Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ikaría & Sámos
0
5
kilometres
Mersíni
Áyios Sóstis
Fokós
Profítis Ilías
Katomerítis (372m)
Pánormos
Bay
Merchiás
Áyios
Stéfanos
Pánormos
Toúrlos
Fteliá
Marathí
Paleokástro
Monastery
6
MÝKONOS
TOWN
Profítis Ilías
Anomerítis (351m)
Bioma
Áno Méra
Baoú
Liá
Kalafáti
Vrýsi
Ayía Ánna
Kaló
Livádhi
Ornós
Áyios Ioánnis
Eliá
Agrári
Platýs Yialós
N
Psaroú
Super Paradise
Paránga
Paradise
Beach
Rínia
Delos
Mt K ýnthos
MÝKONOS & DELOS
Delos
Páros, Náxos & Amorgós
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
MÝKONOS
By plane
The airport is twenty minutes outside Mýkonos
Town in the centre of the island.
Destinations
Athens (2-5 daily with Aegean and Olympic;
55min); Thessaloníki (1-2 daily with Aegean; 1hr);
Santoríni (daily with Sky Express; 30min); Vólos (2 daily;
1hr with Sky Express).
By
ferry
Most visitors arrive by ferry at the old port
jetty at the north end of town. Cruise ships and the
occasional overflow anchor at the new port, which is
1km further out. Check your ticket before leaving to see
if you have an old or a new port stamp. Boats for Delos
leave from the waterfront in town.
Destinations
Amorgós (0-1 weekly; 2hr 15min); Ándhros
(1-2 daily; 2hr 15min); Folégandhros (1 daily; 5hr);
Iráklion (1 weekly; 4h 30min); Ikaría (1 weekly; 2hr min);
Íos (6 weekly; 1hr 15min-5hr 30min); Mílos (1-2 weekly;
6hr); Náxos (2-3 daily; 45min-3hr); Páros (2-3 daily; 1hr
30min); Pireás (3-4 daily; 4hr-5hr 30min); Rafína (1-3
daily; 2hr 10min-3hr); Sámos (6-7 weekly; 4hr 40min);
Santoríni (2-4 daily; 2hr 15min-7hr); Sérifos (1 weekly;
3hr 30min); Sífnos (1 weekly; 3hr 30min); Sýros (2-5 daily;
45min-1hr 15min); Tínos (2-5 daily; 30min).
INFORMATION
Services
There is no shortage of banks or ATMs in Mýkonos
Town. The island post office is near the south bus station.
There are countless advertiser-based tourist publications
circulating throughout Mýkonos during high season, the
best of which is the free Mýkonos Sky Map, available from
some agents and hotels.
Activities
Kalafati (see p.394) is the activity centre of the
island with no less than three watersports facilities based
there: Kalafati Watersports for waterskiing and wake-
boarding (
T
694 52 61 242
W
mykonoswatersports
.t35.com), Kalafati Dive Center (
T
22890 71677,
W
mykonos-
diving.com) for scuba diving, and Pezi-Huber (
T
22890
72345,
W
pezi-huber.com) for windsurfing. Alternatively,
behind Paradise beach (see p.393), Dive Adventures (
T
22890
26539,
W
diveadventures.gr and
W
divemykonos.gr; April-
Oct) offer introductory scuba and a full range of PADI.
GETTING AROUND
By bus
The north bus station for Toúrlos, Áyios Stéfanos,
Kalafáti, Eliá and Áno Méra is located by the old port; the
south bus station for all western and the popular southern
beaches is just outside the pedestrianized area at the other
end of town. If you choose to use public transport to the
beaches from Paránga to Paradise, you certainly won't be
alone - on any sunny day in season the beaches and
transport range from busy to overcrowded. Buses to
