly good. No boat needed, no organized tour, just mask and snorkel. The hotel lends them on request. Swim out to the edges of the cove where the rocks start and you find small schools of fish, sea grass moving in the current, occasionally something bigger passing through. It isn’t the Maldives. It’s the Aegean. Beautiful in its own restrained way.

A note on lounger rhythm. The cove is small, so if you sleep late, the front-row spots could be taken in the high season. Early risers stake their claim around 9:30. It isn’t a real problem, since every spot has a sea view and it’s never crowded, but worth knowing. The trick: order coffee to the terrace, walk it down with a book, and stake out early. Day won.

Acoustic luxury

One more thing about Glyfadi that no other review mentions, and that deserves its own paragraph.

It is completely silent.

Mykonos is famous for bass over water. Beach clubs like Nammos at Psarou and Scorpios at Paraga push out music that carries for kilometers in certain wind. Across much of the southern coast you can hear the beat from your own boat even when you’re at a remote beach. It’s part of the Mykonos package, and some people love it.

Glyfadi has none of it. Not a single note from another property. No boat traffic in the cove beyond the occasional fishing skiff in the morning. No scooter noise because there’s no road close enough. Just waves on pebbles, the occasional gull, the rustle of birds in the scrub above the villas.

For people who pay extra for silence, that is the product. It’s what they’re there for. And Casa Del Mar delivers it in a way few hotels on Mykonos can match.

The headland walk

South of the cove there’s a small headland. Cliffs falling to the sea on one side, a path that traces the spine, a panoramic view straight out at open Aegean. Five to ten minutes from the beach. Best in the morning or in late afternoon. The view nobody staying in Ornos sees.

Find the path on the left side of the cove if you’re facing the villas. There’s no signage, no marked route. Walk along the water, the land rises in a small formation, and you’re on a ridge with sea on both sides. The climb is mild. Shoes with some grip, not flip-flops.

Halfway out you turn and see the whole property from outside. The white villas against the slope, the pools glinting, the cove below, the Aegean opening into a flat blue plane beyond. It’s the perspective most reviews don’t have photos of. No drone shot captures the feeling of standing there with wind in your face and looking back at a place you’ve lived in for a week.

At the far end of the headland the path ends. You sit on a rock. You look out. That’s it.

I did this on the first night and the last. Both times, among the best moments of the trip.

Sunrise, not sunset

Most Casa Del Mar Mykonos reviews skip the morning entirely. That’s a mistake. Casa Del Mar faces east. No sunset from the terrace. What you get instead is sunrise. Naxos on the horizon, pink and gold mornings, a cove that changes color across fifteen minutes, and usually you’re the only one watching. If sunset is central to your idea of a holiday, there are places on the island that deliver it. If mornings are more your thing, you’ve landed in the right spot.

That’s the first thing I say when people ask about Casa Del Mar. Be honest about what kind of traveler you are. Mykonos has a whole industry built around sunset at Little Venice, and it’s a fine, separate experience. A glass of rosé on a café terrace as the sun drops behind Delos. The lull in the streets. The light turning orange, then pink. One of the things the island does best.

You just don’t get it from Casa Del Mar.

What you get is the other half of the day. Sunrise. And I’d argue it’s the better experience, if you give it a chance.

Set the alarm for six. Make coffee in the kitchen. Step onto the terrace while it’s still half dark. Sit down. Wait.

First comes the gray-blue hour when sea and sky are almost the same color. Then Naxos starts to take shape on the horizon as a long blue line. After fifteen minutes the first pink shows up. The clouds over the Aegean shift slowly from gray to rose to orange. The cove below goes from black to silver to bright turquoise. And when the sun finally clears the horizon, it hits the infinity pool on the terrace and the whole property lights up as if someone flipped a switch.

Twenty minutes total. No boats yet. No swimmers. Staff barely starting their day. You’re effectively alone on what’s been one of Greece’s most-visited islands for three thousand years.

It isn’t a sunset. It’s something better. People aren’t competing for it. No designated photo spot. You just have to be there. Which is exactly the point.

