Mykonos's most valuable tourist asset is its beaches. The island, and especially the southern coast, features an impressive number of beaches-some of the finest in the Aegean.Access is by road and, in summer, also by fishing boat or water taxi.
Leading out of Hora, there is a small beach that holidaymakers and locals often patronize, while continuing south, one encounters the following beaches:
Megali Ammos: the best beach close to Hora.
Ornos: Sheltered beach south of Korfos with regular transportation and a good number of hotels and restaurants. The beach is a small fishing harbor with good anchorage for leisure craft. There is a diving school. It is the first of the beaches on the southern coast.
Psarou: Pretty, cosmopolitan organized beach with water sports, including a diving school.
Platis Yialos: The island's most popular beach, with a good sand coast, hotels, restaurants, and regular transportation. It is the terminus for water transport to the southern beaches at Paraga, Kalamopodi, Plintri, Agrari, and Elia.
Paraga: Small, pretty beach with a nice landscape. To the south, the beach of Ayia Anna hosts one of the island's two organized camping grounds.
Paradise (Kalamopodi): Pretty and popular beach which first gained international fame thanks to the hippies. There's organized camping and water sports.
Super Paradise (Plintri): The island's most famous beach, it's world-renowned for its beach parties. Popular among the young and hip, it's also been a destination for VIPs since the Fifties and celebrity-spotting continues to date, with reason. The beach also has a reputation for attracting eccentrics and eccentric behavior.
Agrari: Another pretty beach, slightly more isolated for swimmers who shun crowds.
Ayia Anna-Kalafatis: Two fine beaches with broad sand shores and clear waters separated by the Divounta peninsula with its fishing harbor. Both offer a pretty landscape, amenities that include a diving and surfing school, and good transportation.
Panormos-Ayios Sostis: Unique beaches on the island's northern coast in the Panormos bay, ideal for surfing.
Elia: Pretty, expansive, and popular. Elia is the last stop on the water transport route from Platis Yialos.
Tourlos-Ayios Stefanos: Good beaches north of Hora. The entire area has is developed and attracts a large number of holidaymakers.
Korfos: A good beach for surfers as it has a northern orientation.
Ayios Ioannis: Cosmopolitan, somewhat western beach with a view towards Delos.
Lyia: The furthest of the southern beaches, boasts a number of fish tavernas.
Ftelia: Popular among surfers thanks to its northern orientation.