Mykonos FAQ

[fmax]

I put my research together from my last Med Cruise and created a FAQ thread that people could add to. I thought I should create similar threads for my upcoming Greek/Turkey ports so will start here with a list of things I have uncovered on these sites.

 

So hopefully you summer cruisers can add to it on your return from the Greek Isles... tell us what not to miss, the must sees and the don't waste your time sites. Any amazing bargains that are not to be missed or previously undiscovered restaurants.

 

Things to do

• Check out the Pelicans & Windmills

• Take bus to local beaches (Paradise, Platis Gialos, etc)

• Delos: boats to delos leave every half hour to an hour from the harbor

in mykonos, approx 9am till about 3pm. the boat trip takes about 20

minutes and you can easily spend 2 or 3 hours or more on delos..

• Little Venice

 

Useful Websites / message threads

http://www.mykonos-web.com/index.htm

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=117807

http://www.greeka.com/cyclades/mykonos/

http://www.*****.com/mykonos.htm

 

Getting Around

Apollon Rentals. Here is their website: http://www.apolloncars.com/about.htm

 

Restaurants/Food

• Hotel Acrogiali ( Platis Gialos - second one as you walk along the beach)

• Restaurant Alefkandra

• Barkia

• Camares, a restaurant just off Taxi Square.

• restaurant - Antonini

 

Beaches

• http://www.mykonos-web.com/beaches/

• Platy Yialos is a pretty family type beach

• Paradise beach, 10 minutes away by boat – no return until late p.m.

• Platis Gialos beach – 1 euro bus fare & about 10-15 mins

 

Shopping

(Jewellery Panagiotis)

locally made sandals for 22 Euros

beautiful local art, oil on canvas

[tomko2]

Thanks Fmax. Just saved this as another favourite!

Kathy:)

[ChefPeg]

Thank you for posting this wonderful information. I leave in two weeks, we stop in Mykonos and now I have a few restaurants to try.

 

Thanks again!

[fmax]

Another couple of useful websites

 

http://www.mykonos-web.com

http://www.greeka.com/cyclades/mykonos/index.htm

http://www.mykonos.com

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/mykonos

http://www.united-hellas.com/tourism/mykonos/index.htm

http://www.world66.com/europe/greece/mykonos

 

 

 

Frances

[YoPhilly]

We'll be there in late November, too cool for beaches and we don't want to go to Delos. What do you suggest for a half-day visit?

[Amaranthine33]

 

 

Restaurants/Food

• Hotel Acrogiali ( Platis Gialos - second one as you walk along the beach)

• Restaurant Alefkandra

• Barkia

• Camares, a restaurant just off Taxi Square.

• restaurant - Antonini

 

Nikos Taverna is ssssooo wonderfully delicious (and affordable)! Order the seafood pasta. It's to die for! The restaurant is where the pelicans hang out.

 

Here's their info:

 

NIKOS TAVERNA

Mykonos, 84600, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Tel. +3 (02890) 24320

E-mail studioavra@hotmail.com

[dbh62ark]

• Delos: boats to delos leave every half hour to an hour from the harbor

in mykonos, approx 9am till about 3pm. the boat trip takes about 20

minutes and you can easily spend 2 or 3 hours or more on delos..

We used this option to go independently to Delos because I don't like stomping around with 50 other passengers on a cruise excursion on the guide's schedule. But I do recommend hiring a guide at Delos. In my opinion, it's not worth your time to go stare at a bunch of ruins if you don't understand what you're seeing.

 

Happy travels,

Donna

[fawley]

Great info thanks but do you know where galaxy will dock in mykonos

[fmax]

Well so much for all my research, when I went in October the whether was so bad we couldn't dock and went straight to Athens and had an extra night there.

 

 

 

Frances

[Cruising Blue]

Thanks for the research though! I just realized that Celebrity has no excursions for Mykonos, we will be there in November and I am just getting started, so thanks again.

 

Kay T