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Avant Mar
Naoussa Paros, Greece · Independent · High Luxury
In July 2023 Grivalia Hospitality opened Avant Mar on Piperi Beach, a five-minute walk from Naoussa, after spending about thirty million euros on the old three-star Piperi hotel and the land beside it. Tense Architecture Network put cubic blocks toward the village and round volumes toward the sand, with a fifty-five-metre pool between them. Matsuhisa Paros, Nobu Matsuhisa's garden kitchen, was the first of its kind on the island. The main house has thirty-eight rooms and suites, and it belongs to Leading Hotels of the World.
- 38 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Piperi
- Architect: Tense Architecture Network
About Avant Mar
- Five Infinity Suites sit two hundred metres from the main hotel, a small extra cluster with the sea in front of the glass.
- The wellness rooms are run with Orloff Spa Experts and stocked with Cinq Mondes products, in a circular spa between the buildings and the beach.
- Tilemachos Andrianopoulos, Stelios Stylianou, and Mikelina Karydi are the three names on the Tense Architecture Network drawings.
- Nikos Koulis, the Athenian jeweler, keeps a seasonal boutique in the hotel from June through September.
History
Avant Mar opened in July 2023 on Piperi Beach. Grivalia Hospitality put about 30 million euros into renovating the former three-star Piperi hotel and developing the plot beside it. Tense Architecture Network, led by Tilemachos Andrianopoulos, Stelios Stylianou, and Mikelina Karydi, composed the new house as cubic volumes toward Naoussa and circular volumes toward the beach, with a 55-metre pool in between. The main hotel has 38 rooms and suites. Five Infinity Suites were later described two hundred metres along the shore. Matsuhisa Paros brought Nobu Matsuhisa's cooking to the island, the first Nobu-style kitchen on Paros, and it runs in season from about mid-June to mid-September. Thymes is the Greek restaurant. The Bridge is the gin and tonic bar. The spa is operated with Orloff Spa Experts and Cinq Mondes. Nikos Koulis keeps a jewelry shop on the property in summer. The hotel is a member of Leading Hotels of the World.
The setting
Piperi is the beach just outside Naoussa, on the north shore of Paros. The hotel calls the walk into the village about five minutes, so the harbor tavernas and the old port are the evening outing, and the sand is at the door. The five Infinity Suites sit a short way along the same shore.
Restaurants and bars
- Matsuhisa — Restaurant · Japanese · Chef Nobu Matsuhisa
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Pet-friendly
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