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Katikies hotels
White cave rooms and caldera terraces grow from Oia, with yacht journeys joining the islands.
Katikies brings intimate hotels to the Cyclades, with its roots in the cave rooms and volcanic cliffs of Santorini. Nikos Pagonis opened the first three-room hotel in 1987, and the collection later grew across Santorini and Mykonos while retaining the scale and atmosphere of a small Greek house.
5 Katikies hotels in 1 country on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Founded and led by Nikos Pagonis
- Worldwide: Seven hotels as of 2026 — five on Santorini (Katikies Santorini/Pelagos House, Gea House, Chromata, Katikies Garden, and historically Kirini) and two on Mykonos (Katikies Mykonos and Katikies Villas Mykonos) — all in Greece; the atlas covers four of the seven
- On the atlas: 4 Grand Luxury, 1 Core Luxury
History
Nikos Pagonis developed the first Katikies from three rooms in Oia’s volcanic rock. Cave suites, terraces, and pools became part of a recognizable Cycladic language as the collection grew. Outside investment in 2018 accompanied its move to Mykonos, carrying the intimate scale into a second island setting.
Timeline
- 1987 — Nikos Pagonis carves three rooms and a single pool into the volcanic rock below Oia, founding Katikies Villa Santorini, the seed of the entire brand and, by most accounts, the first purpose-built cave hotel on the island.
- ~2005 — Katikies Kirini opens on the westernmost edge of Oia, the group's second Santorini property, quieter and more private than the flagship
- 2008 — Katikies Chromata opens in Imerovigli, the brand's second Santorini hotel by location, cascading down the caldera around the preserved San Nikolaos Cave House, a Venetian-era pirate lookout point.
- 2018 — SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine announces an investment in Katikies Group, backing further expansion; Katikies Mykonos opens above Agios Ioannis bay, the brand's first leap off Santorini.
- 2019 — Katikies Villas Mykonos opens near Elia Beach, the group's second Mykonos property, with multi-level one- to three-bedroom villa accommodations.
- 2019 — Katikies Garden opens 15 June in Fira, built inside a former Catholic monastery, the group's sixth Santorini-area hotel and its first family-friendly property, with Selene, an island fine-dining mainstay since 1986, on-site.
- 2025 — The inaugural MICHELIN Guide Greece selection awards One Key each to three Katikies hotels in Oia (Katikies Santorini, Gea House, and sister properties), while Katikies Santorini also holds a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star rating; Katikies Kirini is folded into the flagship Katikies Santorini as its wellness-leaning "Gea House" wing.
- 2026 — Katikies operates seven hotels across Santorini and Mykonos, all still under founder Nikos Pagonis's leadership.
The houses to know
- Katikies Santorini - Gea House, Santorini, Greece — One of Oia's earliest boutique hotels, now reborn as the flagship's wellness-leaning wing.
- Katikies Santorini, Santorini, Greece — Katikies grew from three rooms carved into Oia’s volcanic rock into the collection’s Santorini flagship.
- Katikies Chromata Santorini, Santorini, Greece — Built around a Venetian-era pirate lookout at the highest point in Imerovigli village.
- Katikies Mykonos, Mykonos, Greece — The brand's first leap off Santorini after three decades on a single island.
- Katikies Kirini Santorini, Oia, Greece — The hotel is in Oia, Greece.
Newest openings
- No new Katikies property has opened in the last 12–24 months; the brand's most recent openings were Katikies Villas Mykonos and Katikies Garden Santorini, both in 2019. The group's most recent structural news is internal: Katikies Kirini's 2000-era building was reworked and folded into the flagship Katikies Santorini as its "Gea House" wing, and the property earned One MICHELIN Key in the guide's inaugural 2025 Greece selection.
Opening next
- No confirmed new-build pipeline is publicly disclosed as of mid-2026. Trade coverage of Santorini and Mykonos luxury development suggests continued interest in the region from multiple operators, but no announced Katikies expansion beyond the current seven-hotel, two-island footprint.
Every Katikies hotel on the atlas
Greece
- Katikies Chromata Santorini — Santorini · Grand Luxury
- Katikies Mykonos — Mykonos · Grand Luxury
- Katikies Santorini — Santorini · Grand Luxury
- Katikies Santorini - Gea House — Santorini · Grand Luxury
- Katikies Kirini Santorini — Oia · Core Luxury
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