If you need sunset, build in a town night. Cab booked for 7:30. Early dinner at a café in Little Venice. A glass of wine as the sun goes down. Back by 10:30. You can have both in one day.

Wellness and spa

The wellness setup is compact but real. An indoor saltwater pool, a hammam, a thermal water spa, a fully equipped gym with a view of the sea, a pilates studio with a reformer. Treatments using Mediterranean ingredients, from salt scrubs and lavender oil to hot stones and chocolate. Not an afterthought. A proper spa.

The indoor saltwater pool is unusual on Mykonos. Most hotels have either big outdoor pools or a small chlorinated spa pool. Casa Del Mar has a mid-sized indoor saltwater pool you can actually stay in for a while. The water feels different on the skin. An hour in there, you come out feeling clean in a way fresh-water pools don’t deliver.

The hammam is real. Marble benches, proper heat, the kind of warmth that feels overwhelming at first and turns nearly meditative. Sit for twenty minutes and the body softens. It’s the Greek take on the Turkish hammam, less ceremonial, more calm.

Treatments use regional ingredients. Salt scrubs with sea salt and olive oil. Lavender oil from the mainland. Hot-stone massage with heated volcanic stones. A chocolate treatment that sounds like a gimmick until you actually try it. Aromatherapy with house-mixed blends. Treatment rooms are quiet, low-lit, with the same material palette as the villas: marble, dark wood, copper. Therapists are experienced and leave you alone when that’s what you want.

The gym is full kit, with treadmills, an elliptical, weights, a decent free-weight rack. Windows face the cove, so you train with a view of the Aegean. It’s not a big room, but it’s enough. Mostly used in the morning, before the heat outside makes anything else preferable.

The pilates studio with a reformer is the unexpected element. The machine is the real thing, and they offer private sessions with a trained instructor. If you already practice, it’s a great pause inside a lazy week. If you’ve never tried, it’s an opportunity to do so somewhere the instructor actually has time for you.

The spa isn’t the first thing people praise after a stay here. Because it isn’t trying to be the main event. It’s there when you want it. The rest of the time, it lets the island and the cove do the work.

A week, hour by hour

A typical day at Casa Del Mar starts with the sea and ends with the sea. Everything between can be anything from total idleness to a night out in Mykonos Town. Here’s what a week looked like from the Royal Beachfront villa.

Six in the morning is sometimes still dark. You get up, take the coffee out to the terrace, watch Naxos in the horizon while the light changes. The most peaceful twenty minutes of the day. The cove is glass.

By eight, breakfast is on its way. If you’ve ordered to the terrace, it arrives at the time you booked. If you walk down to Miramar, you sit with a view of the cove and order à la carte. Greek scramble. Fresh berries. Yogurt with honey. Real coffee. No rush.

By 9:30 you walk down to the cove with a book and get set up for the day. Claim a lounger early if you care about positioning. Check the water. Already clear, already calm.

By eleven the sun is full. You alternate between reading, swimming, lying on the lounger, snorkeling around the rocks. Staff bring water without being asked. One of the small things that separates a good hotel from a very good one.

Lunch at Miramar around 1:30. Greek salad. Carpaccio. A glass of cold assyrtiko. You can sit for two hours. Nobody pushes you out for the next seating.

Afternoons are either at the pool by the villa or back at the cove. The private infinity pool means you can take a dip whenever without walking anywhere. The cove is still calm enough at four that you can swim another lap.

Between four and six it’s either a spa treatment, the headland walk, or a flat siesta. If you’re going into town that evening, you shower around six and book the cab for 7:30.

If you’re staying on the property, the aperitivo is on the terrace at seven. A glass of something, a plate of olives and bread, the light turning gold. Dinner at Miramar from eight. Burger. Tagliata. Pinsa. Whatever you’ve decided you want that day.

Back at the villa by 10:30, in the pool with a view of the dark over the sea. Or just a chair on the terrace, a book, a small glass. Stars over the Aegean are better here than most places because there’s so little light pollution near the property.

Sleep with the terrace doors open. The sound of the sea. The cool of the Cycladic building. The kind of sleep you don’t get at home.

