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  • Greece holiday 2011: Three Mykonos restaurants that hit the spot with great food, service & prices

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    Nicolas Taverna Agia Anna Beach Mykonos

    The dining highlights of our Mykonos visit in May included a delicious home-cooked lunch on Agia Anna beach at the Nazos family’s Nicolas Taverna …

     

    Oregano taverna on Mykonos

    … a hearty and very satisfying dinner at Oregano Cook & Grill  …

     

    Ithaki taverna at Ornos beach on Mykonos

    … and a wonderful meal with a good friend at Ithaki on Ornos beach

     

    Mmmm-mmm Mykonos: I hope you’ll pardon the pun, but one of my biggest “beefs” about Mykonos is that the island has so many dining spots, you smell food cooking and see people eating practically everywhere you go. That’s especially the case in the confusing maze of streets in Mykonos Town, where a half-hour stroll will take you past dozens of tavernas, cafés and snack bars with chairs and tables in the narrow streets or bougainvillea-shaded terraces and courtyards merely steps away. It literally seems like everywhere you look, restaurant staff are busy serving food and beverages, while tourists and locals alike are sitting down to enjoy their snacks, meals or drinks. Of course, everything always looks tantalizing and smells divine!

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    Blue Star ferry below Fira on Santorini

    Passengers watch from the top deck as a Blue Star ferry sails past the clifftop town of Fira on its way to Athinios port on Santorini

     

     

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    a sculpture in the Delos archaeological museum

    Scaffolding supports a tall sculpture in the Delos archaeological museum, seen from behind (above) and from the opposite end of the gallery (below)

     

    Delos archaeological museum

  • Sea, sun, sand, drinks & dining at Platis Gialos, the popular Mykonos “family” beach

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    Platis Gialos beach Mykonos

    A hotel and resort area just a 15-minute bus ride from Mykonos Town, Platis Gialos is one of the most popular beaches on Mykonos island …

     

    Platis Gialos beach Mykonos

    … with hundreds of rental sunbeds and a good selection of bars and tavernas at the front of hotels stretching along the sandy beach

     

    Family friendly: If you want to spend time with your kids on a beautiful Mykonos beach that has  a good selection of restaurants, bars and water sports facilities, but none of the raucous and raunchy partying that some of the island’s beaches are famous for, then you’ve got two excellent choices on the island’s south coast.

    You could visit Ornos beach, which I profiled in my July 24 2011 post, or you could go to Platis Gialos beach. They’re not the only family-friendly beaches on Mykonos, of course, but they are two of the easiest to reach from Mykonos Town — especially if you don’t plan to rent a vehicle during your island visit and will be relying solely on buses or taxis to get around.

     

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    scooter on a street in Rodos Town

    A scooter outside a rustic building in Rodos Town on Rhodes

     

     

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    Levrosos beach on Amorgos

    Not a soul in sight at quiet Levrosos beach on Egali Bay in Amorgos

     

     

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    a car and scooter in Astipalea

    Angle parking outside the village of Chora on Astipalea

     

     

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    a street in Naoussa fishing village on Paros

    Flowerpots add spots of colour to whitewashed staircases along a street in Naoussa, a charming fishing village on Paros