USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Mykonos Area Code : 22890
Mykonos Police Station : 22890 22716 22890 22716
Mykonos Tourist Police : 22890 22482 22890 22482
Mykonos Port Authority : 22890 22218 22890 22218
Mykonos Health Centre : 22890 23998 / 23994
Mykonos Council : 22890 22201 22890 22201 / 23988
Mykonos Municipal District of Ano Mera : 22890 71261 / 72200
Mykonos Citizen Centre : 2890 28621 22890 28621
Mykonos Post Office : 22890 22238
Mykonos Bus Depot : 22890 23360
Mykonos Taxi Drivers : 22890 23700/ 22400
Mykonos Water Board : 22890 23494 22890 23494
Mykonos Cultural Publicity -Development : 22890 27190 22890 27190 /22615
Mykonos Mykonos Hoteliers :22890 24760 22890 24760 / 24540
Mykonos Association of Accomodation: 22890 24860 22890 24860 / 26860
Mykonos Archaeological Museum : 22890 22325 22890 22325 / 79301
Dilos Archaeological Museum : 22890 22259 22890 22259
Mykonos Folklore Collection : 22890 22591 22890 22591
Mykonos Aegean Maritime Museum : 22890 22700 22890 22700
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Mykonos consists of an island concept group with Delos, Rinia and a few rocky islets.
Mykonos is flat with an area coverage of 75 sq, kms and at an altitude of 364m The island has more granite than anything else and the lack of trees is noticeable, although there is bushy vegetation in certain parts of the island (Panormos, Kalafatis and Ftelia ) . Rinia (13 sq kms, 149m ) is flat and used as grazing land for animals,certain areas are covered in dry twigs and sticks, whilst there is deserted land. Tragonisi (1.1 sq km,. 149m ) is rocky and inaccessible, with steep spots. There are mines and flat areas.Finally Stapodia (0,5 sq km,133m) , it is rocky with steep areas, dry twigs and sticks on the ground and with few flat areas.
DILOS ISLAND
The sacred island of ancient Greeks which according to mythology was made visible in the waves of the Aegean, by Poseidon. Lito who was pursued by Hera gave birth to Apollo and Artemis here. In Dilos ruins in quite good condition have been rescued of one of the largest and most impressive organised settlements of Greekroman antiquity. The island was first inhabited in 3000 B.C , probably by the Kares ( a Greek race) .It was converted at the beginning of the 10th century B.C into a centre of worship at Megali Amfiktonia in the Aegean. At the end of the 6th century B.C the Athenians ruled the holy island. In 540 B.C Pasistratos decided on the first catharsis of the island, while with the second in 426 B.C all the bones of the dead from Dilos and neighbouring island Rinia and births and deaths on the island of Apollo were forbidden so as not to contaminate his temple.
Mykonos DRAFAKI, Mykonos VRYSI, Mykonos GLASTROS, Mykonos PLATI YIALOS
Small, interesting monuments scattered can be seen until recently, on farmland and areas in the south of Hora: in Drafaki ( Paspari), one can see some very old but well maintained chapels. A few years ago in Vrisi an arched grave from the Mycaenian period was uncovered, an unusual find for the Cyclades,with interesting contents which gives evidence of special relations of the island with Greek Mycaenic centres.In the same area there are wonderful dovecotes inside old gardens. In the Mykonos countryside remains of ancient square or round towers have been saved which must have belonged to some sort of island defence system : The tower at Lino, has a diameter of 10m. The tower at Portes which stands above Plati - Yialo which has a much smaller diameter (3,5m. ) is very impressive with its well maintained front door.There are also ancient wells which are still used such as the well "of Yiannaro", an underground tank built in granite stone with a staircase descending into the water. Another one is "Pouados " with steps at the side of it to ensure easy access, it is kept beneath the peripheral road from Tourlos to Korfos, near Tangos.