Repeat for seven days. Variation comes from where you eat lunch, whether you take an excursion, whether you head into town that night. The structure stays. That’s what makes it restorative.

Mykonos Town and the rest of the island, from your base

Ten minutes by cab. That’s what separates Casa Del Mar from most private remote villa properties in Greece. You can have the quiet morning and the town buzz on the same day, without the trip splitting into two halves.

Mykonos Town, Chora, is one of the most photographed villages in the Mediterranean for a reason. It was built in its current form in the 16th and 17th centuries, a maze of narrow lanes designed to confuse the pirates who regularly raided the island. Still works. You get lost on day one, and that’s part of the charm. Matoyianni Street is the main spine, full of shops running from Greek designers to Dior, Chopard, Pucci, and the rest of the luxury labels that opened here when Mykonos became a yacht destination in the late 1990s.

Little Venice is the small cluster of buildings sitting right in the sea, with café terraces on the waterfront where people drink rosé and watch the sun drop. It’s the most-visited sunset spot in Greece, so expect crowds. Still a must one evening.

The windmills on the ridge are the other iconic image. Sixteenth century, built when Mykonos was an important stop on trade routes between Asia and Europe. Today they’re mostly there for atmosphere, but the view from the windmills at sunset is probably the best on the island.

The beaches along the south and southwest are their own world. Psarou is the yacht beach, home to Nammos, still the most-photographed beach club in Greece. The food is properly expensive, the atmosphere a mix of high-end and overdrive, but worth doing once. Ornos is quieter and family-friendly during the day, livelier at night, with several good tavernas and one of the best lunch terraces on the island. Paradise and Super Paradise are where the party lives. DJs from the afternoon, the Mykonos-Ibiza side fully expressed, a particular crowd.

Kalafati in the east is quiet, a good day away from the main scene. Longer drive, worth it. Agios Sostis in the north is nearly untouched, no umbrellas, no bar, just a taverna up in the ruins called Kiki’s that doesn’t take reservations and is worth the hour-long wait.

Delos is the small island west of Mykonos, one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece, birthplace of Apollo by myth. Half an hour by boat from the harbor in Mykonos Town. Takes a half day total. A must if you have any interest in ancient history. Rhenia is the island next to Delos, uninhabited, used by boat tours as a swim stop in a lagoon that looks almost Caribbean.

Casa Del Mar books all of this for you. Cabs, boats, restaurants, a rental car for a day if you want one. The WhatsApp concierge again. Send a message, it happens.

That’s what’s powerful about the location. Quiet morning at Glyfadi. Lunch in Ornos. Afternoon at Delos. Sunset in Little Venice. Dinner back at Miramar. All in one day, none of it a long drive.

Casa Del Mar against the rest of the Mykonos luxury scene

Mykonos has half a dozen serious luxury hotels, and the island sits alongside some of the strongest new properties in Europe this year. 

 Each solves the “luxury stay on Mykonos” problem its own way. Casa Del Mar’s answer is private-villa intimacy with town access at ten minutes. Here’s how it stacks against the four most relevant alternatives.

Casa Del Mar vs Bill & Coo

Bill & Coo sits on Megali Ammos just outside town, with design that’s sleeker and more magazine-shot than Casa Del Mar. It’s a hotel for design people who want to be near town and care more about architecture than privacy. The pool deck is iconic and the restaurant has Michelin recognition. What Bill & Coo doesn’t have is a private cove or a beach worth mentioning. You’re paying for design and position, not for being at the water. Casa Del Mar wins if you want to be at the sea. Bill & Coo wins if you want a design icon.

Casa Del Mar vs Cavo Tagoo

Cavo Tagoo is the Mykonos Instagram champion. The famous infinity pool with the view over town and harbor is probably the most-photographed pool on the island. The hotel is built into the cliffside above Mykonos Town, so you get spectacular views and five minutes to nightlife. It also runs higher on scene energy. Younger crowd, faster pulse, more lobby traffic. Casa Del Mar is the opposite. Quiet, private, focused on the experience rather than the photo. Pick Cavo Tagoo if you want the iconic pool and proximity to action. Pick Casa Del Mar if you want quiet luxury.

