EXPLORING the BEACHES of MYKONOS: the GOOD, the BAD and the SUPER UGLY (GREECE)
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's go to one of the world's most famous island, the Greek island of Mykonos and let's visit a few of its 27 (official) beaches. We are going to visit the beaches of Ornos, Paradise, Super Paradise, Agios Stephanos, Agia Anna, Kalafatis, Platis Yialos (and others) and we will place the beaches into 3 categories: the Good (meaning, I liked them), the Bad (meaning they were ok, there is something annoying about them) and the Ugly (which really means I disliked them). At the end, we will see the last undeveloped beach (which will be taken over and will be completely changed within a year).
The first 3 beaches, ELIA, KALAFATIS and KALO LIVADHI - you will need transportation (I had a motorcycle, which was ok) to get to. AGIOS STEFANOS is the closest to the main town and you can there in 10 minutes by bus, it is very close to the new port or the main marina; AGIA ANNA, you will need transportation as well; ONOS, you can there by bus from the main town (10 minutes by bus), sae with PLATIS YIALOS (or GIALOS); PANORMOS, you will need transportation, it is quite far; and finally, for both, PARADISE and SUPER PARADISE BEACH, you will need your own transportation.. I mentioned the names of the beaches here in the order that they appear on the video!!
Mykonos is an island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. It's popularly known for its summer party atmosphere. Beaches such as Paradise and Super Paradise have bars that blare thumping music. Massive dance clubs attract world-renowned DJs and typically stay open well past dawn. Iconic landmarks include a row of 16th-century windmills, which sit on a hill above Mykonos town.
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Kefalonia Island - The Best Beaches In Greece
In our opinion, Kefalonia island has the best beaches in Greece! From Myrtos to Assos to Platias, this island is truly blessed with beaches. But that's not all that there is to offer here! In this week's episode, we rent another car on Kefalonia and explore for a few days. We drive all the way around the island (except for the Southeast) and see many beautiful places including the Paliki Peninsula, Assos Town, Myrtos Beach, Fiskardo, Argostoli, Sklavos Winery and much more! We eat delicious greek food, swim in some of the most beautiful water we've ever seen, meet new friends and try new wines!
This island is famous for having some of the best beaches in Greece, and while we agree that there are some spectacular stretches of sand, it's really the raw nature and laid back vibe of Kefalonia that we loved.
This is definitely one of the best islands in Greece and we will return one day to explore some more! For now, check out what we've seen so far!
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We're at our second island here in Greece this is Kefalonia. We just picked up this little ride from ETAM KCG Travel here on the island, we're going to be ripping around, checking out this place. It's famous for it's rocky coastline, pristine beaches and tasty wine. It's one of the largest islands in the Ionian Island chain and also one of the largest islands in Greece, so we definitely need a car.
So in this episode we're exploring Kefalonia. Let's do it guys!
We just checked into our hotel, this is White Rocks on Kefalonia Island. Which we're so happy about because check out our view from our amazing room. This hotel is set on two breathtaking blue flag beaches and we have a view of them right from our room here. It's incredible so we're so happy to be here for four nights and wake up to this view every morning. So we're just going to drop off our bags and go explore Kefalonia.
We spent the afternoon hanging out at the beaches near our hotel, and then we came out to this place, this is Sto Psito Restaurant. We've been told that they serve up traditional food using local ingredients and we're excited to try Kefalonian wine and the specialties as well. Plus there are supposed to be amazing views from the sunset terrace. I can tell already that it's going to be gorgeous so let's get in there.
We're now in Argostoli which is the capital of Kefalonia. This city like many places in the south end of the island was rocked by an earth quake in the 1950s so it's been rebuilt, but there are still nice buildings like this church here behind us and there's a beautiful seafront promenade that runs for probably a couple of kilometers so we're going to go hit that up right now.
So it wasn't until 1864 that these Ionian Islands became a part of Greece, before that they were occupied by the French, The Russians, The Italians, The Turks, so they've basically had a really different history from the rest of Greece. So they have their own traditions which we're getting to witness here today because their wearing traditional clothing and they're dancing and having a parade to celebrate 1864 when they officially reunited with Greece.