Mykonos LITTLE VENICE
Between Kastro and Skarpas is a picturesque neighbourhood with multi-coloured balconies and wooden poles hanging above the sea. One can enjoy here, surely one of the best sunsets in Greece.
Mykonos CHURCH OF PARAPORTIANI.
Paraportiani is made up of a remarkable, special architectural group which in its creation not only man but also time , due to its age and weather-beaten appearance, making it uniquely aesthetic.Paraportiani took its name from the fact that it is situated next to the small no rthwesterly gate, " paraporti " the medieval wall of Mykonos. In reality it is made up of a two storey group of five churches,of which four are on the ground floor and the fifth at a higher level. The latter is the church of the name Panayia Paraportiani. The first phase of it was created during the period between the 16th and 17th century and its unique architecture have made it eminent as an important monument, not only in Mykonos, but in the whole of the Aegean.
Mykonos ZOODOHOS PIGI ( CATHEDRAL), Mykonos PANAHRA, Mykonos AG.KYRIAKI, Mykonos AG. NIKOLAOS OF YIALOS, Mykonos AG. ELENI
These churches are some of the many and remarkable post-byzantine churches of Hora, with beautiful architecture, important icons and fine-art retables. The large amount of churches is explained due to the many vows and the old habit of the Mykonians to attach the remains of their dead to the church walls.
Mykonos KALAFATIS - DIVOUNIA
Southeast of Ano Mera, opposite the beach at Kalafati in the area of Divounia - Tarsana, they are kept on a small twin cape the prehistoric traces of early cycladic akropoli.
Mykonos MONASTERY OF OUR LADY TOURLIANI
It was founded in 1542 in an area where an old church " Eisodion tis Panayias ". ( Entrance of Our Lady ). From 1757 until 1767, the monastery devoted to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary , it was renovated by the monk Ignatio Basoula and it acquired todays form. The admirable wood carved baroque style , retable of the church , the bishop-like throne and the pulpit (end of the 18th century.) said to have been constructed in Florence, whilst the lovely icons of the retable belong to the iconographer Ioanni "ton ek Kerkira " ( from Corfu ). The architecture of the group, the rich relief decoration of the marble belfry and the fountain impress the visitor. In the monastery collections there are old tools and artefacts, important ecclesiastical heirlooms, prelatic rituals robes, furnishings ( a wood- carved epitaph, bookstand etc..), post- byzantium icons and various other offerings
Mykonos MONASTERY OF PALAIOKASTRO
It is a convent of the 18th century, a typical example of monasterial architecture of the Cyclades, which is situated in the north of Ano Mera. It is named after the neighbouring hill ("Palaiokastro") which is crowned with a medieval Byzantine castle and later renovated by the Gyzians. Amongst others in the same area, we visit the church of Ag. Vlassi with its large dovecote and a peculiar prehistoric grave-like monument, consisting of a large granite stone which stands at 3m in height above the ground.
OUR LADY " LOZARIA " (CATHOLIC CHURCH )
It is built in Alefkantras square, with the Bourbon coat of arms on the facade of it (built during Ludovic 1D)
Mykonos MARATHI - Mykonos AMBELOKIPOS
Here are two more remarkable ecclesiastical monuments of the island, Agios Panteleymonas in Marathi, typical architecture of the 17th century, with superb icons, murals etc., also Agios Yiorgios, at the end of the 17th century, in Ambelokipos, an area of Ano Mera
Mykonos THREE WELLS
In the centre of town, today the wells,which have taken the name of this area, secured most of the water supplied to Hora from the 18th century until the 1950's
Mykonos TOWN HALL
A smart,roof-tiled, two-storey building of 1780 was constructed during and after the Orlov period to finalise the seat of the Russian General Consul of Archipelago. It came out several years later that jurisdiction of the community ( local self governing body of the island which operated before the Revolution) to house up until today the offices of Mykonos Council. Next door the plain but imposing building "Tou Mavrou" (of black) previously housed the first state school of Mykonos. It was built during the reign of Othona (1859), planned by the Bavarian engineer Weiler.
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