Greece Travel Guía

Mykonos the city or Chora Chora of Mykonos or only Chora is the capital of the most multicultural island of Ciclades, called Chora for the neighborhood, it is a typical people Cycladic constructed in the shape of an auditorium. The complex of church of Panagia Tourliani has been recognized like a cultural national monument and it is a magnificent representation of architecture Cycladic. The symbol of the island is the whitewashed famous windmills, they are standing up on a hill that spends for high the city and from which one can enjoy a magnificent sight on the Small Venice that is one of the most beautiful parts of the capital and is located on a ground peak, like a small peninsula.

Another feature of the island is Petros the pelican, in general placed in Small Venice, he is enough the magician and it likes to place for photos to be sure to look for it. Also, a large number of bars and night clubs can be found in the capital, demonstrating that the Mykonos reputation is a fact. As soon as the sun goes down, the narrow streets of the capital fill with the crowd ready for the dance the whole night.

Year Mere is the second biggest people after the capital of the island and he is one of the oldest peoples of Mykonos that is placed 8 kilometers of the city. It is it presents a few magnificent hotels and some spaces and studies for the rent. This is a calm people where the neighbors continue its every day the life without feeling interrupted by a visitors', such crowd which spending all the time in the capital. Close to Year Mere is the attractive monastery of Panagia Tourliani with main houses and church a magnificent collection of icons done by a Cretan painter and holy vessels of garbs.

Platis Gialos one of the most famous areas of the coast of the south of Mykonos where a car finds an agreeable ambience, the beautiful sea and the diversity of a scope of hotels and resources of all the classes, restaurants, rent etc. The establishment of Platis Gialos is a central point of the city of Mykonos, with the most regular bus service, the sea transport to other popular beaches, generally good facilities and many services. The scenery is impressive, the end with the hill has to be of more prominent, protecting the bay of the winds of the Southeast. Also, of impressive interest it is the underground cistern on the side of the north of the establishment. They know it as “Pigadi tou Giannarou“ and this has very big dimensions on a side, there are steps that they lead to the low thing. On the place called Leto, there are remains of three fortitude from the period helenístico that the neighbors call “to Ports”.

Ornos
The small limited Ornos port is placed approximately 4 kilometers to the south of Mykonos and, with the bay Korfos, they are adjacent to the borders of the peninsula Diakofti. About the small port, where the ships and catching caiques the anchor, with many new White Houses of snow that have been constructed, the examples of the architecture Cycladic. The beach of the small bay has clear waters and the thin sand.

Tourlos
The people of the beach of Tourlos is approximately to 4 kilometers nearby with that of north of Mykonos. This fascinates the foreign visitors, who choose it due to its sandy beach, as well as the Greeks who have chosen the area to construct chaletes big next to the old country-houses. The most significant sight in Tourlos, which only recently has raised the infrastructure needed for the tourism, is the chapel of Agioes Georgios with its red dome and the Russian icons that decorate its screen.