About Mykonos

Mykonos cosmopolitan character has made it famous as an international tourist resort. However, even the most unsuspicious visitor realises immediately that Mykonos is not only a crazy bon-viveur but also a beautiful, picturesque island with an all-white Hora (the main village) next to the crystal-clear blue waters of the Aegean Sea.

An island that enchants the visitor with the golden, sandy beaches, the typical cycladic colour, the lively atmosphere, the friendly and easy-going people and the endless relation with the glorious past.


The whole complex of islands including. Mykonos-Delos-Rhenia having been officially characterised as an area of exquisite natural beauty is protected in accordance with special legislation in order to preserve the unique natural and aesthetic beauty of the landscape.

The tourist who comes to Mykonos, wherever he finds himself and despite the tourist development, can enjoy a unique natural environment with dentelated coasts, impressive rocks, old cottage houses, countless small and secluded churches, huge windmills and tiny pigeon-lofts.

All these together with the clear atmosphere, the summer breeze, the colours - light and dark blue, grey, white - explain why Mykonos has inspired painters and photographers and has become the favourite holiday resort for many socialites. 

Among the beauties of the island, one can single out Houlakia beach where one finds very big pebbles, the granite formations with strange shapes in the south (Halara, Plintri, Lino, Lazaros), the magic capes between cute, little bays (Drapanos, Divounia), the abrupt coasts in the north (Fanari, Panormos), the red rock in Tragonissi, the austere landscape in Aleomantra etc. This rocky terrain of Mykonos has impressed our ancestors so much that they connected the island with the myth of the Hercules fight with the Giants.  
 
The islands beauty as well as the friendliness of the people and the eternal magic of Delos, one of the most sacred places of Antiquity, have made Mykonos one of the most cosmopolitan holiday resorts of the Mediterranean, if not of the whole world. Mykonos covers an area of approximately 85 km and it is situated almost in the middle, between Tinos and Naxos and east of Syros where Ermoupolis, the capital of Cyclades is situated. Mykonos population is 6,500 people but during the summer period the number of tourists visiting the island is multiple The soil is generally rocky and arid and this fact has turned the peoples interest to fishing, navigation and emigration.