Overview to Mykonos Island: Travel Guide and Tourist Information

  Mykonos Beach at Sunset

Along with neighboring island Ios, Mykonos is, by turns, one of the Aegean’s most laidback and liveliest spots. Here, the routine of life is a simple but satisfying one: beach to bar and bar to beach, repeated over and over again.

The first thing to say about the Mykonos beaches is that they are, for the most part, nudist... Boasting bright white sands and emerald blue waters, they’re also too many to mention and cater for just about every possible taste.

They range from the quieter, more secluded spots of Panormos and Agios Stefanos (to the north and northwest) to posh Psarou (in the southwest) and the big party beaches of Paradise and Super Paradise (to the south).

But just because Mykonos is a party destination for so many doesn’t mean that, away from the beach bars and clubs, another - altogether less riotous - place isn't hidden. And, a short boat trip away, the World Heritage Site of Delos contains the evocative ruins of the Temple of Apollo.

By day, Mykonos Town itself is a pleasant spot, with the area known as ‘Little Venice’, incredibly striking and vibrantly colorful. Among Kastro’s confusing maze of twisting streets and narrow alleys lie perhaps the island’s main ‘sights’; the churches of Paraportiani and the famous windmills.

A challenger to that title comes in the form – slightly unusually – of a bird; a pelican called Petros, to be precise. Driven ashore by a storm many years ago, the cult of Petros continues in the form of several other superstar birds who noisily clamor for fish.

Mykonos Island does what Greek Islands do so well: long, lazy spells on the beach during the day followed by wild partying when the sun sinks into the sea. And if that’s what you’re looking for, there’s practically no way it can disappoint.

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