Pelican Hotel

Eight rooms above the whitewashed lanes of Mýkonos City's School of Fine Arts quarter, the Pelican Hotel sits off Andronikou Street where Cycladic architecture stays residential and the cruise-day crowds thin out by early afternoon.

Rooms are soundproofed and tiled in marble, with private bathrooms, refrigerators, and air conditioning — practical without pretension for a two-star property rated 9.2 across 802 reviews. Breakfast arrives in-room rather than a buffet hall, and a full massage menu runs from back and neck to foot and full-body treatments.

The famous Pelican bird of Mýkonos historically wandered these same backstreets. The sun deck and terrace face the town rather than the port, giving guests a quieter angle on one of the Aegean's most photographed islands.