About Mykonos...
Mykonos
cosmopolitan character has made it famous as an international tourist
resort. However, even the most unsuspicious visitor realises immediately
that Mykonos is not only a crazy bon-viveur but also a beautiful, picturesque
island with an all-white Hora (the main village) next to the crystal-clear
blue waters of the Aegean Sea.
An island that enchants the visitor with the golden, sandy beaches,
the typical cycladic colour, the lively atmosphere, the friendly and
easy-going people and the endless relation with the glorious past.
The whole complex of islands including. Mykonos-Delos-Rhenia having
been officially characterised as an area of exquisite natural beauty
is protected in accordance with special legislation in order to preserve
the unique natural and aesthetic beauty of the landscape.
The tourist who comes to Mykonos, wherever he finds himself and despite
the tourist development, can enjoy a unique natural environment with
dentelated coasts, impressive rocks, old cottage houses, countless small
and secluded churches, huge windmills and tiny pigeon-lofts.
All
these together with the clear atmosphere, the summer breeze, the colours
- light and dark blue, grey, white - explain why Mykonos has inspired
painters and photographers and has become the favourite holiday resort
for many socialites.
Among the beauties of the island, one can single out Houlakia beach where
one finds very big pebbles, the granite formations with strange shapes
in the south (Halara, Plintri, Lino, Lazaros), the magic capes between
cute, little bays (Drapanos, Divounia), the abrupt coasts in the north
(Fanari, Panormos), the red rock in Tragonissi, the austere landscape
in Aleomantra etc. This rocky terrain of Mykonos has impressed our ancestors
so much that they connected the island with the myth of the Hercules fight
with the Giants.
The
islands beauty as well as the friendliness of the people and the eternal
magic of Delos, one of the most sacred places of Antiquity, have made
Mykonos one of the most cosmopolitan holiday resorts of the Mediterranean,
if not of the whole world. Mykonos covers an area of approximately 85
km and it is situated almost in the middle, between Tinos and Naxos and
east of Syros where Ermoupolis, the capital of Cyclades is situated. Mykonos
population is 6,500 people but during the summer period the number of
tourists visiting the island is multiple The soil is generally rocky and
arid and this fact has turned the peoples interest to fishing, navigation
and emigration.
