Location: Mykonos
Top Things to do in Mykonos
The 10 Best Nature & Parks in Mykonos, South Aegean
If the mention of Mykonos doesn’t immediately bring to mind bright white buildings, turquoise skies and tanned bodies lining golden sandy beaches, you’ve been living under a rock. The most popular Greek Island in the Aegean Sea is all about energy and attracts a diverse and upscale crowd that thrives on its stylish nightlife. During the day some privacy can be had in the more secluded north beaches, but the south beaches are all party. Ski, jet-ski, windsurf, horseback ride, parasail or just save up your energy for the evening ahead, like most of your fellow travelers in Mykonos.
Restaurants in Mykonos
1. Anna II Wreck
2. Mirsini Beach
3. Frangias Beach
4. Elia Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,334 reviews
This long, sandy beach attracts a mix of gay and straight sunbathers. Some sections are clothing optional.
Reviewed By NicolasC973 - Limassol City, Cyprus
Elia is my favourite beach in Mykonos! It combines all types of beaches one can get in Mykonos. Some parts are covered by sunbeds and umbrellas and other parts are free from sunbeds, where one can lay down and enjoy the beautiful golden sand! The water is amazing, clear and in light blue colour, and the way this beach is positioned, does not allow big waves to reach the shore. There's even a nudist part, on the right side of this very long beach. The LGBT flag is placed on the right side of the beach as well, to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome. There is a restaurant on the left side of the beach, but if you get a sunbed, you can order whatever you need from the waiters who serve you on the beach. There are other parts of this beach where there is music, and others where it is quiet. There is a huge parking space on the beach for your cars. So this is a beach for every taste, just take a pick of the spot that serves you best!
5. Agios Sostis Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 533 reviews
Reviewed By NicolasC973 - Limassol City, Cyprus
This is the beach for those who prefer natural beaches, without sunbeds & umbrellas, with long coastline and beautiful golden sand to drop your towels and lay under the Greek sun! The beach is divided in 2 parts by a natural small block of rocks, the left side is a small beach where older people or families usually sit, and the right side is a huge coastline stretching for 2km, where younger people and couples usually go, even with a nudist part at the far east of side of the beach. The beach is 20 minutes drive from the island's centre, but easy to find (just 1km after Panormos beach with Principote beach restaurant). There is a parking spot above the beach, but it is always full so best solution is to just park your car on the side of the road above the beach. Everyone does this, so you will notice a huge line of parked cars on the side of the road. There is a small local traditional tavern (Kiki's Tavern) right on the hill of Agios Sostis Beach, but they do not make reservations and there is a huge waiting line (approx. 2 hours of waiting to be sitted). The food is great, and the fish is fresh, but 2 hours is just too much. Best to bring your own snack and enjoy the lovely beach.
6. Kalo Livadi Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 563 reviews
Reviewed By VladUngur - Mykonos, Greece
The water was absolutely amazing, crystal & gold sand, warm..the stuff also was very nice and polite...good food..all of this made a good ambience to enjoy your time..definitely recommend..
7. Kapari Beach
8. Fokos Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 191 reviews
Reviewed By NicolasC973 - Limassol City, Cyprus
This is the kind of beach that you can visit while in Mykonos, if you want to avoid big crowds without sunbeds/umbrellas, and instead lay down on the amazing yellow sand, and enjoy your day while reading a book or diving in the sea. There is a tavern on this beach where you can enjoy traditional food. You need to have a 25 min drive to get here from the centre of the city, but the road is easy, unlike other beaches where one has to take a lot of small curved roads. Be prepared to be without internet while here, cause the area does not have internet reception. Better have a book or good company with you for this beach ;)
9. Paralia Kalafati
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 516 reviews
Reviewed By colinb529 - Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
We were staying at Ornos Beach, which is very nice, but hired a car a went to Kalafatis. The reviews I had seen just described Kalafatis as a "low key coastal village". True there is not really a village, just a collection of houses, but the beach was the best we visited for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is a long beach and over half of it is free to use (unlike so many of the others which are almost entirely taken up with paid sun loungers).; there was also better parking here than some of the others, which become impossible even in these relatively uncrowded times. There was also a good selection of water activities, from various styles of 'banana boats' towed behind a speed boat for children of all ages, a small number of jet skis and a diving company offering snorkeling and even scuba diving on ship wrecks, including tuition. Kalafatis seems relatively undiscovered and undeveloped, so if you can I would consider basing yourselves here, although you would need a car to get to Mykonos and to shops for food etc. which are all on your doorstep at say Ornos Beach.
10. Old Port
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 354 reviews
Reviewed By Luis-in-Arizona - Gilbert, United States
We stayed at Mykonos Island for a couple of days, outside the old town at Platis Gialos, so we rented a car to drive to town. We parked our car at a large waterfront parking area right beside the Old Port, at the new marina on the way into town (parking is free). It extends from the port along most of the Tagoo area seafront. From there you will have about a 15-minute+ walk around the harbor to reach the Delos ferry quay. There also is a parking lot directly behind the windmills. The old port is a small town with narrow streets and tourist shops. We then wandered along the water front past cafes and shops along the water front and back through the labyrinth of tiny streets packed with with tourists. It is great for a walk in the late afternoon to watch the sunset and the estuary with the ships offshore. There are little places to sit and enjoy a coffee, watch the tourist pass by, with beautiful views of the boats and sea, as well as the beautiful whitewashed buildings and blue doors that are a beautiful blue like the water in the Aegean Sea. Just enjoy and take beautiful photos with vibrant colors and nice backgrounds. You could get lost in the maze of beautiful small streets with endless shops, bars, and restaurants. It was very busy when we were there at the end of June 2019 but we were still able to move around freely. Finally, we found our way to the windmills by walking through the row of restaurants in Little Venice.
