City Guide: Mykonos

     MYKONOS has the best recipe for fun.

     Sandy beaches, water sports like snorkeling, scuba diving, swimming, and shopping malls, international and regional dining and vibrant nightlife makes Mykonos the most favored Greek resort among tourists.

     Here you can fill your day with endless activities after resting in a comfortable hotel. You can book it in advance at Booked.net from cheap hotels in Mykonos to one abundant with all luxuries we have them all with maps, photos and secure forms. You can check them out by price or location at Booked.net.

     The city's nightlife rivals that of Ibiza and Napa, and Mykonos’ sandy coastlines with numerous nudist beaches fascinate thousands of visitors every year. Here you can choose between participating in the afternoon celebrations and dancing night away at parties or an unforgettable water adventure.

     Once this concentration of fun activities within the city made Mykonos a hangout for the young, but this focus has changed with years. Today this is a destination for families or young couples, often on honeymoon, and tourists.

     Mykonos offers all visitors a beautiful cityscape full of sugar-white houses and blue domed churches. Attractions include;

- The Windmills offers a splendid view on Little Venice and a location for loved-up couples to watch the sunset

- Little Venice is an area famous for its medieval houses with wooden balconies

- Panagia Paraportiani, the most impressive church that dates back to 1425

- Archaeological Museum of Mykonos offers an exhibition of a large number of vases from the prehistoric to the late Hellenistic period

In addition, you can take a tour through the neighborhood Mykonos to see the island of Delos, believed to have been the centre of the Greek world; it has many archeological findings including sculptures and carvings and so on.

     For a period of time the island was in the shadow of Delos, but everything changed when the Cycladic Civilization came to the area and later attracted the Cretans. Mykonos became a part of the Athenian Alliance and introduced its own currency, but in 146 B.C. the island was conquered by the Romans. After it changed hands several times going to the Venetians and the Turks, participated in World Wars and between the First and Second World War tourism started in the city.

     It’s no surprise Mykonos is a tourist heaven as it is located in the Cyclades Greek island group near Athens. It has a rocky area with no notable rivers, but striking scenery as nowhere in Greece. You can see it on your trip there with Booked.net.