Casa Del Mar vs Santa Marina

Santa Marina at Ornos is the bigger, more resort-style operation. Private beach, multiple restaurants, beach-club energy via Buddha-Bar Beach, a helipad for the genuinely time-pressed. It’s the maxed-out version of a Mykonos luxury stay. More of everything. More food options, more space, more service, but also more traffic and a “be seen” atmosphere. Casa Del Mar is intimate and quiet where Santa Marina is large and pulsing. Pick by mood. Beach club with sound and bar, take Santa Marina. The feeling of being on a private property with forty guests, take Casa Del Mar.

Casa Del Mar vs Kalesma

Kalesma on the Ornos hill is the newest serious entry. Striking architecture, dramatic siting on a slope above Ornos Bay, a design language more minimalist and artistic than anything else on the island. It’s the design-led choice. What Kalesma doesn’t have is a beach. You shuttle or cab to water. For some people, that kills it. For others, irrelevant. Casa Del Mar wins if sea access matters. Kalesma wins on architecture and view.

The short comparison

For couples and honeymoons

Casa Del Mar is built for two. The private cove, the small villas, the slow tempo, the kitchen for guests who want to eat in, the terrace for those who want each other and not much else. The scale and atmosphere make it one of the strongest honeymoon properties on Mykonos. If you have a wedding to celebrate or an anniversary to mark, it’s hard to find a better match in Greece.

The Royal Beachfront is the natural choice if the budget stretches. Pool, space, the walk to the cove, about as honeymoon-ready as it gets. Su Casa Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa is the slightly smaller, still-strong alternative. Both sit on the same privileged ledge above the cove, both have private infinity pools, both are built for two people who want the world to themselves for a week.

For couples on a tighter budget, the Signature Seaview Jacuzzi Villa is the way. Two bedrooms, private jacuzzi on the terrace, 70 square meters, from €301. Most of the magic for about half the price of the Royal Beachfront.

Private dinner on the beach can be arranged with a little notice. The hotel sets up a table down at the cove with candles, and you get the full Miramar menu in a personal setting. Anniversaries and birthdays are handled discreetly. Say so at booking and it’s done. No restaurant-wide singing. Just a small extra in the villa, a personal note, a glass of champagne with dinner.

That’s what makes the property strong for occasions. They know what they’re doing.

For families

Mykonos isn’t a classic family island, but Casa Del Mar is one of the few places on the south coast where families can actually relax. The sheltered cove is safe for kids swimming. The family villas at 150 to 280 square meters have room for everyone. Dogs are welcome, so the trip can include the dog. What’s missing is structured kids’ programming. It isn’t that kind of hotel.

The Family & Friends Seaside Villa is the natural base for most families. Three bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, sleeps six, 150 square meters. The €350 starting rate is one of the better family deals on Mykonos.

For larger families or multi-generational trips, the SoLuna Casa Villa or the Genesis Villa is the move. Genesis sleeps twelve. If you’re gathering the whole family for a celebration, six bedrooms across 280 square meters means everyone has space without living on top of each other.

Casa Del Mar has high chairs and baby gear on request. The hotel can arrange babysitters via WhatsApp if the parents want a night out. The cove is small enough that you can keep an eye on kids from the lounger while they play. The pace is calm, so kids who get easily overstimulated have somewhere to land.

What’s not there: a kids’ club, organized play, a playground on the property, animators at the pool. If that’s what your family needs to function, other Mykonos hotels deliver it. Santa Marina is the obvious alternative for families who want the resort structure.

Casa Del Mar works best for families with older kids, eight and up, who like the water and don’t need constant programming. Parents who want an actual restful holiday, and are fine with one restaurant, will find it very strong.

Sustainability

Casa Del Mar doesn’t publish detailed sustainability metrics the way the big international luxury brands do. That’s, honestly, where the property sits behind operators like Six Senses or some of the more dedicated eco-focused resorts. It doesn’t mean nothing is happening. It means it happens without a communications strategy around it.

