Mykonos - Exploring the Island

About half the days here, I've headed off and explored part of the island – or more accurately one of the 24 beaches on the island. It's been a great, relaxed way to see the island and continue my rest and relaxation theme!

Though the first day, was so windy that when I was exploring Mykonos town, I found a pool to sit by – free with lunch. I was lucky as I sat beside a Portuguese mother and daughter – her daughter is half Greek so they spend the summer here each year – lovely people, who shared with me some good advice on places to eat in town and beaches to visit. Armed with her advice, I headed out!

Mykonos has a great bus service that runs from the station near the center of town and goes to a number of the popular beaches. So I hope the bus from Ag. Stefanos to the Port and then find my way through town to the bus to the beach. I've been to the upscale Platys Gialos, the smaller scale Ornos and then finally Paradise Beach - figured I had to at least see it! It actually was fun - lots of people and amenities (cafeteria, gift shop, ice cream shop, full meal take away - everything) and a really fun atmosphere - the party was just getting going as I left about 6pm - more people getting off the bus than on ...

With my success in Santorini behind me, I rented an ATV for a day in the hope of getting to some of the more remote beaches – it turned into the “3 beaches in one day” tour - stunning Fokos in the north, the secluded Ag. Sostis on an inlet and then Super Paradise ... at the start of the day, I thought I'd stop at two beaches but the wind was so incredible at Ag. Sostis, I had to leave as it was a fine sand beach and I was starting to eat it! Driving through the island was also beautiful - saw the small local communities, ran into a herd of goats and saw many, many little churches - a little of the real life on Mykonos. I had a great day exploring and realize just how much I love having the independence of my own wheels - I really love the feeling of freedom.

So out of 24 beaches, I managed to see 7 in 9 days, not too bad. They were all beautiful but with the wind, the ones with more pebble like sand where the clear winners!