Things to do in Mykonos

Mykonos sits roughly two and a quarter hours from Santorini by fast ferry out of Athinios, a crossing that already eats most of a day trip before you set foot on the island.

This page covers Mykonos town and its beaches, not Delos, the archaeological site next door that is reached only by excursion boat from Mykonos, closes on Mondays for much of the year, and has no overnight accommodation at all.

Windmills and Little Venice line the waterfront in Chora, a maze of whitewashed lanes best walked early or after the day-trip crowds thin out around 17:00. If you are weighing a Mykonos-and-Delos combination from Santorini in a single day, budget for it honestly: the sea time alone can run five hours round trip, leaving only a few hours ashore.