Hotels and Travel Information for Mykonos

For Hotels in Mykonos and island combinations including Mykonos contact Fantasy Travel in Athens who have great rates on hotels and provide excellent service. For Affordable Luxury on quiet Saint Stefanos Beach go to the Princess of Mykonos ( Photo on left: I stayed here and it was great.) For an affordable hotel right in town, yet within walking distance of the beach I highly recommend the Hotel Adonis owned by Ros and Michalis who are excellent hosts. For more hotels visit the Cyclades/Mykonos page at www.hotelsofgreece.com .

Budget travelers should visit www.greecetravel.com/budget-travel for an itinerary that includes Mykonos and Santorini. If you are looking for youth hostels and pensions visit www.greecetravel.com/youth-hostels

If you are the type who refuses to use a travel agency no matter how many times I recommend you do you can also find hotels at my hotel search page

For more hotels in Mykonos contact Dolphin Hellas Travel in Athens or Aegean Thesaurus Travel in Sifnos. Both are excellent agencies that can take the uncertainty out of your travel arrangements. Don't show up in August and expect to just find a room. Besides being the busiest period for the tourists, all of Greece take their holidays and the majority also go to the islands.

Rental Cars: Contact Swift Rent-a-Car in Athens who have great prices and an office in Mykonos. Also any of the above agencies can provide a car in Mykonos.

You can Fly from Athens to Mykonos which means you can book your whole trip from the USA, Europe or anywhere and just change planes. Flights are not easy to get if you wait til the last minute. For More info see www.greeceflights.com  If you are coming from Athens contact one of the travel agencies listed above.

To rent a sailboat or a yacht and visit Mykonos in style see www.charterayachtingreece.com

There are hotels that cater strictly to gay clientele. For information contact Fantasy Travel at www.fantasytravelofgreece.com

There is camping at Paradise Beach and Paraga Beach. There are two diving centers if you are interested in scuba or snorkling adventures. One is at Paradise Beach and the other at Psarous. There are island tours, sunset cruises and a large variety of things to do, all advertised with cards, flyers and brochures in hotels and cafes. Motorbikes are available for renting. Drive carefully because nobody else does.

New! This is a great way to plan and book your trip if you have an idea of what islands you want to visit. Fill out my Create-an-itinerary-form and a travel agent will come back with a price.

There are so many cafes and clubs and bars that it would take all day to list them. Mykonos has the best nightlife in Greece and that means it has the best nightlife in the world. No kidding. There are flyers posted around town or handed out on the street with different events, concerts, openings and whatever.

There are several ferries a day to Mykonos during the summer. Some are highspeeds which take about three hours and the others are regular ferries which take twice as long. Getting reliable ferry information is not that easy especially in advance. I recommend using one of the travel agents who can also give you objective opinions and in many cases discounted rates on the hotels. There are also a couple boats a day to and from Rafina. There are daily or almost daily connections in the summer to Paros, Naxos, Crete, Syros, Tinos, and of course Santorini. You can find the ferry schedules from Athens at www.athensguide.com/greek-island-ferry-schedules but keep in mind these change weekly and if it is February and you are trying to get an idea of the schedule for your trip in June, this page won't help until probably a couple weeks before your trip.

If you arrive from abroad and you need to get to Pireaus to catch the ferry to Mykonos I recommend George the Famous Taxi Driver. Plus if you have some time to spare, as some of you will, you can do a little tour of the city. For your return to Athens from Mykonos I also recommend using him to get to your hotel or the airport. When the ferries arrive in Pireaus there are usually just 3 or 4 taxis waiting for several hundred disembarking passengers. You will be very relieved to see a guy holding up a sign with your name on it. See his website at www.greecetravel.com/taxi

