Gray green rocks girt with prickly pear bushes and plains covered in wild flowers, the occasional white-washed plaster of a rural house, a little church or a windmill are characteristic features of the Myconian countryside.
Here the high
mountains encountered in most of the Cycladic islands give way to small
rocky hills which combine with beautiful beaches to make up the landscape
of the island.
For decades,
Mykonos and Delos have attracted the attention of special people. In a
place so delicate, so enchanting and with such an ancient history as these
islands, we all of us are dedicated to doing everything possible to maintain
a balance between the long tradition of hospitality and the demands of
contemporary Tourism.
Hora
The capital, Hora, with
its colorful harbor in which little fishing boats nestle happily side by
side with luxury yachts, presents quite a different picture from the majority
of Aegean island towns. While it is usual for island villages to be built
on naturally amphitheatrical sites, Mykonos is spread out over a flat area
and conveys an impression of solid aesthetic cohesion.
Along the whitewashed streets
stand brilliant white box shaped houses with stepped walls for sitting
on, wooden doors and windows and brightly-colored balconies. These are
interspersed with small and impressive churches, pretty little taverns
and shops selling souvenirs and other goods, and the overall sense is of
being inside a film set.
On the low Kastro hill is
the complex of churches known collectively as Our Lady , a superb arrangement
of whitewashed masses created over the centuries and now recognized as
a national cultural monument.
Of particular historical
and aesthetic interest are the medieval houses in this district of the
town, which stand like a wall above the sea protecting the west side of
Hora.
The Archaeological Museum
of Hora contains finds from tombs on the
nearby 
island
of Rhenia, sculptures, vases and figurines. The Folklore Museum brings
together a number of collections of furniture, icons, pieces of sculpture
and folk musical instruments. Mykonos is also the home of the Nautical
Museum of the Aegean, which has interest all of its own.
The countryside of Mykonos
is a mixture of gray-green rocks ringed by prickly pear plants and little
fertile areas carpeted with wild flowers. Here and there are tiny white-washed
chapels and windmills.
Ano Mera
Ano Mera is, after Hora,
the most important of the older villages on the island. Standing 8 km.
to the east of the town, Ano Mera has the interesting monastery of Our
Lady Tourliani, ornamented with fine wood-carvings . The church has a collection
of valuable ecclesiastical vessels vestments and embroideries. The courtyard
contains an interesting blether and a marble fountain.
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