About us
NisakiHotels.com is an independent editorial project that brings together places to stay with character all over Greece: hotels, guest houses, holiday homes, villas and rooms in private homes, from the Peloponnese to Crete, from the Cyclades to Corfu. The site is free for travellers: we may receive a small commission from our booking partners when you book through our links, at no extra cost to you.
Some places to stay are forgotten the next morning; others are remembered for years. The first kind do the job: a clean room, a breakfast, a key. The second have something more, hard to measure and easy to recognise: a captain’s house patiently restored, a courtyard shaded by a vine, a family who tells you which beach you can walk to and which taverna to trust. Those are the places that become, for a few days, your own little island, and those are the ones we look for.
What we do
We look for, document and describe places to stay all over Greece in detailed pages: what the place is like, which room types it has, what services it offers, what is nearby and what past guests point out. The pages are organised by region, island and town, so you can compare at your own pace and really choose, instead of booking the first result on an endless list.
How we choose
We do not publish endless lists. We start from thousands of properties and keep those backed by enough reviews from real guests, photographs and complete information, and by something that sets them apart: a story, a setting, a way of welcoming people. Those that do not meet these criteria do not make it into the guide.
A selection, not a list
Only properties with enough guest reviews, photos and complete information get in. We prefer fewer, better pages.
Carefully kept information
Every page is built from the property’s public information and its guests’ reviews. Prices and availability change: always check the latest on the booking site.
For every traveller
A stone house in a mountain village to unwind, a guest house in the old town for a weekend, a villa with a pool for the whole family: a warm welcome is not a question of budget.
Properties do not pay to be in the guide and cannot buy what we write about them. When a place does not convince us, it simply does not appear.
Our independence and transparency
NisakiHotels.com is funded through affiliate links: if you book through our links, the booking partner may pay us a small commission. The price you pay is exactly the same, and the commission does not change what we write or which properties we choose. If a property is ever featured on the homepage under a commercial agreement, we will say so clearly.
We write every page from the property’s own information and its guests’ reviews. Even so, a page may contain errors, and prices, services and conditions change over time: always check the important details before booking. We explain everything in our disclaimer.
Why “Nisaki”?
Because nisaki is what Greeks fondly call a little island, and every good place to stay is a bit like one: a small world with its own rhythm. It is the feeling of the first evening on the terrace, of the swim before breakfast, of the owner who waited up for you even though your ferry arrived late. It has nothing to do with size or luxury: there are five-star hotels that leave you indifferent and guest houses with a handful of rooms you never forget. We look for the latter.
Where we are today
The guide covers the whole of Greece, from the mainland to the islands of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. Today it brings together more than 50 places to stay in more than 11 towns and villages across 1 regions, and it can be read in 2 languages.
You can explore it by region, by island, by town or by type of accommodation. Every page takes you to the booking site to see the price and availability for your dates. And we keep adding properties and destinations.
Part of the Atlante Minore network
NisakiHotels.com is part of Atlante Minore, the editorial project that brings our travel guides together: one for each country, written in its own language, with the same criteria for choosing places to stay and the same care in every listing.
Do you run a place to stay in Greece?
We like getting to know people who welcome their guests with care. Write to us through our contact page — also if you spot something that is not correct on one of our pages.
Write to usFrequently asked questions
Is NisakiHotels.com a booking site?
No. We are an editorial guide: we do not handle bookings or payments. When you choose a property, the link takes you to our booking partner’s site, where you see the final price and complete your booking.
Does it cost anything to use the site?
No. Browsing the guide is free, and booking through our links costs nothing extra: you pay the same as you would by going directly to the booking site.
What do you mean by a place to stay with Greek warmth?
A place to stay with character, the kind you remember: for the building, the setting, the way you are welcomed. It can be a boutique hotel, a stone house in a village, a family-run guest house or a villa looking out to sea: it does not depend on category or price.
Which areas does the guide cover?
The whole of Greece: the mainland, from Thrace to the Peloponnese, and the islands, from Crete to the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, the Ionian Islands and the North Aegean. You can start from the regions page.