The Wild Hotel by Interni

The Wild is a 5-star boutique cliff side hotel on the less-developed southeast coast of Mykonos, in an area known locally as Kalafatis. It offers 40 suites and villas, and an all-day pool bar where you can sip your favorite beverage whilst taking in the panorama of dazzling Agia Anna Bay and the greater Med and watch the yachts sail in and out of the area.

The hotel gets its name from the “Wild Ones-” fishermen who launched their caïques from this more difficult to navigate shore on Mykonos. The hotel’s philosophy is to create an environment that represents a turn in some measure back to Mykonos’ days of yore, when life was simpler, more stark, more beautiful, and less pretentiously glamorous.

You get the best of both with The Wild- the glamour and nightlife of Mykonos Town, as well as the quiet and seclusion of an out-of-the-way accommodation. There’s a lot of native stone in this hotel, and exposed beams, and thatch-like soffit treatments on the buildings at the pool’s edge. The configuration of the pool is interesting: it’s a long, narrow, semi-serpentine infinity pool which merges seamlessly with the sea beyond the private beach from every point on the hotel’s seaside frontage.

Accessible via a flight of stone-paved steps is a small, sandy, 30m-wide pocket beach protected from the summer’s brisk, northerly meltemi winds by a natural limestone breakwater on its east side, and a low cliff on its west side. That, combined with the fact that the hotel is on the island’s south shore, almost guarantees calm swimming waters every day. There’s a rustic elegance to The Wild, seen in such details as circular placemats made of rushes, distressed wooden benches, wicker seat backs and bottoms, and sturdy tables made of thick, milled, unfinished wood planks.

The hotel offers airport and ferry transfer service, baby chairs at the restaurant, an open air gym, massages at the spa, a parking area, sun beds and umbrellas at the beach, and lots more.

Guests loved the seclusion of the private beach, described as “the most beautiful in Mykonos,” the grounds, the excellent meals, the comfy beds, the breakfast buffet, the interior design elements, with the caveat that it’s about a 20-minute drive into the city.

Suites and Villas

Rooms at The Wild mimic traditional Mykonian elements, with lots of natural light, earth tones toward the lighter part of the colour wheel, and exposed wood in ceiling beams, space dividers, and furniture. Decorative elements, including vases, plates mounted on the walls, furniture, wicker baskets and seat bottoms and throw rugs, are all very Cycladic, but with all the conveniences of modern living.

Amenities include safe deposit box, satellite TV, laundry and ironing service, doctor on request, bell boy service, and a furnished balcony or patio, amongst many others.

Deluxe Double Sea View

The Deluxe Sea view has a timbered ceiling, a pleasant earth tone décor, and sturdy, rustic furnishings. There’s a king size bed, a 43” smart TV, and complimentary Wi-Fi and other amenities. Then there’s that great view of the sea. What more could one want?

Suite Garden View with Private Patio

This suite is heavy on island elements, such as thick rush floor mats, antique woven wall hangings and baskets, wicker furniture, and solid wood coffee tables. Patio is paved with parquet-style all weather flooring, and bounded by thick native stone walls. The Mykonian island vibe is strong in this suite, and will leave lasting memories.

Junior Suite with Sea View

Suite has a furnished terrace with sun beds or loungers and a great view of the sea through the shade of native trees. There’s a king size bed, AC, bath amenities and lots more.

Superior Suite with Sea View

This suite has a wooden room divider, beamed ceilings, Cycladic-style vases, chairs and tables, and a fantastic view of the sea just a few meters away. The look is beautifully spare, elegant, and efficient.

Signature Suite Plunge Pool with Sea View

This is unique accommodation features lots of native stone on the patio walls, a very nice rectangular plunge pool where you can soak in the water as you contemplate the stark beauty of the quieter side of Mykonos. There are lots of little island-style architectural touches such as beamed ceilings and artfully placed amphorae, elegant furnishings, and native plants on the patio.

Unique Two Bedroom Suite Sea View

There’s lots of room for up to 4 guests in this suite, a trellis on the shaded patio, two king size beds, his and her free-standing bowl sinks in the master bedroom, and a plush, wall to wall couch in the living area. 75m2 (800 sq. ft.)

Honeymoon Suite Plunge Pool Sea View

Similar to the Signature Suite Plunge Pool with Sea View, the Honeymoon Suite is just the thing for couples starting their new life together, or even married couples seeking to rekindle their romance.

The Wild Two Bedroom Private Pool Sea View Villa

This airy, light-filled villa is the perfect getaway for up to 4 people. The furnished terrace comes with a private pool and a magnificent view of the bay and the sea in the distance. There are two ensuite bathrooms, two king size beds, a sitting area, lots of bath amenities, and rustic, Cycladic-style furnishings throughout. A great place for a vacation with friends, family, or both. 75m2 (800 sq. ft.)

