Koufonisia Hotels & Villas: Where to Stay
Accommodation on Koufonisia is mostly Cycladic-style studios, rooms and apartments on Pano Koufonisi, around the Chora and port and along the east-coast beaches. The one four-star property is the Koufonisia Hotel & Resort; the rest are family-run rooms and studios within a short walk of the harbour or the sand, and the standout self-catering stay is the restored Windmill Villa of 1830. This guide covers the places on the island, hotels first and villas after.
- Only four-star
- Koufonisia Hotel & Resort
- By the port
- Aegeon Hotel
- By the beach
- Charokopou
- Standout villa
- Windmill Villa, 1830
Koufonisia Hotel & Resort
The Koufonisia Hotel & Resort is the only four-star property in the wider Eastern Cyclades, set a short way from the island's clear beaches. It is built amphitheatrically in a garden around a large swimming pool, with a pool bar, a bar-cafe lounge and a breakfast room. The recently renovated hotel offers 56 airy rooms in Cycladic style, all with spacious verandas looking over the garden, the pool and the sea, plus 16 newly added luxury suites. The Filoxenia restaurant serves international and Mediterranean dishes.
Portes Houses
Portes Houses is a Cycladic-style complex 100 metres from Porta beach, furnished in white with natural wood, bamboo and stone. The rooms have LCD satellite TVs and modern bathrooms with Cycladic detail, and some offer free Wi-Fi and a terrace with views of the yard or the Aegean. Guests get free bicycles, breakfast in the room or on the terrace, and a free transfer from the port. Finikas beach is 300 metres away, Italida within 500 metres and Pori 1 km, with tavernas and bars a five-minute walk.
Petros Rooms
Petros Rooms is a Cycladic-style property in Pano Koufonisi, 100 metres from Porta beach, with rooms that have free Wi-Fi and a furnished balcony over the Aegean. Each room has air conditioning, a safe, a fridge, tiled floors and a private bathroom with a shower, and there is a snack bar, a sun terrace and a lounge with sofas and a TV. The centre of Koufonisi lies 200 metres away with bars, shops and fish tavernas. The staff arrange bicycle rental and boat tours to Kato Koufonisi, and a free two-way port transfer is included.
Archipelagos Hotel
The Archipelagos Hotel is a Cycladic-style, self-catering property 50 metres from Ammos beach, with the port and town 1 km away. Its studios and apartments have a kitchenette with a fridge, coffee maker and toaster, air conditioning, a TV and a balcony or patio over the Aegean, and the apartments add an electric oven. Tavernas, seaside bars and mini markets are within walking distance; Pori beach lies 1 km away and Finikas 2.5 km. A free two-way transfer from the port can be arranged.
Charokopou beach studios
Two family-run properties sit right by Charokopou (Harokopou) beach on the east coast. Anatoli Studios stands 100 metres from the beach, with air-conditioned units that have a fridge, a TV, a private bathroom and a balcony or patio over the Aegean, most with a kitchenette; the port is 1.5 km away and staff arrange bicycle rental to beaches such as Fanos and Platia Pounda. Paradise Studios lies 20 metres from the sand, 2.5 km from the port, with self-catering units, air conditioning and a patio, and Pori beach 700 metres away. Both offer a free port transfer.
Aegeon Hotel
The Aegeon Hotel sits right on the main beach in the village of Koufonisi, 100 metres from the port and 200 metres from the island's centre. It is a beachfront hotel with a restaurant and a snack bar, and its air-conditioned rooms have private balconies, a fridge, satellite TV, a safe and views over the Aegean, with free Wi-Fi. A buffet breakfast is served in the rooms or the restaurant, the sea-view lounge bar serves drinks and snacks, and guests get free sun beds and umbrellas on the beach in front. The 24-hour front desk arranges bicycle rental and free transfers to the port and nearby beaches.
More rooms and studios
Several smaller family properties fill out the island. Villa Maria Vekri offers clean studios and apartments around a garden, with a kitchenette, private bathroom, TV, free Wi-Fi and free parking. Niriides Studios is a Cycladic-style property 150 metres from Ammos beach, with air-conditioned studios that have a kitchenette, an LCD satellite TV and a balcony, and beaches such as Finikas, Fanos, Italida and Pori within a 10-minute walk. Melissa Rooms takes up to four people per room, each with air conditioning, a big porch and a TV. The Atlantida Hotel, close to the port, has rooms for two or more with a balcony and a choice of units with or without a kitchen. All make simple, central bases on an island where you walk everywhere.
Villas & self-catering
Koufonisia has few true villas, and the standout is the Windmill Villa, a self-catering house in a class of its own.
The Windmill Villa is a restored stone windmill on the south-west side of Pano Koufonisi, about 1 km from the harbour and 30 metres from the sea. The mill dates from 1830 and worked until 1956, and it is now a listed monument let as a four-star self-catering villa. It has 2 floors with 2 beds on each, a ground-floor kitchen and WC, and a paved courtyard with a view over Naxos, Kato Koufonisi, Glaronisi and Keros, and Amorgos on the far horizon. The whole building is rented as one, from a minimum of 7 nights, with a transfer to and from the port. It is the one self-catering stay on Koufonisia that feels like a small landmark rather than a studio.
