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Luxury Villas in Greece
Private villas with a chef, a house team and a 24/7 concierge arranged around your week, from the white islands of the Cyclades to Crete, the green coast of Corfu and the quiet bays of the Peloponnese.
Haute Retreats offers private villas on eleven Greek islands and regions, from Mykonos, Santorini and Paros in the Cyclades to Crete, Corfu and the Ionian islands, the coast of the Peloponnese and Halkidiki, for families and groups of up to forty. Every booking includes a 24/7 concierge, and at most of our houses a private chef can join the stay: in some the chef is part of the house team, in others we book one for the meals you choose. Tell us your dates and your group: a Greece specialist replies within 24 hours with three to five villas that fit, and their current rates.
Signature villas
Three signature villas in Greece
A starting point across the Aegean and the Ionian: a fully staffed house above Mykonos Town, a villa for sixteen on Santorini with live-in staff, and an estate on the green coast of Corfu.
Villa Zeus
A fully staffed house on the hill above Mykonos Town, 2.5 kilometers from the old town, with a chef, a butler and breakfast every morning, a hammam, a gym and a chapel of its own. The infinity pool faces the sunset.
O’Santo Villa
A whitewashed house reached along a cobbled path lined with olive trees, four minutes by car from Imerovigli and about a quarter of an hour from the airport. Live-in staff, breakfast every day and daily housekeeping come with the stay.
Villa Ultima Corfu
A house of about 1,000 square meters at Nissaki, on the northeast coast of Corfu, where every suite has its own dressing room and bathroom and the sea is in view from sunrise to sunset. Fully staffed, about 40 minutes by car from Corfu airport.
Where to stay
Villas in Greece by island and region
Greece has two seas, the Aegean and the Ionian, and more than a hundred inhabited islands, and each one suits a different kind of week. These are the places where our villas are, and who each one suits.
Mykonos
The most sought-after island of the Cyclades: the beach clubs of Psarou, the old town and its restaurants, and the large estates of the east coast. It holds the largest part of our Greek collection.
- Villa Tan5 bedrooms · sleeps 10
- Villa Pyrrhus9 bedrooms · sleeps 19
- Mykonos Estate20 bedrooms · sleeps 40
Santorini
On the caldera, Oia and Imerovigli look west across the water to the sunset; to the south, Akrotiri is quieter, and Villa Regal stands on its caldera cliff.
- O’Santo Villa8 bedrooms · sleeps 16
- Villa Regal7 bedrooms · sleeps 14
- Eden Villa6 bedrooms · sleeps 12
Paros
A quieter Cyclades summer, with whitewashed villages, long beaches and Antiparos across the strait. Our houses are at Santa Maria and Ambelas on the northeast coast, and at Makria Miti, looking across to Antiparos.
- Grand Ambassador Villa5 bedrooms · sleeps 10
- Villa Lydia5 bedrooms · sleeps 10
- Majestic5 bedrooms · sleeps 10
Crete
Greece’s largest island and the one most families ask about, with villas around the bay of Mirabello near Elounda, near Heraklion and around Chania in the west. Heraklion and Chania are about an hour from Athens by air.
Corfu and the Ionian islands
Olive and cypress trees run down to a clear sea at Nissaki, on Corfu. On Kefalonia our villa is at Agia Efimia, and on Lefkada, Perigiali looks across to the islands of Meganisi and Skorpios.
- Villa Ultima Corfu6 bedrooms · sleeps 12
- Kefalonia Grande Horizon5 bedrooms · sleeps 11
- Villa Veneziano5 bedrooms · sleeps 14
The Peloponnese, Halkidiki and Sifnos
Kilada, on the Argolic coast of the Peloponnese, two and a half hours by road from Athens; Diaporos island, off the Sithonia peninsula in Halkidiki; and the village of Vathi on Sifnos, among olive groves a few minutes from the beach.
