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Watching the town come alive

May has been our favourite time to visit, and one of the big reasons is that it’s so interesting and fun to watch Mykonos Town come alive. The entire place changes from day to day as shop and restaurant owners clean, paint, stock supplies and prepare to open for the season. You can walk down an empty street one day, and barely recognize it the next once a shop or taverna has opened and put merchandise or tables and chairs in the street or square beside it. And there’s an excitement and energy in the air as the locals get ready to welcome thousands of international visitors each week for the next six months.

The entire look of many streets can change dramatically during the course of a day even after May. A lot of businesses will open for a few hours in the morning to serve the local population, but then will close for an afternoon “siesta” before they reopen in early evening and stay open late (until midnight or even longer, if there’s  still a lot of people out and about and ready to browse). The doors to some places that appear to be shuttered storefronts by day don’t even open until dusk, revealing surprises like a cozy cocktail bar or café you never knew existed.

Below are some images, from this past May, of my favourite little Greek city by the sea.

 

Mykonos Town

Part of the Mykonos Town harbourfront and a hillside rising up behind it

 

Mykonos Town

A street on one of the hillsides high above the town center

 

Mykonos Town

Colourful steps on a residential street

 

Mykonos Town

A red-domed church high above the harbour

 

Agia Anna beach in Mykonos Town

A harbour view from Agia Anna beach in Mykonos Town

 

 Mykonos Town

A streetcorner in the heart of Mykonos Town

 

Mykonos Town

A souvenir shop in the center of Mykonos Town

 

Little Venice in Mykonos Town

The famous Little Venice seaside district of Mykonos Town

 

Little Venice in Mykonos Town

A sea-level view of Little Venice

 

Mykonos windmills

Some of the windmills on the hillside overlooking Little Venice

 

Mykonos Town

A residential street in Mykonos Town

 

Mykonos Town

Midafternoon and not a soul in sight on this street

 

a windmill in Mykonos

The folklore museum windmill on the hillside above the town

 

Mykonos Town

Overlooking a sea of white roofs from a vantage point on a hillside

 

Mykonos Town

A scooter parked on a residential street near the center of town

 

Mykonos Town

A women’s fashion shop displays its wares in the street

 

Dolphins of Delos

The Dolphins of Delos excursion boat moored at the Old Port

 

Mykonos Town viewed from Porto Mykonos Hotel

Even on a severely overcast day, guests at the Porto Mykonos Hotel still see this great view of Mykonos Town and its harbourfront area

 

cocktail bars at Little Venice

How some of the cocktail bars at Little Venice look during the day …

 

Little Venice Mykonos cocktail bars

… and how they look by night

 

a Little Venice Mykonos cocktail bar

Another view of a Little Venice seaside bar at night

 

street in Mykonos Town

Red geraniums add colour to a pathway on a hillside above the town

 

street in Mykonos Town

A church on the left side of the street, a clothing store on the right

 

windmill in Mykonos Town

An old windmill on the hill above Mykonos Town

 

Mykonos Town

Another hillside view of the town

 

Mykonos Town

A residential street near the center of town

 

church at Mykonos harbour

A little blue-domed church next to the Mykonos Town harbour

 

a Mykonos street

A passageway on a Mykonos street

 

a house in Mykonos Town

A palm tree outside a house near the windmills at Little Venice

 

Mykonos Town

A colourful street corner in Mykonos Town

 

a Mykonos Town street

Night view of a shopping street near Little Venice

 

Mykonos Town harbourfront

The Mykonos Town waterfront is lined with shops and tavernas

 

Paraportiani Church in Mykonos Town

Paraportiani Church near Little Venice

 

Mykonos Town

A cruise ship anchored in the bay off Mykonos Town

 

Mykonos Town

A shopping street in the center of Mykonos Town

 

Mykonos Town

A red-domed belltower above a church in Mykonos Town

 

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