Mykonos at the edges, and Delos
This is Mykonos without the beach-club calendar — early walks through the Chora before the day-trippers arrive, a full morning on Delos with an archaeologist, and one night given over entirely to the inland monastery village of Ano Mera. It is built for a short shoulder-season window rather than a full week.
- Length
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Months
- May – June, September
- Stops
- 3
The route on a map
1 · 3 nights
Mykonos Chora
Whitewashed lanes and windmills, best walked at first light.
2 · A day here
Delos
The most complete ancient city you can walk through in Greece, a thirty-minute boat away.
3 · 1 night
Ano Mera
An inland village around the Panagia Tourliani monastery, away from the harbour crowds.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrive Mykonos
Sleep · Mykonos Chora
Flight via Athens or ferry from Piraeus of two and a half to five hours; evening walk through Little Venice.
Day 2
Delos, early
Sleep · Mykonos Chora
First boat out to Delos, a guided walk through the Terrace of the Lions and the Sacred Harbour, back by early afternoon.
Day 3
Beaches without the noise
Sleep · Ano Mera
Kalafatis or Agios Sostis in the morning, then inland to the monastery village of Ano Mera for the night.
Day 4
Chora again
Sleep · Mykonos Chora
Return to town via Ornos, an afternoon at the small archaeological museum, dinner in the back lanes.
Day 5
Depart
Departure
Morning ferry or flight.