Hotels near Mykonos Town (Chora) Wandering

Mykonos Town, locally Chora, is the white-cube capital and the place every visitor returns to between beaches. The deliberately maze-like grid of Matogianni, Enoplon and Mitropoleos streets was designed in the 16th century to confuse pirates and now confuses tourists in the same way. Inside this 1 sq km labyrinth you find the Mykonos Folklore Museum (free, on Kastro hill), the elegant Metropolitan Cathedral, hundreds of small chapels (the island has 365 in total) and an evening crowd that grows from 19:00 onwards. Aim to walk the loop from Manto Mavrogenous square to Three Wells and back to the harbour. Many shops stay open until 23:00 in summer.

Pro Tip: Drop a pin at Manto Mavrogenous square before you start - the lanes are deliberately disorientating and Google Maps does not always work behind the thick whitewashed walls.