White walls and the meltemi
Mykonos & the Cyclades
Mykonos for the beaches and the night, Paros and Antiparos for the calm, Santorini for the view once. The islands are a sailing ground first, and July and August belong to the wind.
Cyclades, Greece
Mykonos is small, dry and expensive, and in high season the best houses cost what a yacht costs. The reason to come is the light, the beaches on the south coast, which are some of the finest in Greece, and a night that starts at midnight and runs until the sun. We put families in the Agios Lazaros and Aleomandra hills, ten minutes from town and out of earshot of it.
The wind matters more here than anywhere on this list. From mid-July to late August the meltemi blows from the north, and a charter must be planned around it: south-coast anchorages, an experienced captain and a boat that can take a sea. In June and September the same islands are a different, gentler place.
Paros and Antiparos, an hour south by boat, are where the quiet Cyclades begin: fewer people, better tavernas, houses with land. Santorini is a day trip and one is enough.
Best months
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air °C | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 13 |
| Sea °C | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Worth knowing
What we arrange
Mykonos, day by day
The experiences the desk actually books here, tagged by what they are for. The itinerary builder turns them into a plan.
Delos with an archaeologist
The sacred island at eight, before the boats, two hours of the best ruins in the Aegean.
cultureA bed on the south coast
Psarou, Nammos, Scorpios or a quieter cove, chosen for the crowd, the boat waiting off the sand.
seaSailing to Rhenia
The uninhabited island opposite Delos, its coves empty at ten, lunch at anchor.
seaDinner in Little Venice
A table on the water as the sun goes behind the windmills, the town after.
diningThe night
The club, the table, the way in, the driver at four, the terrace at the villa for the sunrise.
nightlifeAntiparos by boat
An hour south to the quiet island, lunch in the harbour, the cave, a swim at Soros beach.
seaCooking with a Mykonian family
A farm inland, a morning of kopanisti and louza, lunch in the courtyard.
diningYoga at the villa and a swim
A teacher on the terrace at seven, the pool after, breakfast late.
wellnessAno Mera and the monastery
The inland village, the Panagia Tourliani monastery, a coffee in the square, an hour.
cultureBeach day at Agrari for the family
Shallow water, a taverna, no music, a car from the villa.
familyThe calendar
By the numbers
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