What I observed across a week: the Miramar kitchen uses local suppliers for vegetables, fish, and meat. Breakfast fruit is from the mainland or the Cyclades. The wine list has a heavy share of Greek producers, many of them small. Staff are local hires, many from Mykonos or villages on neighboring islands. The buildings follow traditional Cycladic construction, which has the benefit of needing less cooling in summer and less heating in winter than modern concrete.

Less visible: plastic reduction (water comes in glass bottles in the villa, not plastic), recycling, waste handling. What happens on the back-of-house side isn’t something a guest sees, so I can’t speak to it.

If sustainability is the deciding factor for you, ask Giota directly about the property’s practices and what standards they’re working to. Many luxury hotels have that data; they just don’t market it. Casa Del Mar reads as a place that does the work without making noise about it.

What a week actually costs

Example: the Royal Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa, seven nights, mid-June 2026, two adults, breakfast included.

Villa: about €4,200 for the week at list rates. High season pushes this up, particularly in August where the same villa over the same period can land around €6,000.

Dinner at Miramar: three to five plates with wine, €80 to €130 per person each time. For a couple eating in four nights, budget €800 to €1,100.

Lunch at Miramar: €40 to €70 per person. For a couple eating lunch there every day, €400 to €600.

Drinks and snacks: count on €200 to €400 over the week.

Cabs to town and beaches: €30 to €50 a ride. Three to five rides means €100 to €250.

Spa treatments: a couple of sessions, around €150 to €300.

Boat trips or excursions to Delos and Rhenia, if you do one: €200 to €400 for two.

Total for a standard week in June: around €6,000 to €7,500 for two, everything in. In August, that can climb to €8,000 to €10,000. In early May or late October, closer to €4,500 to €5,500.

For perspective: a week at a comparable SLH property on Santorini, Capri, or the Costa Smeralda runs €8,000 to €12,000 for two. Casa Del Mar isn’t cheap. For the segment, it’s fairly priced.

Getting there

Mykonos has its own international airport (JMK) with direct routes from most major European capitals in summer. Athens is fifty minutes by plane. Ferries from Piraeus run between two and five hours depending on whether you take the high-speed or the car ferry. The ferry from Rafina, just outside Athens, is slightly shorter.

Casa Del Mar offers transfers from the airport and the port. Price and inclusion vary by season, villa type, and booking method, so it’s worth asking directly whether transfers are included or extra. Standard transfer runs around €45 to €50 each way per car.

On the island, cabs are the easiest option, but they’re limited in number, especially in high season. The hotel books them for you, and ten minutes to town is ten minutes whether it’s your car or someone else’s. If you plan multiple long days at beaches around the island, a rental car for three or four days can be worth it. A small car costs around €50 to €80 a day. Parking in Mykonos Town in July and August is nearly impossible, so the car is mostly for excursions.

The recommendation: don’t rent for the whole week. Use cabs and the hotel transfer. Driving on Mykonos isn’t relaxing. The roads are narrow, hilly, and the tourist season turns short distances into long ones.

When to go

Casa Del Mar is seasonal. The property opens in April and closes late in October. A November to March visit is impossible, the place is closed.

Within the season, there are distinct profiles.

April and early May is the quiet shoulder. Weather is pleasant in the low 20s C during the day, but the sea is still cool, around 18 to 19 degrees. The big upside: the whole island is calm. You have beaches to yourself. Restaurants in town are open with no queue. Prices are at their lowest. If pace and price matter more than full swimming, this is one of the best windows.

Late May to mid-June is the prime sweet spot. Sea warm enough to swim, usually 21 to 23 degrees. Stable weather around 25 to 28 C. The season is on but not crowded. Beach clubs are open, restaurants have full menus, but you don’t have to book everything a week out.

July and August are peak. Hottest, busiest, most expensive. Mykonos Town is packed. Beach clubs are full. Prices on everything from a hotel room to a Greek salad double. Casa Del Mar stays surprisingly calm because the scale is small and the cove is sheltered, but you’ll notice the rest of the island is busy. If you love the energy and want events every night, this is the time. If you value calm, look elsewhere on the calendar.

September is arguably the single best month. The water is at its warmest, 23 to 25 degrees, the weather still summer, but the crowds taper after late August. Summer Mykonos without August prices.

