ICING ON THE CAKE

Six miles from the town of Chora and its old port on the Greek island of Mykonos along dusty narrow roads and past donkeys, dilapidated dry-stone walls and picturesque farmsteads dotting the rocky terrain stands a whitewashed home. It’s the holiday house of Australian-born, Londonbased designer and skincare entrepreneur Rebecca Korner, her husband and their twin sons. A sun-filled retreat surrounded by gardens, the property overlooks the bay of Elia and across the Aegean Sea to the far islands of Paros and Naxos in the south.

With its labyrinthine twists and turns, the vernacular architecture of Chora echoes