54 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY
MYKONOS RIVIERA HOTEL & SPA
MKV Design Completes Chic
New Hotel on Mykonos
Hotel
MKV Design has completed the interior it is illuminated by fibre optic lights embedded
design of Mykonos Riviera Hotel & Spa, a into the walls which shine upwards through the
new 44-guestroom destination overlooking windows and pierce the water like hundreds
the Aegean Sea and the harbour of Hora, of stars twinkling in the night sky. All this life
the island’s buzzy capital town. Just as Hora is reflected and amplified by a fully mirrored
tumbles down the centuries-old cliff face, so the reception desk, while a suspended sculpture
white Cycladic buildings of Mykonos Riviera plays with the notion of a diver plunging through
are also terraced down the rocky terrain. With the ceiling and recurring design features are
a stepped pathway running through the resort established, such as polished concrete finishes
like its spine, and many spaces opening directly and decorative marine rope.
onto the pathway, the development resembles
a series of little village houses, albeit revealing
The library is also directly off the sunken
contemporary pared-back design and many
pathway. A fresh, calm room in which to relax
genius of the design in this space is the deep, or work, it is one of the very few spaces that
glazed “windows” punched through the ceiling looks inwards rather than out to sea. Above,
A sunken pathway is the start of the journey under the pool which transform the lobby the Blu Room is a space for small private events
through the site, leading to the reception lobby into an ethereal underwater experience. By and guest breakfasts with a stunning custom-
which sits below the elevated infinity pool, day, the space is constantly alive, shimmering designed buffet table above which a parade of
only opening out at the far end with a seating with reflections of water and sunlight and lights like elegant sunhats forms an eye-catching
area and windows looking over the sea. The animated by swimmers above. In the evening, display.
luxurious features when the doors are opened.