PHOTOS CHRISTOS DRAZOS, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
I’m sipping chilled white wine, reclining on the sun lounger on my balcony, and luxuriating in a panoramic view of Mother Nature’s finest work. The most taxing decision I’ll have to make all day is whether or not to take a dip in my own private hot tub. A moment’s contemplation in the midday Mediterranean sun and I decide why the hell not? After all, I’ve never had my own private hot tub before. Heck, I’ve never so much as dipped my little toe in someone else’s hot tub before. Surely it would be rude not to at least give it a go. I’ve just arrived for a long weekend on the island of Mykonos and oh, my Greek goddess, I needed this.
I can’t quite believe that just yesterday I was in sweaty, stressed-out, smelly old London, on a rammed tube carriage, my face pressed up dangerously close to a stranger’s pungent armpit. Is the never-ending grind knackering you right out? Are you, quite frankly, frazzled from the 24/7 stress of your nine-to-five? Then I can recommend no better remedy than a blissful stay at Kouros Hotel & Suites (kouroshotelmykonos.gr). It’s five-star luxury with bells on. It’s all so chic and romantic, I feel like I’m on honeymoon with myself. This stupendous place is a salve for my weary soul. As I soak up the vitamin D and discover the joys of the button that makes the water go all bubbly, I feel the stresses of city life melting away. I lean back in my(!) jacuzzi, take another – admittedly slightly smug – sip, and Face- Time my girlfriend in disbelief at the glow-up my life just got.