Located in Kifissia, one of Athens's coolest suburbs, this new boutique hotel is a member of the "Yes!" group of hotels and restaurants. The emphasis here is on smart but simple design with a black, white and red colour schemeand artwork by local painter Nikos Papadimitriou. To tie in neatly with the address, there are 21 rooms and suites, a smart 21 Bar-Restaurant and even 21-inch in-room TVs.

Twentyone Hotel, 21 Kolokotroni street, Athens (00 30 210 623 3521; <p> Located in Kifissia, one of Athens's coolest suburbs, this new boutique hotel is a member of the "Yes!" group of hotels and restaurants. The emphasis here is on smart but simple design with a black, white and red colour schemeand artwork by local painter Nikos Papadimitriou. To tie in neatly with the address, there are 21 rooms and suites, a smart 21 Bar-Restaurant and even 21-inch in-room TVs.</p><p>Twentyone Hotel, 21 Kolokotroni street, Athens (00 30 210 623 3521; <a href="http://www.twentyone.gr" <lj-cut>target="NEW">www.twentyone.gr</a>). Doubles start at ?190 (£136), including breakfast.</p><p><b> Belvedere Hotel, Mykonos </b></p><p>More grown-up than the quirky Theoxenia and cosier than Mykonos Blu, the Belvedere is the island's most elegant boutique hotel, a vision of billowing white drapes and theatrical styling. The all-white design encompasses 36 rooms and suites decked out in a kind of "Victoria Beckham does Greek Goddess" look - which is just the kind of clientele the hotel attracts. If you want flashbulbs to pop when you make an entrance at dinner (at the branch of Nobu), this is the place to come. Recent poolside poseurs are said to have included P Diddy and Julien Macdonald