Today we travelled on the Alexander, an inter-island ferry boat, to Delos and Mykonos. We called into the beautiful fishing and tourist village of Naousa, Paros, to pick up more passengers and before our first drop off point at Delos.
The sight of the vast archeological site on Delos is very impressive. Dating back to the 7th century BC the city once housed 30 thousand people. Collating, rebuilding and protecting the buildings and antiquities is a massive job. Hopefully, the constant stream of tourists each paying 12 euro each goes to helping restore this ancient site for future generations.
We dodged and weaved to the front of the tourist groups and made our way to the large amphitheatre before climbing to the grotto of Zeus which gave us great views over Delos. We could see boats coming and going on a frequent basis.
No one is permitted to stay overnight nor swim on Delos.
A museum houses a collection of statues, frescoes, votives and pottery.
After three hours we were on our to Mykonos and we were looking forward to lunch.
As we neared the tourist island we spied two large cruise boats and as expected Mykonos was bustling with tourists.
We made our way over to Little Venice and the four famous windmills before settling on our lunch restaurant. The food was delicious however the first half of our lunch was noisy as a wedding party descended on the restaurant in preparation for the wedding at the adjacent church.
We stayed around long enough to watch the bride arrive then we wandered the alleyways looking at the shops.
An ice cream before we left completed a lovely visit of this tourist mecca.
The boat left at 5pm and arrived back in Naxos just before 7pm. We treated ourselves to an Aperol spritz before we moved onto an Italian restaurant for dinner.
It was a great day with two very different visits to the islands.
The sight of the vast archeological site on Delos is very impressive. Dating back to the 7th century BC the city once housed 30 thousand people. Collating, rebuilding and protecting the buildings and antiquities is a massive job. Hopefully, the constant stream of tourists each paying 12 euro each goes to helping restore this ancient site for future generations.
We dodged and weaved to the front of the tourist groups and made our way to the large amphitheatre before climbing to the grotto of Zeus which gave us great views over Delos. We could see boats coming and going on a frequent basis.
The world’s biggest jigsaw!
No one is permitted to stay overnight nor swim on Delos.
A museum houses a collection of statues, frescoes, votives and pottery.
After three hours we were on our to Mykonos and we were looking forward to lunch.
As we neared the tourist island we spied two large cruise boats and as expected Mykonos was bustling with tourists.
We made our way over to Little Venice and the four famous windmills before settling on our lunch restaurant. The food was delicious however the first half of our lunch was noisy as a wedding party descended on the restaurant in preparation for the wedding at the adjacent church.
We stayed around long enough to watch the bride arrive then we wandered the alleyways looking at the shops.
The famous windmills on Mykonos
Little Venice...lots of restaurants with mega prices!
The boat left at 5pm and arrived back in Naxos just before 7pm. We treated ourselves to an Aperol spritz before we moved onto an Italian restaurant for dinner.
It was a great day with two very different visits to the islands.
Plenty of souvenirs!
Shopping in the little alleys....
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