Authentic Villa with Private Pool and Sea View

This is the roomiest accommodation at The Wild. You get a whopping hundred square meters of space to live out your holiday dream with up to three others. 100m2 (1,075 sq.ft)

Food and Drink

The Wild offers 2 restaurants for your dining and drinking pleasure.

The Taverna serves breakfast at the poolside if you prefer a little sun with your first meal of the day. The Taverna offers beachside service as well. The Taverna also has an all-day fast food menu for such items as souvlaki and hamburgers, as well as salads.

Menu items include pancakes with maple syrup and fresh strawberries and a variety of egg-based dishes for breakfast, and, for later in the day, black angus burgers, grilled chicken skewers, Greek yogurt with fruit in season, and Cycladic salad.

Taverna’s fuller menu for a more complete dining experience includes a kids menu, and such delicious food choices as lasagna with veg, grilled veal steak, catch of the day grilled fish fillet, roasted lamb, and a mixed grill selection of meats.

Raw offers a unique Greek-Japanese menu overseen by the Wild’s on-site chef, Kazuaki Shitamori. Serving dinner only, Raw specializes in sushi, ceviche (fish or shellfish marinated in citrus and seasonings), and various salads, all created from local ingredients on land and sea. In addition, Raw features catch of the day, seared salmon, and seabass carpaccio.

Spa and Wellness

The Wild’s Quiet Zone Spa features a beautiful hydrotherapy waterfall which makes use of a natural-looking cultured rock formation shallow cave from which abundant water flows from an opening in its ceilings. Next to the waterfall are the treatment rooms where experienced massage therapists are ready to apply a massage menu especially tailored to your body’s needs. Among many suggested therapies you can choose the Hydra Ritual, which starts with the hydro massage, followed by an aromatherapy massage and a healing facial which will relax, cleanse, and exfoliate.

In the Area

Mykonos is by any measure the most stimulating of the Aegean islands, what with world figures in the entertainment industries who buzz on in, party hearty for a few days, and then fly off to their next destinations. The island has a reputation for openness and tolerance because of its ancient cosmopolitan past as a critical link on Aegean trade routes which bought people from all over the world to her doorstep. In the modern area Mykonos became a base for archeologists who had uncovered ruins on Delos, the sacred island. Delos was uninhabited, so the closest place to stay was Mykonos. Tourism picked up in the 50’s-60’s when celebrities such as Jackie Kennedy Onassis started to visit. Today the island is packed during the high season, receiving half a million visitors compared to its year-round population of 11,000.

Delos is the closest and by far the most interesting off-island site. Historically, mythologically, and archaeologically, Delos is one of Greece’s most important sites. Birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, Delos was a major cult center, and the goal of pilgrimages for Greeks as far back as 900 BC. Sites on the island include the Terrace of the Lions, the Sacred Lake, the Temple of the Delians, and the house of Dionysos. Only 3km from Mykonos, you could almost swim to Delos.

Mykonos, of course, is famous for its wide-open, somewhat expensive night life. It’s a great place to people watch, and celebrity watch as well, seeing as famous people from all over the globe vacation there every summer. The town itself, however, is well worth exploring for its narrow, twisty streets and classic Cycladic, cube-like, whitewashed architecture with its brightly painted doors. Tradition holds that the narrow network of streets were designed that way to confuse pirates. Walking tours are available.

Little Venice, a district famous for its bars and restaurants, and the much photographed row of colorful buildings set right at the water’s edge, is a great place to watch the sunset.

The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos has artifacts dating as far back to prehistory. Founded in 1905, it’s one of the oldest archaeological museums in Greece.

The windmills of Mykonos are one of the island’s most prominent landmarks, and worth a visit. Dating to the 1500’s, the mills were built to grind grain, but have now become the island’s trademark.

There’s lots of other stuff you can do on Mykonos, from walking the island’s hiking trails, to visiting the colorful Ano Mera village for a calm respite from the noise of the town, to the peace and quiet of the monastery of Paleokastro, to a visit to the unique Mykonos Vioma Organic Farm, an agricultural oasis of calm in the center of the island.

Rizes Folklore Farmstead, towards the central eastern region of the island, is a 5-acre traditional farming complex whose stated purpose is the preservation of ancient agricultural traditions on Mykonos, it features a working traditional home, workshops, livestock, and farming techniques which sustained life on Mykonos for centuries before the tourist boom. There is a restaurant serving traditional Mykonian meals, a cooking class, and bread making demonstration of offer. Horseland features guided horseback riding with rescue horses. Vioma Organic Farm, Rizes Folklore Farmstead, and Horseland all have their own web sites.

All in all, if the yen to further explore Mykonos and its environs as you holiday at The Wild grabs you, there’s lots to see and do.

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