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Mykonos T ravelers and wanderlusters fell in love uities, it is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
According to Hesychios, Mykonos derives from the word
with Mykonos in the ‘60s, when it became a fa-
vorite spot for lovers of art and of nature from,
Mykon, meaning heap and themonia; heap of stones on ac-
count of the impressive granite boulders that seem to have
mainly, Europe. Soon, more and more people
been heaped by some supernatural hand. Ancient Greeks
heard about it. The ‘60s was when the visionary
Beyond Time founder of the Myconian Collection Hotels & Resorts, had created the myth that under the island’s rocks were
buried the giants killed by Hercules, who came to the aid of
Mykonos native, George Daktylides started taking care of
visitor to the island too, via bus service and later the first MC
his father Zeus during the Gigantomachy. Archaeological
hotel. Just a stone’s throw from world-famous Mykonos,
finds on Mykonos indicate the existence of a significant civ-
ilisation on the island, dating back to to the Late Neolithic
Delos was once the center of commerce in the Mediterra-
nean and a multicultural, vibrant community. Completely
uninhabited today in order to preserve its spectacular antiq- period (5th & 4th millennium BC). Later, Ionians settle on
Mykonos, colonising it after expelling its previous inhabitants.>

THE STORY OF THIS ISLAND STARTS

ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE ANCIENT

ERA. MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THESE CHRISTOS DRAZOS

CENTURIES FOR THE ISLAND AS MYKONOS

HAS BLOSSOMED INTO A BUCKET-LIST

DESTINATION FOR TRAVELERS THE

WORLD ROUND.

Text by DESPOINA SAMPSON

WILD NATURE
Mykonos is the famed island
of the winds because of
the northern winds called
“meltemia” – which keep us
cool in the heat of summer.