Start from 41 curated places around Mykonos, GR, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
m-eating restaurant Mykonos town
A fine-dining room in a restored Mykonian house in Chora, serving contemporary takes on Cycladic ingredients — think grilled local fish with Mykonian cheese, slow-braised lamb with wild herbs, and a natural-wine list that skews Greek and thoughtfully chosen. The terrace tables on the upper level look down over the old-town rooftops, and the kitchen's consistency over many seasons has made it a benchmark for what modern Aegean cuisine can be.
D'Angelo - Italian Restaurant Mykonos
A lively outdoor Italian restaurant just steps from the Kato Mili windmills, serving thin-crust Roman-style pizzas from a stone oven alongside fresh pasta and antipasti with genuinely good ingredients. It's reliably busy, reasonably priced by Mykonos standards, and draws a loyal mix of repeat visitors and locals who want something other than Greek food without paying fine-dining prices. The shaded terrace is one of the better casual-evening spots in Chora.
Trails & outdoors
Chora - Little Venice - Windmills
An easy 1.4-mile loop through the pedestrian core of Chora connecting the old-town alleys with the Little Venice waterfront and the Kato Mili windmill ridge, taking about 30 minutes at a stroll. It's technically not a trail so much as a guided wander through one of the most intact Cycladic town centers in Greece — white-cubic architecture, bougainvillea, tiny chapels — with the sea appearing at the end of every third alley. The loop works at any time of day but is best in early morning or late afternoon when the light rakes the facades.
Platys Gialos - Paradise Beach - Cavo Paradiso
A 4.5-mile easy coastal walk along the south shore connecting Platis Gialos with the famous party beaches of Paradise Beach and Cavo Paradiso, with 200 feet of total elevation and two smaller coves (Agia Anna and Paraga) in between. The path is mostly dirt track above the sea with the Aegean below and bare Cycladic hills behind, and it's genuinely beautiful despite passing some of the island's most famous beach clubs. Out of season it's nearly deserted; in July-August the beaches buzz.
Things to do
Archaeological Site of Delos
The entire uninhabited island of Delos, a 25-minute ferry ride from Mykonos Town, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most significant archaeological landscapes in the Mediterranean — birthplace of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology and once the pre-eminent religious and commercial center of the ancient Aegean. The ruins cover most of the island: the Terrace of the Lions, the mosaic-floored House of Dionysus, the Sacred Way, theater, agora, and a site museum in good condition. Allow at least three hours minimum.
Mykonos Catamaran Sailing Cruises
A small-group catamaran operator based out of Ornos offering day and sunset sails to Delos, Rhenia, and the surrounding Aegean, with a freshly cooked on-board meal and an open bar for snorkeling and swimming stops. The fleet keeps group sizes small enough that the boat doesn't feel like a party ferry, and the swimming spots away from the main beaches have water clarity that justifies the trip on its own. It's the most genuinely enjoyable way to see Mykonos from the sea.
Landmarks & sights
The Windmills (Kato Milli)
Seven whitewashed cylindrical windmills perched above the harbor are Mykonos' most recognizable silhouette, built in the 16th century to grind grain arriving by sea. The hilltop position gives a sweeping view over the old port and the Aegean, and locals treat the ridge as an open-air terrace rather than a formal monument. Come at dusk when the angle of light turns the towers amber and the harbor below fills with music.
Panagia Paraportiani
A cluster of five whitewashed chapels fused into one asymmetrical complex near the waterfront of Chora, built piecemeal between the 15th and 17th centuries under Venetian and later Ottoman-era rule. The irregular domes and undulating plaster walls make it look more like a weathered limestone formation than a building, and it sits right at the edge of the old Kastro quarter. Early morning — before the cruise-ship coaches arrive — the alley in front is empty and the church glows against the deep blue water.