HORIZONS • EAST/WEST • INFINITY POOL • VIEWING DECKS • SOPHISTICATED • CYCLADIC • PURE • SENSUAL • SUN BLEACHED • BUCOLIC • US TIME • URBANITES • DREAMERS • LOVING • ESCAPISM • INDEPENDENT • SECLUDED • IMEROVIGLI • CALDERA

SANTORINI is more than just a place for honeymooners – although we see why they flock here – it is a place of mystical proportions, jaw dropping vistas and natural beauty, where the panoramic villages cling to the steep slopes reminiscent of cream running down the sides of a cake berg.

Born of a dream, 15 years in the making, you get a sense of the exact detailing that has been bestowed – perched high on the rocks facilitates dramatic views married with a sensitivity to the landscape, customs and climate. This is no ordinary build on the edge of the Caldera.

Smooth layered white interiors reference contemporary lines of design, which are cleverly provoked by the traditional crafted elements of sun bleached woods and quarried stone – this is the signature of identity and locality.

It has soul and captures the mystical spirit of the once charred island using a natural tone against the unmistakable blues of the Aegean.

As legend has it, Aristaios, the son of Apollo and the huntress Cyrene, was sent by the gods to bestow the divine art of cheese-making on the people of Greece. One taste of Kopanisti's rich, peppery taste and you just might believe it.

What is generally thought of as conservative and old fashioned is transformed through Conquistador's cuts and silhouettes into strong and refreshing avant-garde menswear.

The package tourists favourite Greek islands often shill their pale versions of local specialties, hastily thrown together from imported ingredients. Thankfully, Papagalos decided to take a different route.