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Summer Senses Luxury Resort
Marpissa, Greece · Independent · Core Luxury
Summer Senses opened in May 2019 as the first five-star hotel on Paros, on the slope above Punda Beach near Marpissa. A concrete frame had stood there for about a decade. Vangelis Stylianidis and the office 3SK turned it into a low white village: forty-five rooms and fifty-five suites. Galazia Hytra is the only outpost of Athens's Michelin-starred Hytra. Forbes Travel Guide awarded four stars for 2026.
- 100 rooms
- Opened 2019
- Neighborhood: Punda Beach
- Architect: Vangelis Stylianidis (3SK Stylianidis)
About Summer Senses Luxury Resort
- The resort is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, and three swimming pools on the hill cover more than a thousand square metres.
- Ekter built the hotel for Energeiakos Komvos between 2017 and 2019, at a cost of about 10.9 million euros.
- Punda Beach is a two-minute walk downhill. Along this eastern shore, Piso Livadi is the harbor for an evening taverna.
History
For about ten years an unfinished concrete frame sat on the east coast of Paros, above what is now Punda Beach. Energeiakos Komvos hired Ekter to finish a hotel there, work that ran from 2017 to 2019 at a cost of about 10.9 million euros. Vangelis Stylianidis and the architectural office 3SK broke the frame into a low Cycladic village. Summer Senses opened in May 2019 with 45 rooms and 55 suites, one hundred keys in all, and was written up at the time as the first five-star hotel on the island. HIP Hospitality, under Panos Pantazopoulos, managed the opening. Three pools cover more than a thousand square metres. Galazia Hytra is a collaboration with Hytra, the Michelin-starred restaurant in Athens, and Greek Gastronomy Guide calls it the only Hytra outside the capital. Forbes Travel Guide awarded four stars for 2026. The hotel is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
The setting
The resort stands on the eastern edge of Paros, above Punda Beach in the Marpissa area, about two minutes down to the sand. Piso Livadi, the nearby fishing harbor, is the walk for a taverna. Paros airport is roughly nineteen kilometres away. Naoussa and the rest of the island are a drive across the interior.
Experiences
- Meeting room — New meeting room with natural daylight and views, seating up to 50 in theatre style.
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
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