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Top 6 memories of my Mykonos holiday in 2012 #2: Exploring the streets of Mykonos Town

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Mykonos Town

A hillside view overlooking Mykonos Town and its harbour area

 

Lots to see: Unlike a lot of visitors, I never get bored of Mykonos Town. Many people think they’ve seen all that’s worth seeing after they walk along the harbourside, visit Little Venice, and stroll some of the narrow, twisting streets.

But those people see only the highly commercial, touristy side of Mykonos Town — the lanes lined with jewellery stores, T-shirt shops and tavernas. They don’t wander far enough away from the main tourist zone to walk the quiet residential streets or climb to hillside lookout points that offer amazing views over the town, harbour and beyond.

Even after 7 separate visits to Mykonos, each of which has included a lot of walking around town, I still keep discovering streets and vantage points I’ve never seen in my favourite Greek Island town.

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Patmos island Greece

A small church sits on a terraced hillside high above Petra bay on Patmos

 

 

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a church in Firostefani Greece

A colourful bell tower at a church in Firostefani village on Santorini

 

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Chora village on Astipalea

A blue-domed church and the tall stone walls of the medieval-era Kastro command attention from the mountaintop above Chora village on Astipalea

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church in Oia village on Santorini

This church belltower in the picturesque village of Oia has a view toward the town of Imerovigli in the distance, perched high above the Aegean Sea atop the spectacular steep cliffs of Santorini’s world-famous caldera. The photo appears in my Greece 2004: Oia, Santorini album, which Webshots.com featured as Album of the Day on September 12 2004. Unfortunately, Webshots changed its format in December 2012 and the album is no longer available for public viewing. The photos can, however, be seen in the Oia Santorini album on the mygreecetraveblog.com Facebook page. Below is a link to my Santorini 1 album on Flickr, which includes hundreds more photos from the island. Click once on the album cover photo to view a slideshow, or click twice to enter the album and view individual full-size photos.


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church near Ano Mera village on Folegandros

A big blue-domed church near the village of Ano Mera on Folegandros

 

 

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a church on Ios

A curiously-shaped small church on the main road near the port on Ios

 

 

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a red domed church in Mykonos Town

A red-domed church in Mykonos Town

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