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Cyclades · Greece
White lanes, windmills and a sacred island next door.
Little Venice, the Kato Mili windmills and the five-church Paraportiani complex stand at the edge of Mykonos Town. The sacred island of Delos is 30 minutes away by boat.
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Mykonos Town, by the old north-west gate
Five churches share one two-storey building: four on the ground floor and Panagia Paraportiani on top. It stands at a gate in the old castle wall, a short walk from the Old Port.
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Just north of the New Port
This bay is the closest beach to the cruise dock at Tourlos. A public KTEL bus links it with the Old Port in town.
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Mykonos Town
Louza is pork loin cured with thyme, oregano and allspice. Kopanisti is a fermented PDO cheese of the Cyclades, and kremidopita is the local onion pie.
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Beside the Old Port
Open 09:00 to 16:00, closed on Tuesday. Entry is €5, or €3 reduced.
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Your ship either berths at the New Port at Tourlos, north of town, or anchors and sends you ashore by tender.
If you do one thing here
Delos is a sacred island and archaeological site under the Ministry of Culture. The boat leaves the Old Port at 10:00 every day, takes 30 minutes and leaves Delos at 13:30, so you get three hours on the island. A return ticket is €25, or €12 for children aged 6 to 12.
Site entry is a separate ticket: €20, or €10 reduced. The site lists 08:00 to 19:30, but in 2025 it closed at 16:00 from 27 October, so check the hours on a late-season call. If your ship berths at the New Port, take the Sea Bus to the Old Port first.
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Official crime data covers the Cyclades group of islands, not Mykonos alone.
Crime figures: Eurostat police-recorded offences, 2024, region EL422 (Andros, Thira, Kea, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos) against Greece; the percentages are our maths. Walking distance: OpenStreetMap foot route. Weather: Hellenic National Meteorological Service, Mykonos station, monthly mean highs 1991 to 2020; wind wording from its climate of Greece page.
Make it part of your voyage
MSC, Costa, Princess, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and more call at Mykonos. Find cruises that visit.
Ships berth at the New Port at Tourlos, north of town, or anchor off Mykonos Town. The Port Fund does not publish which ships do which; your cruise line tells you.
From the New Port, take the Sea Bus water taxi (about 12 minutes, €2 to €2.50), the hourly KTEL bus or a taxi. Local press reports that tenders land at the Old Port, in town.
The New Port is about 1 mile from the Old Port in a straight line, or about 1.4 miles by road.
Yes. The shore road from the New Port to the Old Port takes about 30 minutes on foot.
The Port Fund lists no shuttle bus at the cruise dock, only waiting shelters and free WiFi. Ask your cruise line if it runs its own.
Call 22890 23700 or 22890 22400, 24 hours a day, or go to the rank in front of the OTE building in town.
Agios Stefanos is the closest to the New Port, with a KTEL bus from the Old Port. Ornos is about 3 miles from the New Port in a straight line; the KTEL bus to Ornos leaves from Fabrika.
From the Old Port, Little Venice and the Kato Mili windmills are about half a mile away, and the Archaeological Museum is beside the quay.
Yes. Boats leave the Old Port daily at 10:00 and take 30 minutes. A return ticket is €25, and site entry is a separate €20.
Delos is the best known. Delos Tours runs a guided half-day for €79, or €35 for children aged 6 to 12, with the boat, site entry and guide included. The tours list above has more.
Theft is about 36% below the Greek rate in the Cyclades group, but assault is about 63% above it (2024, per resident). The rates do not count summer visitors.
Yes. The town sights are within about half a mile of the Old Port. A Delos trip on the 10:00 boat takes about four hours, back in Mykonos around 14:00.