We just drove about an hour from the capital to come all the way over here on the other side of the peninsula to this little place, this is called Petani Beach and it's gorgeous but it's super windy and super wavy right now so we won't be swimming, but we're going to chill out in this little tavern for now and have some lunch.
So we just finished up a tasty lunch on the beach and then we drove for another twennty minutes and now we're in the little town of Lixoury. We're on the Paliki Peninsula and there is hardly anybody here. The drive took us through a lot of undeveloped areas and now we're in this town and I don't see anyone around there's just a bunch of fishing boats and it's pretty cool. So now we're just going to walk around, explore the plaza, have a coffee and explore this little town a little bit.
another short little drive from Lixoury town brought us here, this is Xi Beach. The sand here is unique in that it's really rust color and kind of reddish and there's mud here that you're supposed to rub all over your body and it's like a spa treatment for your skin.
So we're going to walk along this sand for a little bit and then this afternoon we're supposed to go for a wine tasting, so we don't have very much time to hangout on Xi Beach here but we'll do a little stroll on the sand here and then hop back in the car.
Last night when we ate at that Tavern we had that Sklavos wine that I said we just loved and today we're going to meet Mr.Sklavos, we're at the Sklavos Vineyard and I think we're going to walk around the vineyard and maybe try some more of this delicious wine!
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TOP 11 BEACHES IN MYKONOS (CHRIS' GUIDE)
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Beaches in order of appearance:
00:08 - Mykonos Town
00:21 - Ornos Beach
00:31 - Panormos Beach
00:47 - Paradise Beach
01:13 - Platis Gialos Beach
01:23 - Psarou Beach
01:38 - Super Paradise Beach
01:55 - Elia Beach
02:03 - Ftelia Beach
02:13 - Kalafati Beach
02:22 - Kalo Livadi Beach
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Top Cyclades beaches ✽ Greece
My best (top) list of Cyclades islands beaches, Greece:
0:07 Naxos - Agios Prokopios beach
0:35 Milos - Fyriplaka beach
0:58 Mykonos - Kalafatis beach
1:27 Milos - Kleftiko beach
1:55 Kythnos - Kolona beach
2:25 Naxos - Mikra Vigra beach
2:54 Koufonisia - Pori beach
3:22 Milos - Sarakiniko beach
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Mykonos beach guide - 22 Mykonos beaches Mykonos, Greece
Mykonos beaches are famous all over the world for their golden sand and the crystal waters. As this is among the most popular tourist destinations in Greece, most Mykonos beaches are organized with many tourist facilities, from seaside accommodation to beach bars, restaurants and water sports centers. The best organized beaches in Mykonos are found on the southern coast, which get extremely overcrowded during peak season. Paradise Beach and Super Paradise Beach are famous as the best party beaches in Greece. Beaches on the northern coast of the island are less organized and ideal to enjoy some calm moments. Nudism is frequently practised there. Source: greeka.com
Mykonos | Platis Gialos beach
Platis Gialos is the longest stretch of beach on the island and yet another popular spot 4 km south from Chora. Visitors can access the area by bus, taxi or rental or easily by small ferry boats that tour other popular beaches along the way. Since it's initial development, the area has become more cosmopolitan. Lined with well-organized hotels, restaurants and water sports amusement for younger crowds, it is noted as a family friendly destination. The hotels and apartments for rent all have balconies overlooking the sea and are located on the first floors above the restaurants, bars, shops and mini markets. Here, you can take a boat trip to other beaches on Mykonos like Paranga, Paradise & Super Paradise or, for the seaman at heart, you can rent a boat to make your own day trips too.
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Kalafati beach, Mykonos, Greece [HD]
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Mykonos | Tips from a Taxi driver
This is a video about TAXIS in Mykonos. We have ride with Manolis, a local Taxi driver and he gave us some useful tips. Watch and learn!
