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E DI TOR I A L

BREATHING IN FREEDOM,

LIVING IN LIGHT

Some places don't just welcome salt spray. Behind the postcard beauty lies a soul
you — they change you. untamed — one that refuses to fit into neat cat-
Crete and Mykonos are not destinations you sim- egories, offering instead a raw, exhilarating sense
ply visit; they are worlds you step into, leaving be- of possibility. Here, life isn't curated. It bursts forth,
hind anything predictable, anything confined. They proud and electric.
live and breathe with a fierce independence, refus- At Numo Hotels & Resorts, this untamed spirit finds
ing to be defined by fleeting trends or measured a home — not tamed, not reimagined, but cele-
by any standard of success. Their essence runs brated. Across Crete, their properties — from the
deeper than time itself. serene elegance of Numo Ierapetra, to the playful
In Crete, the mountains still hum with ancient sophistication of The Royal Senses and The Royal
songs, and the olive groves shelter stories that Blue, and the heartfelt charm of Troulis Apart Hotel
stretch across centuries. I remember, long ago, sit- — each capture a different shade of the island’s
ting under the dense shade of a fig tree, where soul. And on Mykonos, the sparkling intimacy of
spirited old men poured raki, cracked walnuts, and Numo Mykonos mirrors the island’s radiant free-
spun tales that blended laughter with legend. Their dom. Crafted thoughtfully and passionately, each
voices rose and fell with the breath of the land it- space invites travelers to reconnect with the au-
self, while the southern sun poured its gold over thentic Greece that still beats powerfully beneath
the Libyan Sea. Today, Crete still carries that same the surface. This magazine was born from that
spirit — unbroken, generous, unafraid. It doesn’t very inspiration: a tribute to places — and people
evolve to please; it deepens, it strengthens, it roots — who refuse to be anything less than themselves.
itself even more firmly in authenticity. As you browse these pages, may you feel the pulse
And Mykonos — ah, Mykonos — is light made of Crete and Mykonos — and may you be inspired
flesh. The island doesn’t just glow; it blazes. In its to follow it, wherever it leads.
narrow lanes and along its wild shores, freedom Elsa Soimiri
dances in every gust of wind and every flash of Publisher, Editor-in-Chief

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