{"id":22104,"date":"2026-09-22T15:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/greece-has-74-michelin-key-hotels-world-has-155-three-keys-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:25:38","slug":"greece-has-74-michelin-key-hotels-world-has-155-three-keys-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/greece-has-74-michelin-key-hotels-world-has-155-three-keys-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Has 74 Michelin Key Hotels; World Has 155 Three Keys \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelin has published its 2026 hotel Keys. The global list now holds 2,832 Key hotels<\/strong>: 155 Three Keys<\/strong>, 657 Two Keys<\/strong> and 2,020 One Keys<\/strong>. Eighteen hotels receive Three Keys for the first time.<\/h3>\n
Greece has 74 Key hotels<\/strong> and about 200 more<\/strong> in the wider Selection. Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel <\/strong>Athens<\/strong> is the only Greek hotel with Three Keys<\/strong>. It also ranks 27th on the 2026 World\u2019s 50 Best Hotels list.<\/p>\n
Three Keys, Michelin says, mark one of the world\u2019s most remarkable stays.<\/p>\n
New Three Keys around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n
Michelin added 18 Three Key hotels this year: six in Asia, eight in Europe, two in Oceania, one in Africa and one in the Americas.<\/p>\n
Only two properties entered the guide already on Three Keys<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
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Airelles Palladio, Venice<\/strong> \u2014 also Michelin\u2019s Opening of the Year. Four heritage buildings on Giudecca, opposite St Mark\u2019s, with Venice\u2019s largest spa, three pools and restaurants from Nobu Matsuhisa, Norbert Niederkofler and C\u00e9dric Grolet.<\/li>\n
France: Ch\u00e2teau de la Ch\u00e8vre d\u2019Or, \u00c8ze<\/strong>; Le Couvent des Minimes<\/strong><\/li>\n
Switzerland: Beau-Rivage Palace, Lake Geneva<\/strong>; Kulm Hotel, St Moritz<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Elsewhere Michelin highlights Southern Ocean Lodge, Australia<\/strong>, and Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Costa Rica<\/strong>, on the Papagayo Peninsula. Atlantis The Royal, Dubai<\/strong>, remains the UAE\u2019s only Three Key hotel.<\/p>\n
France and Italy lead Europe with about 220 Keys each. Europe as a whole now has 1,338<\/strong> Key hotels.<\/p>\n
Greece: Two Keys (9)<\/strong> Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens; THE DOLLI at Acropolis, Athens; Aristi Mountain Resort, Zagori; Eliamos Villas, Kefalonia; Amanzoe, Peloponnese; Kinsterna, Monemvasia; Tainaron Blue Retreat, Mani; Grace Hotel, Santorini; Aristide Hotel, Syros.<\/p>\n
Greece: One Key<\/strong> The remaining 63<\/strong> One Key hotels stretch from Athens and Thessaloniki to Crete, the Cyclades, the Ionian islands, the Peloponnese, Rhodes, Kos, Zagori and Lake Plastiras \u2014 including One&Only Aesthesis, Xenodocheio Milos, Kalesma Mykonos, Katikies Santorini, Euphoria Retreat at Mystras and Porto Zante on Zakynthos.<\/p>\n
Astir Palace now sits in the same Three Key band as Venice\u2019s new Airelles Palladio and the Maldives\u2019 Soneva Secret \u2014 a short Greek list at the very top, and a much longer one just below.<\/p>\n
Sources: Michelin Guide 2026 Key selection (18 September 2026); Greek Key list as previously supplied.<\/em><\/p>\n
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