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Μύκονος Mykonos Greek Islands Travel Tour Guide
Η Μύκονος είναι νησί του Αιγαίου Πελάγους και ανήκει στις Κυκλάδες. Πρωτεύουσα του νησιού είναι η Χώρα, που βρίσκεται στη δυτική πλευρά του νησιού. Η Μύκονος είχε πληθυσμό 9.320 άτομα στην απογραφή του 2001. Η έκταση του νησιού είναι 86,125 τ.χλμ., ενώ έχει μήκος ακτών 89 χιλιόμετρα. Η Μύκονος ήταν από τα πρώτα ελληνικά νησιά που αναπτύχθηκε τουριστικά. Ήδη από τη δεκαετία του 1960 συνέρρεαν μαζικά τουρίστες προς το νησί. Σήμερα η νυχτερινή ζωή της Μυκόνου θεωρείται από τις πιο ζωντανές και ενεργές στην Ευρώπη. Το πιο γνωστό σημείο του νησιού στη χώρα ονομάζεται μικρή Βενετία λόγω της ομοιότητας του με τη Βενετία.
Ο κάτοικος της Μυκόνου ονομάζεται Μυκόνιος ή Μυκονιάτης - Μυκονιάτισσα.
Κατά την μυθολογία, το νησί πήρε το όνομά του ήρωα Μυκόνου, γιου του Αινίου του Καρύστου και Ρυούς της Ζάρυκος (Στέφ. Βυζάντιος). Αποικήθηκε αρχικά από τους Αιγυπτίους, Ικάριους, Φοίνικες και Μινωίτες, κατόπιν από τους Ίωνες υπό την καθοδήγηση του Ιπποκλέους του Νήλου και πατέρα του Φοβίου ή Φορβίου. Οι αρχαίοι συγγραφείς αναφέρουν στην Μύκονο και τον ποταμό Αχελώο, ανύπαρκτο σήμερα, και το όρος «Δίμαστον» που είναι δικόρυφο, ευρισκόμενο πάντως μεταξύ δύο όρων (Ανωμερίτη και Βορνιώτη). Aλλη μυθολογική παράδοση που στην αρχαία Μύκονο αναφέρεται στο φόνο των γιγάντων από τον Ηρακλή στο νησί αυτό (Στράβωνος Ί 487), από εκεί φαίνεται να προήλθε και η παροιμιώδης φράση: Πάντες υπό μία Μύκονον που αναφέρεται σε πολλά ανόμοια και ασυνάρτητα πράγματα που βρίσκονται σε μία κατηγορία [2]. Ο Στράβωνας αναφέρει επίσης ότι οι Μυκόνιοι ήταν φαλακροί, ενώ άλλοι συγγραφείς υπερβάλλοντας αναγράφουν ότι παρέμεναν άτριχοι ήδη από την βρεφική τους ηλικία. Οι αρχαίοι θεωρούσαν τους Μυκόνιους άπληστους και φιλοκερδείς αντίληψη που αντανακλάται στη φράση: Μυκόνιος γείτων. [3] Κατά τους ιστορικούς χρόνους η Μύκονος αναφέρεται σπάνια. Από τον Ηρόδοτο (ΣΤ΄118) αναφέρεται ως ορμητήριο του Πέρσου Δάτιδος το 490 π.Χ. Η Μύκονος έχει 2 κύρια μοναστήρια, το ένα στην σημερινή «Aνω Μερά» και στη θέση «Παλαιόκαστρο», ΝΔ της σημερινής πόλης. Οι Μυκόνιοι, που ανήκαν στην Δηλιακή Συμμαχία, κατέβαλλαν στους Αθηναίους συμμαχικό φόρο ενός ταλάντου. Λάτρευαν εκτός τις υπόλοιπες θεότητες του Πανελληνίου Δωδεκαθέου ιδιαίτερα τον Διόνυσο και την μητέρα του Σεμέλη, την Δήμητρα (Χλόη) και τον Ποσειδώνα, και προς τιμή τους τελούσαν πανηγυρικές γιορτές με θυσίες κάπρων, αμνών και κριών. Τα νομίσματα της Μυκόνου φέρουν τον Διόνυσο ολόσωμο με την κεφαλή του ή την κεφαλή του Ποσειδώνα.
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