- Kilada on the Rocks5 bedrooms · sleeps 9
- Villa Sithonia 110 bedrooms · sleeps 20
- Verina8 bedrooms · sleeps 16
The best Greek islands for luxury villas
Which island suits which trip, the short answer. A specialist will refine it once we know your dates and your group.
| Island or region | Best for | From Athens | Our villas there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mykonos | Beach clubs, restaurants, a social summer | Under an hour by air, or a high-speed ferry | Villa Zeus, Villa Tan, Mykonos Estate |
| Santorini | Couples, the caldera, the sunsets | Under an hour by air | O’Santo Villa, Villa Regal, Eden Villa |
| Paros | A calmer Cyclades week | Under an hour by air, or by ferry | Grand Ambassador Villa, Villa Lydia, Majestic |
| Crete | Large families, long stays | About an hour by air to Heraklion or Chania | Palace, Grape, Duchess, Bliss House and seven more |
| Corfu | Green landscapes, calm water | About an hour and a quarter by air | Villa Ultima Corfu |
| Kefalonia and Lefkada | Quiet bays and days on a boat | About an hour and a quarter to Kefalonia; an hour to Preveza for Lefkada | Kefalonia Grande Horizon, Villa Veneziano |
| The Peloponnese | A villa within a drive of Athens | Two and a half hours by road to Kilada | Kilada on the Rocks |
| Halkidiki | Coves and the sea by boat | About an hour by air to Thessaloniki, then by road | Villa Sithonia 1 |
| Sifnos | Food and a slower island | By ferry from Piraeus | Verina |
Flight times are the airlines’ scheduled times from Athens; ferry crossings depend on the boat and the season. Your concierge times every transfer to your flights.
At the table
Greece villas with a private chef
Most of our Greek villas can have a chef. What changes from house to house is whether the chef is part of the team, cooks breakfast, or comes for the meals you choose, and we set it out in writing before you book.
A chef in the house team
At Villa Zeus and Mykonos Estate on Mykonos, a private chef cooks breakfast every morning, and Villa Zeus has a butler as well. Villa Ultima Corfu is fully staffed, with breakfast for every guest and a house manager on hand each day.
Breakfast included, dinners on request
O’Santo Villa on Santorini has live-in staff and breakfast every day, and Villa Regal serves breakfast daily with a turndown in the evening; at Villa Sithonia 1 in Halkidiki and Kilada on the Rocks, breakfast is part of the stay. A chef for lunches and dinners is added through your concierge.
A chef booked by the meal
On Crete, Paros and Lefkada, houses such as Palace, Duchess, Bliss House, Villa Lydia and Villa Veneziano offer a private chef on request: one dinner, every evening, or a long lunch by the pool, planned with you before you arrive.
Cooking at the villa
Villa Lydia on Paros offers cooking lessons and Kilada on the Rocks cooking classes, and on Crete a private chef can teach the island’s cooking in your kitchen. The chef and the groceries are quoted with the villa for your dates.
Looking for a full house team? See our fully staffed villas.
Groups and families
Villas in Greece for large groups
Our largest Greek houses, by the number of guests each one sleeps. For a wedding, a milestone birthday or three generations together, tell us the group and we match the house.
| Sleeps | Villa | Where | Bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 guests | Mykonos Estate | Kalo Livadi, Mykonos | 20 |
| 20 guests | Villa Sithonia 1 | Diaporos island, Halkidiki | 10 |
| 19 guests | Villa Pyrrhus | Agios Lazaros, Mykonos | 9 |
| 17 guests | Villa Zeus | Agia Sophia, Mykonos | 9 |
| 16 guests | O’Santo Villa | Santorini | 8 |
| 16 guests | Palace | Elounda, Crete | 8 |
| 16 guests | Grape | Elounda, Crete | 8 |
| 16 guests | Verina | Vathi, Sifnos | 8 |
| 14 guests | Villa Regal | Akrotiri, Santorini | 7 |
| 14 guests | Duchess | near Heraklion, Crete | 7 |
| 14 guests | Bliss House | Ravdoucha, Crete | 6 |
| 14 guests | Villa Veneziano | Perigiali, Lefkada | 5 |
| 12 guests | Eden Villa | Oia, Santorini | 6 |
| 12 guests | Villa Ultima Corfu | Nissaki, Corfu | 6 |
| 12 guests | Serenelle | Lasithi, Crete | 6 |
| 12 guests | Pamela | Elounda, Crete | 6 |
For ten or eleven guests: Villa Tan on Mykonos; Grand Ambassador Villa, Villa Lydia and Majestic on Paros; Kefalonia Grande Horizon; and Suzette, Cecile, Mima and Villa Terra Creta on Crete. With children, Grape near Elounda and Verina on Sifnos each have a playground, and Verina a tennis court. Bedrooms and guests as listed for each villa.
Crete
Villas in Crete: east, center and west
Crete is the largest Greek island, and eleven of our villas are here, in three areas that feel like different islands. Choose the area first, then the house.
