Understand
Mykonos is famed as a cosmopolitan destination amongst the Greek islands and widely recognised as one of the great travel meccas. It is the most touristed island in the Aegean. This means that any visitors should be prepared for loud dance clubs, English breakfasts and over-priced merchandise.
Mykonos is a grand example of unique cycladic architecture set around a picturesque fishing-village bay. Totally whitewashed organic cube-like buildings fit closely together to form a kind of haphazard maze of narrow alley ways and streets. Many well preserved windmills and hundreds of tiny red-roofed churches adds a flavour of culture and custom to the scene, enhanced even further by many museums and the historical ancient site of nearby Delos.
Get in
By sea
Ferrys and Highspeed catamaran services run daily from Piraeus and Paros. Flying Dolphins Flying Dolphins has a 3 1/2 hour trip for around 50 euros each way.
Mykonos can be reached daily directly from Santorini by catamaran.
Visit Greek Travel Pages and search through all ferry schedules to/from Mykonos and the rest of the Greek islands.
By air
Mykonos has an airport, about 4km away from the main city. The airport has regular flights for Athens and Thessaloniki by Olympic Airways and Aegean Airlines. The airport can be reached only by taxi. In summer - during high season - charter airlines are going directly to Mykonos from many European airports.
Flight duration from Athens to Mykonos is about 30 minutes.
Get around
On Mykonos you can get around by scooter, ATV, car, or bus. A sophisticated bus network, which takes you to virtually any point of the island.
Additionally taxis operate at constant rate. In the evening, it can be nearly impossible to find a taxi. You can wait hours at the taxi queue in town.
There are now two ferry terminals at Hora (Mykonos), the main sea port on the island. If you are on foot and leaving the island, be certain whether your ferry leaves from the old port (the nearest one to the main section of town) or the New Port (about 10 km to the north).
There is also a third "port" from whence boats to and from Delos depart and arrive, but most travellers won't confuse this with the ferry landings.
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