October is the late shoulder, still with swimmable sea, good rates, and a quieter island. The end of October gets a little unstable on weather, but the first couple of weeks are often perfect.

The recommendation: late May, mid-June, or September. Sweet spot.

What isn’t perfect

Casa Del Mar doesn’t have everything. There’s one restaurant. You depend on cabs or a rental to move around the island. The cove is small, so a late riser ends up in the second row. The sunset isn’t from the terrace. August prices are August prices. The terrain on the property is hilly, not accessible. Worth knowing before you book.

One restaurant is the obvious caveat. Miramar is good, but if you stay a week you’ll likely eat three or four dinners off-property for variety. Not a serious problem, but a cost and a logistics question to plan for.

Cab dependence is real. Mykonos has a limited number of taxis, and in July and August the wait can stretch if you’re not booking through the hotel. The hotel solves this by pre-booking on your behalf. It works in practice, but if you’re the kind of traveler who hates relying on others for transport, it can grate.

The cove is small, two rows of loungers. The early-bird system works because there are few enough guests on the property to keep it from becoming a scramble, but if you stay in bed until 11:30, you’re in the second row. Not a disaster, but a reality.

The sunset is on the other side of the island. Sunrise from Casa Del Mar is excellent, but if you have to have red sky over water, you’ll build town nights into Little Venice or Kapari.

August prices are August prices. No way around it. If the budget is tight and you have to travel in July or August, consider the Honeymoon Seaview Villa or the Signature Seaview Jacuzzi rather than the higher-end options.

The property is built into a hillside with stairs between villas and the cove. For most people, not an issue. If someone in the group has mobility limitations, worth knowing. Casa Del Mar is not accessible, and none of the villa types are universally designed.

The case for and the case against

For

• A private cove that actually feels private
• Ten minutes to Mykonos Town
• Food that punches above the hotel-restaurant grade
• Staff who know your name by day two

Against

• Only one restaurant on site
• The sun sets on the other side of the island
• You’ll depend on taxis or a rental
• August prices are August prices

Small things, after a week

It’s only after seven days that you notice the details separating a good hotel from a really good one.

Wi-Fi worked without complaint on the terrace. I took a Zoom video call from there without issue. Stable enough to do a little work from the villa if you need to.

The air conditioning is recessed into the wall in every room, so you don’t see the unit. The whole solution looks clean and modern instead of on display.

The shower is walk-in with both rain and handheld. Good pressure on both.

The fridge is big, the kitchen fully equipped to actually cook in. A real option at Casa Del Mar, not just a symbolic gesture with a mini-bar fridge.

The WhatsApp concierge replies fast. I tested it with small and large requests and got an answer in minutes every time.

Housekeeping is nearly invisible. They worked every day while I was at breakfast. I never saw them at work. When I came back, the villa was completely fresh: new towels, made bed, everything clean, everything in order. The kind of service that takes really good leadership to deliver consistently.

The mattresses are good. Not too firm, not too soft. Premium linens.

The blackout curtains actually black out the room, not just dim it. Worth flagging because many hotels in Greece have a loose relationship with the word “blackout”.

The silence at night is total. No road noise, no music from neighboring properties, no air-conditioning unit ticking or buzzing. Just the sea in the background.

These aren’t the wow moments you tell friends about. They’re the foundation that keeps a week from feeling stressed.

Insider tips

Book the Royal Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa if the budget stretches. The pool, the space, and the one-minute walk to the cove are the combination that delivers most of what Casa Del Mar is known for.

Set the alarm for 5:15 once during the week. Sunrise from the terrace is the best photo you’ll take here.

Walk the headland south of the cove. Five to ten minutes from the beach. Best in the morning light or late afternoon.

Book a table at Miramar at least four nights of the week. The tagliata and the pinsa are the evenings you’ll remember.

Use the WhatsApp concierge for everything. Cabs, dinner reservations, small requests. It’s the finest service detail on the whole property.

Don’t expect sunset from the terrace. Build one town night around Little Venice if you want the red sky.

Don’t rent a car for the whole week. Cabs and hotel transfers cover what you need. The car is worth it only if you’re heading to remote beaches for two or three days.

