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the insiders
Myconian Collection

Meet the people who personify the Myconian collection Hotels'
concept of hospitality, and see Mykonos through their own eyes!

The Spirit of Nature

Diana Vives creative content editor for the Myconian collection

but Mykonos seems to have peoples, as well as the Myconian diary, as I have worked on all of
become a firm favourite due Collection. From this vantage the content for the Ambassador
to its exceptional service and point, welcomed as a family for two years, as well as selected
w Mykonos and what particularly the nonpareil. up on Vangelis’ story about the
experiences.
copy for the Imperial and Royal. A
friend and frequent guest at the
turning point for me was picking
Ambassador, Mykonos became
The right time to travel to
attracts me at that time...
What created a deep connection
genesis of the Collection, from
which the family history evolved
with this land, against the
...my favourite months are August
that now has its rightful place as
backdrop of my frequent
and September, as I enjoy the
believe that there is an exceptional
...there’s no beating about the
elements. And while I find myself
hat I found most surprising milder end of summer. But I travels… one of the portfolio’s defining
week, mid-January, when in
bush that Mykonos is a dry pile
writing over and again about
about Mykonos, coming from the dead of winter the winds of sand and rocks. But the quality sweeping views and sunsets and
Switzerland and South Africa… are still and the surface of the of the light throughout the day, luxurious suites and exceptional
... I visited Mykonos for the first sea becomes a mirror for deep as well as the crystal clarity of service for various marketing
time in the 1980s. Returning in blue, sunny skies. They call them the ocean, more than redeem it and PR purposes, I can do so
2012, I was struck by the amount ‘Halcyon Days’. I really would as a natural beauty. I equally love without inhibitions because it
of new construction as you fly in like to experience that! that you can relax in the lap of is the sunny truth.
over the island. But the magic of It was not difficult to obtain luxury, as service standards are If my Mykonos life story was
Mykonos is such, that once you the "Myconian visa". Becoming seamless and the local cuisine is a book, it would be…
are at sea level, or wandering Myconian at heart and feeling outstanding. And then there’s also …the invisible book, unwritten by
through the streets of Chora, you connected to the Daktylides that mystical sense of place, with hours spent relaxing rather than
experience all of the intimacy and family!... its proximity to the archaeological thinking, taking in the sounds and
island charm. As I have Greek ...on my return to Mykonos in marvels of Delos. scents and temperatures with my Our exquisite elixirs and spa treatments whisk you away
origins on my mother’s side, 2015, I stayed at the Myconian It is important to associate images eyes closed, lying in the shade of to a world of Caribbean relaxation. Exotic oils and the fragrances
visits to the mainland, followed Ambassador and struck up a of Mykonos with my writing. a rare Myconian tree.
by explorations of the islands, personal friendship with the This piece of the Aegean is a of the Caribbean pamper the senses.
were a regular treat throughout manager Vangelis Daktylides constant source of inspiration…
my childhood. Over the years, which has afforded me a unique ...writing about Mykonos has
we discovered many a paradise, insight into the island and its almost become like keeping a Photo: christos Drazos www.lignestbarth.com

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