Description Mykonos, Greece

Mykonos - the most popular and fashionable Cycladic island of the archipelago. It certainly can be called one of the Greek island where everyone can find something for yourself: stunning beaches and relentless night life, renowned restaurants and fabulous architecture, trendy disco clubs and cozy cafes on the waterfront. At Mykonos come dreamers and romantics, lovers of night life and adventurers, representatives of the world and carefree bohemian hippies.

Mykonos is the southernmost Cycladic island chain in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Coast strewn with beautiful coves with sandy beach, along which comfortably housed modern hotels of different levels. Sophisticated restaurants, numerous entertainment options for every taste, modern infrastructure of a European standard will organize all the conditions for a real holiday with his family.

The island was named after the son of Apollo. The history of the island is closely linked to its neighboring island of Dilos, the birthplace of the god of sunlight Apollo. According to mythology, when Hercules cut off all the giants of the body numb and turned into high cliffs. The first inhabitants of the island were the Egyptians, and then they got into the influence of the Minoan culture developed into one of the advanced civilizations in 1300 BC. Eruption of Thira in 1550 put an end to the existence of civilization. Later the island was colonized by Ionians and Dorians, and became a member of the Athenian League. After their appearance on the island has a "golden age", Mykonos has become a major religious and political center.