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MÝKONOS Did You Know? Mýkonos

According to legend, Piraeus, Faros Armenistis Fókos
Rafína, Sýros,
ΜΎΚΟΝΟΣ the rocks on Mýkonos Pátmos, Ikaría Ágios Sóstis Beach
Beach
were formed from the Ágios Pánormos
k 3 km (2 miles) SE of Mýkonos town g Mýkonos town bodies of giants. Páros, Náxos, Stéfanos Klouvás Bay Moní
EXPERIENCE The Cyclades n Harbourfront, Mýkonos town; www.mykonos.gr the waterside district. Built on Delos Ioannis Mýkonos Ornós Mýkonos Beach Ano Merá Kalafáti
@ Polykandrióti, Mýkonos town (for north of island);
Toúrlos
Palaiokástrou
on road to Ornós, Mýkonos town (for south of island)
Town
Although Mýkonos is dry and barren, its sandy beaches
Megáli
Ámmos Beach
part of the ancient castle wall
and dynamic nightlife make it one of the most popular
International
is the Folk Museum. Housed
Airport
islands in the Cyclades. Under Venetian rule from 1207,
Kaló
Elia
Ágios
Livádi
in an elegant sea captain’s
the islanders set up the Community of Mykonians in
Beach
mansion, it has a fine collection
Agrári Beach
1615 and flourished as a self-sufficient society. Visited
Paradise Beach
Ágía Anna
by intellectuals in the early days of tourism, today
ancient and modern Mykonian
Beach
Beach
Mýkonos, a premier gay resort, thrives on its reputation of ceramics, embroidery and Delos Platýs Gialós Paradise Super
textiles. Among the more
as one of the glitziest islands in Greece. unusual exhibits is the original
Pétros the Pelican, now stuffed, 0 kilometres 4 N
who was the island’s mascot 0 miles 4
1 Platía Mavrogénous, over- for 30 years (the current
mascot is a substitute). The
looked by the bust of Mando
Mýkonos Town Mavrogenous (1796–1848), a 16th-century Vonís Windmill
Also known as Hóra, Mýkonos revolutionary heroine. The is a remote annexe of the
town is the supreme example Archaeological Museum, Folk Museum and has been
of a Cycladic village – a tangle facing the old harbour, has a re-stored to full working order.
of dazzling white alleys and large collection of Geometric It was one of the 30 windmills
cube-shaped houses. Built in a and Archaic pottery, whose that were used by families all
maze of narrow lanes to defy painted detail is notable. over the island to grind grain.
both wind and pirate raids, There are also many finds The most famous church on
the old port is one of the most from the ancient site on Delos. the island, familiar from post-
photo graphed in Greece and The kástro, the oldest part of cards, is the extraordinary
excursion boats for the island the village, sits high up above Panagía Paraportianí, in the
of Delos (p208) leave from the
quayside. The island’s mascot, Mýkonos town is the supreme example of
Pétros the Pelican, may be seen a Cycladic village – a tangle of dazzling
near the quay, hunting for fish.
Adjacent to the harbour is white alleys and cube-shaped houses.

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