Mykonos, done properly.
The boat out to Delos, the Little Venice sunset, a catamaran to some quiet cove and the beach club that runs until dark. What each one is really like, what it costs, and where to book.
Seven you’ll be glad you booked.
First trip or fifth, these carry a Mykonos week. The catamaran that finds an empty cove, the boat that lands you among the Delos ruins by mid-morning, the sunset table in Little Venice you really should reserve.
Sightseeing like a Mykonian(Small Group or Private)
Small-group Mykonos sightseeing with a guided walk in town, Ano Mera monastery visit, Kalafatis swim, and beach snacks.
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Ancient ruins, then a swim.
The boat leaves the old port mid-morning for Delos, the sacred island where Apollo was born. An hour among marble lions and mosaic floors with a guide who knows them, then across to Rhenia for a swim straight off the deck and lunch before the ride home. One day covers the island’s oldest stones and its clearest water.
Which kind of beach day?
Every Mykonos day ends at the water; the only real question is how you get there. Three ways to spend one, each already reviewed and priced, so you can pick tonight and be on the sand by ten.
The scene
The beach-club day
1 day · from $23 · 1,524 reviews
Super Paradise and Paradise, where a sunbed comes with a soundtrack and the afternoon slides into the evening without anyone deciding it should. Loud, sociable, all-day. Book a lounger ahead in July and August or you will be standing.
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By boat
The quiet cove
1 day · from $141 · 802 reviews
A catamaran south to the beaches the road never reaches, Agios Sostis, Fokos, the far side of the island. Swim stops, snorkel gear, lunch cooked on board, and far fewer people than the sand you can drive to.
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On the move
The active day
2 hours (approx.) · from $108 · 104 reviews
Paddle the coast into sea caves the boats miss, snorkel the clear shallows, take a windsurf lesson off Kalafatis. For the traveller who would rather do the water than lie beside it. Small groups, calm-morning starts.
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The island only warms up at sunset.
The catamaran turns for home as the sky goes pink and the good part is just starting. Drinks at the water’s edge in Little Venice, tables spilling into the lanes of Chora, a boat that keeps the music running long after the beach clubs close. Go once with people who already know which door is worth the wait.
The best meals start in Ano Mera.
A farm lunch out in Ano Mera with cheese made that morning, olive oil pressed down the lane, a glass of wine that never left the island. If you book three food hours on Mykonos, make them these.
The photo and the far side.
A photographer, a trailing gown and the Kato Mili windmills lined up behind you, or a jeep grinding up the dirt track to Fokos and the beaches with no road in. Two ways to come home with a Mykonos nobody else got.
Get lost in Chora on purpose.
The whitewashed maze was laid out to confuse pirates and it still works on everyone. Little Venice with the sea lapping the doorsteps, the Kato Mili windmills along the ridge, Panagia Paraportiani folded white upon white. A guide turns the wrong turns into the good ones and knows which shutters open at golden hour.
Which corner of Mykonos?
Mykonos is small enough to see in pockets. Chora for the lanes and the sunset. Super Paradise for the day that runs long. Ano Mera for the quiet inland tables. Delos for the morning among the ruins.
Know the day you want?
Twelve ways to spend a Mykonos afternoon. Pick the one that sounds like you and everything behind it is already reviewed and priced.
Other islands, one boat away.
The best trips off Mykonos are all afloat. Delos for the ruins, Rhenia for a swim nobody else has found, Tinos for the mountain villages the big ferries skip. Each one is a morning out and back before the evening starts.
Three days, the right way round.
You can’t see all of Mykonos in one trip, but three days gets the shape of it. This is the order we’d give a friend stepping off the first ferry.
Day 1
Land, then wander Chora
Drop the bags and walk into the maze while the light is soft. Little Venice for a drink at the water, the windmills for the sunset, dinner in a lane you will never find again.
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Day 2
The boat day
Out to Delos among the ruins by mid-morning, then across to Rhenia to swim off the deck and eat on board. Back in port with the whole afternoon still ahead of you.
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Day 3
A long day at the beach
Claim a lounger at Super Paradise, or catch a catamaran to a cove with no road in. Let it run into sunset drinks and a boat party if the night wants one.
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