MYKONOS · GREECE
Chora white, Aegean blue, every sundown in between.
Catamarans to Delos, walks through Chora, beach clubs that start at noon and windmills lit from behind. The Cyclades' loudest little island, reviewed one tour at a time.
Only on Mykonos
Three things that ARE Mykonos.
Every Greek island has tavernas and beaches. Only this one has marble lions in the sand twenty minutes off the port, five windmills above a sunken row of cafés, and a beach-club afternoon scene that ends at dawn. Build the rest of the trip around these three.
Sacred ground
Delos by Boat
Apollo was born here, according to the people who carved the lions and laid the mosaics. The whole island is the archaeological site — twenty minutes off Mykonos by ferry, and the marble is still in the sand. Boats run every morning. The last one back leaves before sunset.
- 1 Mykonos Town: Archaeological Site of Delos Guided Day Trip
- 2 Mykonos: Delos and Rhenia Islands Cruise with BBQ Meal
- 3 Mykonos: Yacht Cruise to Rhenia and Guided Tour of Delos
Golden hour
Little Venice & the Windmills
Five whitewashed windmills on a hill above Chora, a row of cafés below them with the sea under the floorboards, and the most-photographed mile of waterfront in the Cyclades. Sunset hits the windmills first, then the houses. The light is the postcard.
- 1 Half-Day Highlights of Mykonos Tour
- 2 Mykonos: Guided Highlights Tour
- 3 Mykonos Discovery : Half or Full Day Private Tour
After noon
The Mykonos Beach Day
Day clubs, not nightclubs. The DJ starts at noon. Front-row sunbeds, food and drinks brought to you, the bass turning up around five. Super Paradise, Paradise, Psarou. It is a Mykonian category that no other Greek island does at this scale.
- 1 Mykonos: Super Paradise Beach with Sunbed at Thalas Mykonos
- 2 Super Paradise Beach Mykonos Seaside Sunbed (3rd & 4th row)
- 3 Private Mykonos Catamaran Day Cruise with Meals & Water Toys
Where most travellers begin
Start with the one Mykonos books most.
One tour on this list gets booked more than any other on the island. Build the rest of the week around it.
The classics
Mykonos's Most Popular Tours
Delos at dawn, catamarans at noon, beach clubs by five, sunsets behind the windmills. The days Mykonos is built around.
How the day goes
A Mykonos day, one chapter at a time.
Mykonos has a rhythm. A slow swim under sail, a lazy lunch above the Chora rooftops, golden hour at the windmills, then a beach club where the music keeps going. Pick the tour that fits each chapter.
By experience
Pick how you want to spend the day.
Mykonos is one island and a hundred ways to spend a day. Sacred archaeology and a beach club are both fully booked all summer; you can do both before sundown. Pick the chapter; the boats and walks follow.
By tour type
Or pick the boat, the bottle, or the bus.
Catamaran for the south-coast beaches. Sunset cruise for the photos. Wine tour for the farm visits. Flying dress photoshoot for the day you want a postcard of yourself. The full menu, sized by how many travellers picked each one.
Beyond the old port
From Mykonos by boat.
Mykonos has been a Cyclades hub for three thousand years; the boats still go. Delos and Rhenia are the headline day trips, and you can be back in time for a beach-club sundown.
When the light turns
Sunset over the Cyclades.
The sun drops behind Rhenia and Delos every evening. A short boat trip gets you the front-row seat, with food and drink poured for you. Our three favourites for the wind-down.
Where the music is
Beach club Mykonos.
Day clubs by reputation, not nightclubs. The DJ starts at noon, full party by five, the boat parties roll up by dinner. Three to book before they sell out for the week.
Inland for the afternoon
Off the boats, into the kitchen.
Mykonos has working farms inland of the port — kopanisti cheese, olive oil pressed on site, Mykonian wine you won’t find at home. Three days that swap the deck for the table.
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