Order breakfast to the terrace at least twice. One of those thirty-minute stretches you’ll remember.

Get to the cove early. 9:30 is enough. You’ll get a choice of position.

Order the Casa beef burger once. Not a wrong order. The best burger on the island.

Ask for dinner table placement in advance if you have a preference. The best tables are the ones closest to the edge with the view.

Save one day for total laziness. Don’t book a cab. Don’t plan anything. Cove, pool, Miramar, terrace. You’ll come home more rested than from the other six days combined.

Suggested trips

Honeymoon, five nights. Royal Beachfront or Su Casa. Private beach dinner the first night. Spa for two one afternoon. One evening in Little Venice for the sunset. The rest unstructured, the way it should be.

Romantic weekend, three nights. Signature Seaview Jacuzzi if the budget’s tight, Royal Beachfront if not. Arrive Thursday, leave Sunday. Short, focused, ideal for a celebration.

Family week, seven nights. Family & Friends Seaside Villa for most families, SoLuna Casa for a larger group. Three days at the cove, a day in town, a day at a sandy beach like Platis Gialos, a boat day to Delos and Rhenia, a free day.

Friends group, four to six nights. Genesis Villa or Magnificent Villa Sunset. Full property booking. Private chef for one or two evenings. A boat charter for a day.

Mykonos plus island-hopping, ten to twelve nights. Three or four nights at Casa Del Mar. Ferry to Naxos for three nights. Ferry to Paros or Antiparos for three more. Back to Athens via Piraeus. The classic Cyclades loop with a base-camp opening.

What to pack

Swimwear. Multiple sets. You won’t get out of swimwear until after six in the evening, and cotton dries fine on the terrace overnight.

Linen trousers, linen shirt, a light dress. Mykonos is smart-casual at night, not jacket-and-tie. A couple of nicer pieces for town dinners is enough.

Reef-safe sunscreen, SPF 50 or higher. Midday sun in June or July is harder than it looks. Coming straight from a Norwegian winter I got badly sunburned the first day.

Sandals for most of the week, and one pair of proper shoes for the headland walk. The path is a bit rocky. Flip-flops won’t do it.

A light sweater or shirt. Evenings in May or late September can be cool with a soft breeze from the sea.

Insect repellent. Not many mosquitoes, but enough to want a tube in the bag if you like to sit outside late at night.

European plug adapter (Type C/F). Greece uses the standard European system, so North American or UK plugs need an adapter.

A book. You’ll read more here than you do at home in a year.

Practical booking notes

Book direct at casadelmarmykonos.com or through Small Luxury Hotels of the World for the best rate and direct-booking benefits. To compare live availability and prices for your dates, check here. OTAs carry the same room at the same price, so a quick rate check costs you nothing.

High season (July and August) fills four to six months out for the most popular villa types. If you want the Royal Beachfront or one of the larger villas in July or August 2027, start looking in February of the same year.

Shoulder season (May, June, September) can usually be booked two to three months out. Quieter months (April and October) often go on shorter notice.

Cancellation varies by rate and season. Standard direct booking usually allows free cancellation up to 30 days before arrival, then prepayment. Non-refundable rates are typically cheaper but offer no flexibility.

The hotel takes all major credit cards. A 30 percent deposit is usually required at booking. The balance is settled at check-out, or prepaid depending on the rate.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Casa Del Mar Mykonos? On the Aleomandra peninsula on the southwest coast of Mykonos, above Glyfadi cove, four kilometers from Mykonos Town.

How far is it from Mykonos Town? Four kilometers. Ten minutes by cab.

How far from the airport? 5.8 kilometers, about eleven minutes by car.

Is Casa Del Mar worth the money? For the segment (luxury villa with a private cove on Mykonos), yes. Pricing matches what you get. It isn’t a cheap choice, but it’s fairly priced relative to other SLH properties in Greece and Italy.

Is the hotel dog-friendly? Yes, dogs are welcome. Policy details vary, so it’s worth checking at booking for size, number, and any fee.

Check-in? 3 p.m.

Check-out? 11 a.m.