These restaurants I recommend because they are still Greek and relatively inexpensive (not outrageously overpriced): Kounelas, Taverna Antonini (by the taxi stand in the square) Giavroutas, Ithaki (Paradise Beach), Vasoula (Agios Stefanos), and Caprice as long as there are no millionaires distracting the staff. There are  many fast-food places and some of them are terrific so don't be afraid that eating will send you home broke. For ouzo get the small pikilia at Sirenes on the waterfront. If you are hungry get the large. It's the last cafe from the taxi-stand. The beaches all have tavernas and restaurants, some like the one at Elia, can seat hundreds of people and has a diverse international menu that leans heavily on Greek and Italian food. Paradise beach has a cafeteria style restaurant which comes in handy if you are the type who needs to see the food to know if you want it. Menus are all in English as well as some other languages too and almost all the waitors in Mykonos speak English. In fact almost everyone you will meet will probably speak English.

There are a couple laundrumats and a couple internet cafes in town. You can get just about any magazine you want at the foreign press as well as daily papers from almost every country. Lots of galleries, art shops, gift shops, CD stores, boutiques, pastry shops and famous name shops too.

As for beaches the only place I did not see nude bathing was in town and at Agios Stefanos. Super Paradise is an amazing beach but all the beaches are great and have lots of activities like scuba diving, water skiing, jet skis and of course once you get away from the sandy part of the beaches and go along the rocks the snorkling is great. Its clear anyway. You won't see massive numbers of tropical fish like in the Caribbean and there won't be anything big enough to eat you or take a bite out of you but there is a subtle beauty about the Greek underwater life with lots of cool rock formations and some interesting small fish.

Don't forget to go to Delos! You have to visit one archaeological site when you go to a Greek island and in Delos you have one of the best. Boats leave in the morning from the pier right behind the little church of Agios Nikolaos. See www.greektravel.com/greekislands/delos

Horseback Riding: People often tell me they want to ride horses on the beach in Greece and ask me where they can do this. I never really knew the answer to this question but I discovered on Mykonos a fellow by the name of Fanis Rouvas who runs Horseland where you can do just that. Their brochure features a beautiful woman in a bikini, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat riding on  a horse in the sea with a cowboy (who I assume is Fanis) and I have to admit it looks fun. They can bring groups, couples or individuals on treks around the island and even sunset and moonlight rides. You can call for reservations: 697 687 8525 or 694 577 8962. These are cell phone numbers so if you are calling within Greece dial them as they are.

It is hard to get bored on Mykonos so if you do you should either consider devoting the rest of your life to spiritual endeavors or considering the possibility that you may be clinically depressed and see a psychiatrist when you get home.

Island Combinations: If you feel compelled to visit Mykonos but want to combine it with a less touristy island then try Tinos right next door. There are frequent ferries, in fact just about every boat that goes to Mykonos also goes to Tinos. Don't stay in Tinos-town which is like a religious version of Mykonos town but without the charm. Stay in the quiet beach communist of Ag Ioannis Porto. You can read all about Tinos at www.greektravel.com/greekislands/tinos and if you are interested in a Mykonos-Tinos island combination you can request it at www.greecetravel.com/create-an-itinerary

Most people want to do Mykonos-Santorini and in the summer there are usually daily ferries but until the schedules are released nothing is certain and even after they are released sometimes they still aren't certain. So for the hundredth time, while traveling to the islands I recommend using a reliable Greek travel agency to coordinate ferries, hotels and transportation and save yourself the angst of uncertainty and allow yourself to have a holiday free from worries.

A Lone Red Apple by Aurelia: More than a well written Novel, this book has more helpful information about Greece and the island of Mykonos than many of the most popular Guidebooks. For excerpts, reviews and ordering info click here.

Thanks to George Gerassimides of Fantasy Travel for sending me to Mykonos. I had a great time. When can I go again?

Questions? Don't be afraid to E-mail me at matt@greecetravel.com 
I love answering questions about Greece. It gives me a sense of purpose and since I am on the computer most of the day anyway you will probably get a reply quicker than you thought.

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