Mr & Mrs Smith

Villa Orpheus

Mykonos, Greece

Furniture by Jacobsen, Eames and B&B Italia sits alongside a world-class art collection that spans Anton Smit sculptures and Annie Morris works. Combined with the sea-view hilltop location and melt-into-the-horizon infinity pool, Villa Orpheus feels as though it is your own private fantasyland floating in the sky. The attention to detail is unstinting – think Korres products, just-out style magazines and a turn-down service – even junior guests are treated like shipping magnates. And thanks to the friendly, professional Villa Crew staff, guests can feel as though they’ve commandeered their very own boutique hotel.

Need to know

• Rates information May and October, €9,800 a week; June and September, €14,700 a week; July and August, €24,500 a week.
• Ideal for Big families, groups of friends, landmark celebrations.
• Sleeps 8-10
• Property style Traditional all-white Cycladic architecture.
• Grounds Infinity pool and sprawling terraces incorporating pockets of seating areas, edged with landscaped cacti.
• Minimum hire One week, although shorter stays are possible at a 20 per cent rate surcharge.
• Children This is paradise for parents in that little ones have been considered in every sense and most equipment can be provided. As with any villa holiday, keep an eye on toddlers at all times when it comes to the pool and walls surrounding the property. More...
• Also Well-behaved pets can come along provided it is pre-arranged and there is a charge of €150 a week, with beds and bowls laid on. Quintessentially runs the nothing-is-too-much-trouble concierge service.

Floor plan

• Azure waters and cerulean sky are the striking blue backdrop to this wonderful all-white villa.
• Bedrooms

  Billowing muslins and mosquito nets and snow-white linens enhance the ethereality of Orpheus's bedrooms. All the rooms are either fitted with air-conditioning or fans, but they feel naturally cooled by the sea breezes and thick walls and rather wonderfully at night there’s rarely a need to have it on. The rooms best suited to children are downstairs, and they have their own play area; the two main master bedrooms feel quite separate either next door with its own entrance or upstairs next to the dining room.

• Kitchen Upstairs, the kitchen is fitted to a professional-standard with all the fittings and equipment you could need or want. That said, there’s also a restaurant-standard chef on hand should you want to spend as little time in it as possible. Downstairs there is a more low-key kitchen with a dining space perfect for feeding little ones in. One of the bedrooms, the more separate suite, has its own kitchenette too. And the outdoor bar doubles as an alfresco kitchen too so you can also throw together casual meals here as you mingle too.
• Living room There are two reception areas, and as with everywhere in the villa, the sitting room is all-white and utterly chic. Cool by day, cosy by night, artworks play tug of war with that glorious sea view.
• Dining room The elegant upstairs dining area off the main sitting room enjoys glorious sea views. There is also a covered outdoor dining area.
• Poolside The spring-water rim-flow 22m x 9m pool infinity pool is the stuff that photographic dreams are made of. Ramping up its sex appeal is the fixed in-water doubled lounger that means guests can feel as though they are floating without any risk of falling in. It has a 1.2m shallow end and a 3.2m deep end.
• Gardens The outdoor space is mostly terracing, which makes it a fabulous suntrap all day long.
• Private parking There is parking for a number of cars in the gravel driveway.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...