Beach in Mykonos?

[almitra]

How close by the pier is there a nice beach for the day? Anyone? TIA!

[Hlitner]

Not close enough. Mykonos Town is located on the Western Coast of the island, but most of the better beaches are on the South Coast (our favorite is Paradise Beach). If you do not want to pay for a taxi (this can be expensive) than either walk (or take the shuttle into town) and than walk over to the bus station that is located not far from the windmills (there is another bus station on the side of town that is closer to the cruise ship pier, but the buses from there do not go the Southern beaches). From the bus station you can catch the local bus out to Paradise or several other beaches. When you arrive in the port there will be some local tourist information folks there who will be happy to give you a map and specific info. But, keep in mind its a major tourist island, most speak some English, and its pretty easy to get information.

 

Hank

[SommerinTexas]

If you want to go to a beach, it is definitely worth it to go to the South side of the island. The North side (where the ships dock) have very strong winds (hence all the windmills), and it is quite cool. When we were there in May, it was way too cool to even think about laying out on that side of the island. We took a cab over to the South side, and it was about $10 Euros each way. We him drop us off at Plati Yialos, rented beach chairs from one of the restaurants/hotels, and hung out here for the afternoon. When it was about time to get back to the ship, we asked the hotel to call a cab for us, and he was there within 10 minutes. It was a VERY easy excursion to do on our own.

[tom_uk]

Agree with all the other posters about the ease of getting to the beaches on the south side of the island: Platys Gialos (a family beach), Paradise (more youth-oriented), and Super-Paradise (allegedly even more so). Years ago before there were quite so many visitors it used to be said that Gialos (or Yialos, you'll see both spellings in English) was a family beach, Paradise was a nude beach, and Super Paradise was a gay nude beach. Paradise & Super Paradise now cater much more for general holiday-makers although you may still encounter a few naked people. They're as likely to be overweight middle-aged Germans as scandinavian lovelies, though: you have been warned!

 

In addition to the buses from the town, there are caiques (small boats) voyaging between the three beaches, so you can bus to one, stay a while, move on to another, and bus back from that one. But you'll pay for beach loungers, etc, at each beach of course.

[kimmeesook]

Can someone tell me how long it takes from the windmills on the northern end to the southern beaches? I would like to do both. Thanks!! :)

[Hlitner]

The public bus takes about 15 minutes to get you to the more popular southern beaches. Of course your total time depends on how long you wait for the bus, and they used to run about every 30 minutes....but not sure of the current schedule.

 

Hank