Elounda and the bay of Mirabello
In the east, around Elounda and Agios Nikolaos: Palace and Grape sleep sixteen, Pamela twelve, and Cecile and Mima ten; Mima stands across a quiet street from the beach. Heraklion airport is 60 to 70 kilometers away.
Around Heraklion
Duchess, for fourteen, and Suzette, for eleven, are about 20 kilometers from Heraklion airport, and Suzette is 200 meters from a quiet, undeveloped beach. Elisa, at Paleokastro, is a house for six.
Chania and the west
Villa Terra Creta, for ten, is ten minutes by car from the old town of Chania. Bliss House, for fourteen, is at Ravdoucha, about two kilometers from the beach, with a steam sauna and a private chef on request.
Getting to Crete
Heraklion and Chania both have international airports, about an hour by air from Athens. The east and the west of the island are about three hours apart by road, which is why the area matters more than on a smaller island.
Find the right villa
Find the right villa in Greece
The questions guests ask us most, with the page that answers each one.
- Mykonos, Santorini or Paros?How the three islands of the Cyclades compare for a villa stay.
- Staffed villasOur collection of houses where a chef and a house team come with the stay.
- Villas for large groupsOur largest houses, for families and friends traveling together.
- Mykonos villas with sea viewsThe houses on the island with the widest views of the Aegean.
- Santorini villas for a honeymoonPrivate pools and sea views for two.
- Getting to Greece from the USThe nonstop flights to Athens and the last leg to the islands.
Speak to a specialist
Speak to a Greece villa specialist
Tell us who is coming, the dates and what the week is for, from a family summer by the sea to two islands in one trip. The specialist who plans the stay replies within 24 hours with a private shortlist, and stays with you until you fly home. Behind every stay is our concierge team, led by Monica.
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The Haute Retreats difference
What a stay with Haute Retreats includes
Greece has a great many villas to rent. What we add is the planning before you arrive and the people on the island while you are there.
The Haute Standard
A 21-day pre-arrival protocol on every booking: preferences and dietary needs captured, the house team briefed, provisioning set, transfers timed to your flights, and a written run-of-stay before you leave home.
Every hour of housekeeping in writing
Staff and hours differ from villa to villa, and we set them out before you pay. At Palace on Crete, for example, housekeeping runs six days a week; at Villa Lydia on Paros, towels and linen are changed twice a week.
Two islands, one stay
A week on Mykonos and a week on Paros, or Santorini and then Crete: we plan both villas, the ferry or the flight between them and the transfers at each end as one stay.
A concierge on every island
Private chefs, boats to the beaches you cannot reach by road, tables in Chora, Oia and Naousa, drivers and transfers, arranged by your 24/7 concierge.
Destination guide
Greece villa rentals: the complete guide
A villa is the way to have the Greek islands on your own terms: a pool of your own above the sea, lunch at a taverna on the beach, and dinner at home or in the old town of the island, with the house team and your concierge looking after the rest.
Where the best villas are
The Cyclades hold the most famous houses. On Mykonos they sit above the beach clubs of Psarou, on the hills above the old town and on the long beaches of the east coast; on Santorini they line the caldera at Oia and Imerovigli, with Akrotiri quieter to the south; and Paros, a short ferry ride from Mykonos, has a calmer pace. Crete, the largest island, has the space for big family houses around Elounda and west of Heraklion. In the Ionian Sea, Corfu, Kefalonia and Lefkada are green, with calm water. On the mainland, Kilada is a drive from Athens, and Halkidiki is reached from Thessaloniki.
Wellness at the villa
Villa Zeus has a hammam and a gym, and Bliss House on Crete a steam sauna; at Villa Terra Creta and Kilada on the Rocks, yoga and massage can be booked at the house. Most of our Greek villas have five to nine bedrooms; the largest are listed above, in villas for large groups.
Getting to Greece from the United States
Athens is the gateway. It is served nonstop from New York, Newark, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago and Dallas, mostly from spring to autumn, in about nine to ten hours from the East Coast; for summer 2027 Delta adds Detroit and Alaska Airlines adds Seattle. From Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and Paros are under an hour by air, Crete and Rhodes about an hour, and Corfu and Kefalonia about an hour and a quarter. Leave three hours for the connection in Athens on your first entry into Europe, for the biometric border check. Our guide to getting to Mykonos from the US has the details.
Staff, chefs and minimum stays
What comes with the house differs from villa to villa, and we set it out in writing before you book. Villa Zeus and Villa Ultima Corfu are fully staffed; O’Santo Villa has live-in staff and breakfast every day; at Eden Villa the rate includes butler service and return transfers; at Kilada on the Rocks, breakfast, daily cleaning and an SUV are included. Minimum stays vary by house and by week, and we confirm them for your dates.
