Mykonos Town or Chora
Sightseeing places of interest, people watching on water front,
top shopping, enjoying reputed restaurants
plus our recommended Mykonos hotels & lodgings.
Activities & things to-do: shopping, visiting some interesting land marks (see further below)
and the archaeological, folklore or maritime musea,
plenty of restaurants or tavernas are spread all over town,
people watching along the waterfront with its many coffee shops…and picture the one or two pelicans
not to forget enjoying a hectic night life in it’s many charming bars..
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Hotels: many smaller hotels right in the middle of town: we recommend and book for you at following hotels:
Elena, Portobello,
Matogianni, Matina’s garden, Galini, Lefteris
+just at town limits but a bit higher up, so with garden, views and pool: hotels Belvedere, Semeli, Poseidon, Harmony,
Leto
+ all around town, walking distance on hillside most of them of views to the Aegean sea and overlooking Mykonos Town roofs in
Despotica: hotels Iliomaris and Despotico and Carrop Tree
School of Fine Arts Area: hotels
Anastasios Sevasti, Pelican, Zannis, and gay Elysium.
Tagoo area: hotels
Cavo Tagoo, Kouros, Apanema, Porto Mykonos,
Spanelis, Gorgona
at nearby Megali Ammos beach: Bill & Coo suites and Grand Beach.
Self-catering residences, apartments right in Town:
Andromeda residence, Geranium Town Suites,
Matoyianni studios, Nikos apartments
or Villas: on top of the hill:
Evangelistraki Houses, nearby Villa Magic Garden & Apollo’s home.
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Restaurants, taverns & reputed coffee-shops: too many to mention here: click our webpage
Transport: there are 3 bus stations / departure points: the one in Fabrica (in the southern section of the town) serves Ornos, Aghios Ioannis, Platys Gialos, Psarou, Paranga
and Paradise;
the other, at the Museum, in the northern part of the town, serves Ano Mera village, and the beaches of
Elia and Kalafatis;
the third one, at the harbour, serves Tourlos + new harbour, and Aghios Stefanos,
Normal fares range from 1 to 1.40 EURO depending on destination and hour of the day (nocturnal fare 1.30 EURO)
Taxi Station : Tel. 2289023700 – or 2289022400 works also as radio taxi.
The taxi stand is on Mando’s Sq. but you may find them also at Fabrica (the bus station)
Rates are fixed ; you should also know that telephoning for a taxi costs 1.50 EURO extra, and an appointment costs 5 EURO in addition to the fare.
Town harbour:
Landmarks and historical buildings:
” Little Venice “
Little Venice is the colorful neighborhood between the Castro and Scarpa, with the wooden balconies “hanging” above the sea.
One can enjoy here one of the most beautiful sunsets of Greece.
“The Windmills” are found south of Chora, in between the picturesque Alefkandra and Neochori. They impress visitors with their all-white overwhelming massive shapes, in a row facing the sea. Today, seven in number have been preserved, out of the ten mills which until beginning of the 20th century, ground the local wheat using the unfailing power of the wind. The wind windmills of Mykonos, in cooperation with its many bakeries, contributed to the economic travel of the island, as it became a necessary stop, from the provisioning of paximadi (ship’s biscuit), for ships playing the Aegean. The “Bakery of Yiora”, in Neochori, with its wood-burning over, is a working example of the bakeries of past time.
The Public Library
Besides its’ approximately 10000 volumes (the majority of which belong to the historical library donated by Alex. Meletopoulos), the library houses a large collection of photographs various 18th and 19th cent. Documents, gravures, etc. It is located in the square beside the church of Agia Kyriaki, on the ground floor of a marvelous 18th century mansion.
The Three Wells
In the center of the present-day town, in the area known as “Tria Pigadia”, are the tree wells which were the main water supply for Mykonos Chora form the middle of the 18th cent. until 1956
Paraportiani Church
In the Kastro, which is the original nucleus of the present-day town of Mykonos (on its northwestern edge), stands the Paraportiani, a group of building impressive for its shapes plasticity. In this location, during the Middle Ages, there was a tall, fortified tower, side by side and above one of the entrances to the Kastro. Now there is a complex made up of five churches altogether, four on the ground level and on the floor above, the church of the Virgin, which is the oldest of all. The Paraportiani, and the windmills are the island’s trademark.
Post-Byzantina Era Churches
The cathedral, Zoodoxos Pigi(Mitropoli), and Panachra, Agia Kyriaki, Agioa Nikolaos of the Harbor and Agia Eleni are a few of the many noteworthy post-Byzantine era churches found in the Chora, with characteristic architecture, beautiful icons and elaborately worked rood screens (there are more than 70 churches in the town, the majority of which have been declared historical monuments by the Ministry of Culture). The large number of chapels and churches on the island is the result of both a plethora of votive offerings and the Mykonian custom of enshring the bones of their dead in the walls of family shrines.
The 17th century church of Panagia “Lozaria” in Alefkandra square (bearing the crest of the Bourbons as a sign of the protection offered to Catholic church in Mykonos and regular worship services are held there
MYKONOS ACCOMMODATION CENTER
Enoplon Dynameon No 10 (upper floor)
(end Matoyianni Street : main street)
Postal Address: P.O.Box 58 – 84600 Mykonos – GREECE
Tel: +30-2289023160 or 2289023408 or 2289028160. Fax: 2289024137.
E-mail : info@mykonos-accommodation.com
Last update November 10th.