Regardless, this is a hotel you don’t want to miss. It is also an island you don’t want to miss. First inhabited in 3000BC and later settled by Phoenicians and Cretans, it is popular with the moneyed Athenians due to its proximity to the capital, but its mountainous terrain, mixed with fertile valleys remains largely unspoilt. Known for its wine, honey and almonds, its particular dry-stone walls with regularly spaced vertical standing stones, which cover the landscape differentiate it from the other islands. Its capital is charming, red terracotta-tiled roofs and colourful facades switch up the white-washed Greek norm.