When to go
The best time to visit Greece
The island season runs from spring to October. Mykonos is number 8 in our Billionaire Villa Index, and the best houses across the islands are booked well ahead.
Spring
Wild flowers, quiet beaches and Greek Easter, on May 2 in 2027. The sea is still cool for swimming.
Early summer
Long days and a warming sea, before the busiest weeks.
High summer
Every island at its busiest, and the weeks that book first. In the Cyclades the meltemi, the summer north wind, can blow for days; the Ionian islands are calmer.
Late season
A warm sea and a gentler pace. From October, seasonal restaurants and some ferry routes begin to close.
Book 9 to 12 months ahead for June to September and the holidays, and 6 to 9 months ahead for spring and autumn.
Questions
Greece villa rentals: your questions answered
Which Greek islands are best for luxury villas?
It depends on the trip. Mykonos for the beach clubs and a social summer; Santorini for couples and the caldera sunsets; Paros for a calmer Cyclades week; Crete for large families and long stays; Corfu and the Ionian islands for green landscapes and calm water; and the Peloponnese for a villa within a drive of Athens.
Can we have a private chef in a Greek villa?
Yes, at most of our houses. At Villa Zeus and Mykonos Estate a private chef cooks breakfast every morning, and Villa Ultima Corfu is fully staffed; at houses such as Palace and Duchess on Crete, Villa Lydia on Paros and Villa Veneziano on Lefkada, a chef is booked for the meals you choose. We plan the menus with you before you arrive and quote the chef with the villa.
Are there all-inclusive villas in Greece?
Not in the resort sense, but a villa can come close. Some houses include breakfast and daily staff, and a chef, a stocked kitchen, a driver and a boat can be added. We set out everything included, and what is extra, in writing before you book.
Which villas in Greece suit large groups?
Mykonos Estate sleeps 40 in 20 bedrooms, Villa Sithonia 1 in Halkidiki sleeps 20, Villa Pyrrhus on Mykonos 19 and Villa Zeus 17. O'Santo Villa on Santorini, Palace and Grape on Crete and Verina on Sifnos each sleep 16.
Is Greece good for a family villa holiday?
Yes. Crete is the easiest for families: Grape, near Elounda, has a playground for children, and Duchess, near Heraklion, has wheelchair-friendly features for older guests. On Sifnos, Verina, at Vathi, has a playground and a tennis court.
Where are the best villas on Crete?
In three areas: around Elounda and the bay of Mirabello in the east, near Heraklion in the center, and around Chania in the west. Elounda has the largest houses, such as Palace and Grape for sixteen guests. Heraklion and Chania both have airports, about an hour by air from Athens.
When is the best time to rent a villa in Greece?
From late May to early October. June and September bring warm days and fewer people; July and August are the busiest weeks, and in the Cyclades the meltemi, the summer north wind, can blow for days. Greek Easter, on May 2 in 2027, opens the season.
How far in advance should we book a villa in Greece?
Nine to twelve months ahead for June to September and the holidays, and six to nine months ahead for spring and autumn. The largest villas and the weeks of July and August go first.
How do we get to the Greek islands from the United States?
Fly overnight to Athens, served nonstop from New York, Newark, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago and Dallas, mostly from spring to autumn. From Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and Paros are under an hour by air and Crete about an hour, or take a ferry from Piraeus or Rafina. Leave three hours for the connection in Athens on your first entry into Europe. Your concierge times the transfer to the villa.
Can we combine two Greek islands in one trip?
Yes. Mykonos and Paros, or Santorini and Crete, are linked by ferries in summer, and every island on this page is a short flight from Athens. We plan the two villas, the crossing and the transfers as one stay.
How do we choose a villa rental company in Greece?
Ask whether the staff and their hours are set out in writing before you pay, who answers on the island when something goes wrong, and how the arrival is planned. With Haute Retreats, every stay has a 24/7 concierge, a 21-day pre-arrival plan, and the staff, hours and services written into the confirmation.
How much does it cost to rent a luxury villa in Greece?
It depends on the villa, the island, the week and the size of the group: July and August are the highest. We quote current rates for your dates, with the staff and services included set out in writing.
The journal
Plan your trip: our Greece guides
Plan your villa stay in Greece
Tell us your dates and your group: a Greece specialist replies within 24 hours with three to five villas that fit, and their current rates.
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Collection updated November 2026