Is breakfast included? Yes. À la carte breakfast is included in every rate. Served 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Does Casa Del Mar have a private beach? Yes, a semi-private cove called Glyfadi, shared with a few neighboring properties but in practice used almost exclusively by hotel guests.

Is there a restaurant on site? Yes, Miramar Cycladic Restaurant, open 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Can non-guests dine at Miramar? Yes, by reservation. The hotel prioritizes in-house guests, so book a few days ahead.

Does Casa Del Mar offer airport transfer? Yes, but the price and inclusion vary by season and villa type. Ask at booking.

Is parking free? Yes, both self-park and valet are free.

Is Wi-Fi free? Yes, four networks cover the property. Works well on terraces too.

Is Casa Del Mar family-friendly? Yes, particularly for families with older kids. No kids’ club or organized program.

Is there a pool? Yes, an indoor saltwater pool in the spa, and private pools in most of the premium villa types.

Is the property wheelchair accessible? No. The property is built on a slope with stairs between villas and the cove. So not the best for wheelchair. 

How many villas? Eleven, across eight categories.

Minimum check-in age? 18 for the lead guest.

Smoke-free? Yes.

Open year-round? No. Seasonal, roughly April to mid- or late October.

Has Casa Del Mar won awards? Recognized in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024. Member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.

Is the hotel an SLH member? Yes.

Do you need a rental car? No, not for most of the trip. Cabs and hotel transfers cover the basics.

What’s the difference between Casa Del Mar and other SLH hotels on Mykonos? Smaller, more intimate, more focused on privacy than most of the island’s luxury properties. Stronger on private-villa feel, lighter on resort facilities.

Adults-only? No, children are welcome, but there’s no specific kids’ offering or club.

Which villa is the best? The Royal Beachfront Infinity Pool Villa for most travelers. The Honeymoon Seaview if budget is the constraint. The Family & Friends for families.

Is Casa Del Mar good for honeymoons? Very. One of the strongest honeymoon properties on the island.

Sunset views? No. The property faces east. You get sunrise from the terraces, not sunset. Still beautiful evenings. 

How many nights should I stay? Three nights minimum to make the trip worthwhile. Five to seven is ideal.

Can you swim in the cove? Yes, and it’s safe for children. The water is calm, clear, and currentless.

Is Aleomandra a good area to stay on Mykonos? Yes, particularly if you want calm with town access. The best zone if you value privacy.

Can you walk to restaurants from Casa Del Mar? You can walk to Ornos in about thirty minutes for tavernas, but most guests take a cab.

Practical information

Address: Aleomandra, 846 00, Mykonos, Greece Phone: +30 22890 26676 Web: casadelmarmykonos.com Currency: Euro Check-in: 3 p.m. Check-out: 11 a.m. Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Season: roughly April to October Plug type: European Type C/F Dress: smart-casual at night, barefoot luxury otherwise Location: Aleomandra, southwest Mykonos

The verdict: Casa Del Mar Mykonos review

There are no perfect hotels. Casa Del Mar Mykonos is no exception. One restaurant. No sunset from the terrace. A cab for almost anything you want to do off the property.

What it has, in return, is something fairly rare. A private cove that actually feels private. A service culture big enough to handle most things and small enough to remember you. A villa quality recently brought up and unlikely to slip in five years. Food better than it has to be. And the one thing hardest to find on an island like Mykonos: silence in the morning.

After seven days, I went home more rested than after the three summer weeks before. That’s probably the only real measure that matters for a hotel in this segment. How you leave.

Casa Del Mar Mykonos isn’t for everyone. That’s the point. For the couple who wants calm without giving up the island, the family that wants quality without a kids’ club, the friends group that wants a private villa that actually works as one, it’s hard to find a better option on Mykonos.

Almost six. Naxos on the horizon. The breath of sea through open doors. That’s what I came for. That’s what I got.

4.8 out of 5.

Casa Del Mar Mykonos Seaside Resort, Aleomandra, 846 00, Mykonos, Greece. casadelmarmykonos.com. Member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Review and photography by Mads Nordsveen (founder of Traveler Magazine) based on a week stay late in May 2026.