In the daytime Mykonos Town is busy with many kinds of holidaymakers: Families,
couples and groups from all over the world, of all ages, shapes and sizes
cluster here to shop, eat and enjoy the many sights the town has to offer. In
the evening, it becomes populated with 'the beautiful people'; mostly young
males and females, gay and straight, parading their young slender bodies, toned
and tanned in elegant high fashion. If you want to be seen, this is the place to
be seen! As the night advances, the middle-aged slip away to their beds and the
town belongs to the young. Here you won't find the raucus revelling that is
carried out by European teenagers who visit some of the other Greek islands,
Mykonos is far to 'cool' for such displays - but it has displays of its own.
Mykonos Town at night is a place which never sleeps.
Many of the fashion shops, jewellers, small supermarkets etc. remain open
until well after 1a.m. It is a place when even if you are dead tired, you don't
want to go back to your hotel to sleep because there is so much energy in the
centre of the town and you want it to rub off on you. Nightlife in Mykonos town
stimulates all your senses with its lively variety of clubs, dancing, live
music, restaurants and cafes, bars and seaside taverns.
You can be a chameleon during your holiday, spoiling yourself by splurging out
in one of the
exclusive garden restaurants, adorned in all your finery, hoping to spot one of
the countless Greek or internationally famous people who frequent the island in
the summer months, or, dressing down in your best 'grunge' or 'hippy gear' to
sit in one of the atmospheric bars or restaurants that line the seafront of
Little Venice. Alternatively, you can dress 'incognito', hiding behind large
sunglasses, and watch the parade of people taking their evening stroll along the
seafront . Finally, if you are feeling extremely daring, you can don your most
outrageous attire and visit the famous gay bar in the town, the Pierro's bar,
with its twice nightly drag show entertainment.
From noon starts the party mainly from the area of Little Venice. As
you coming down from the wind mills through Alefkandra gate, walk
through the bars of Little Venice and squeeze through the crowds along
the narrow pavement between the sea and the bars. The Caprice bar seems
to be partying all day and night and, with its bohemian decor and lively
music it creates a different atmosphere and attracts many Greek and
foreigner young people. Adjacent to the Caprice are the Semeli,
Galleraki, Scappa and Veranda bars. All have an atmosphere as lively as
the Caprice bar but slightly more terraced seating space. Having said
that though, in high season or during periods of Greek national
holidays, you need to get here quite early in the evening in order to
find a place to sit where you can avoid being trampled on by the passing
crowds of people cutting through the narrow space between the table and
the walking path.
Right
on the corner of Little Venice you will see the Veranda bar. It is
located in one of the charmingly quaint buildings that gives the area
its unique character. If you are lucky you can get a seat on its old
wooden first floor veranda and avoid the constant crush of passers-by
that the other bars suffer from. The whole area around Little Venice is
a perfect place to sit and and watch the sky changing as the sun sets.
Whilst enjoying a refreshing drink or delicious meal you can enjoy the
wonders of nature's paint box as she turns day into night with colours
that alter from ultramarine to turquoise to pink and gold and then to
the deep navy blue of the night sky, twinkling with silver stars and the
golden lights of the cruise ships out at sea. Once the sun sets the
crowds begin to disperse slightly as the 'young and the restless' leave
to embellish themselves for the night ahead.
Within
the town of Mykonos there are numerous of trendy music bars or just cafe
bars for every taste. Near to the place where there used to be the old
sophisticated
Vengera bar is the Aroma Bar which mostly has a Greek clientele. It is
located right at the most busiest junction of Mykonos Town centre,
namely, between Matogianni and Enoplon Dynameon Streets. Here is one of
the best places to enjoy a drink and watch the colourful crowds passing
by, increasing in density and 'peacockery' as the night goes on. In the
early evening, at Aroma Bar, the music is light and easy Jazz. A few
steps further takes you to another popular bar, The Cosi, where you can
sit on the raised walled seating that line the sides of the street, The
jolly mile extends further to Aegli and Astra at the 3 wells. Stay for
some time and watch the transformation. In the early evening (around
8p.m.) young people flock here from the nearby beaches, still drenched
in sun and sand, their glossy hair pulled back in a casual way that only
the young can make beautiful. However, as the evening draws on they
disappear and re-emerge as super-butterflies in flimsy flowing dresses.
Interestingly, at this time of night it is the middle-aged visitor who
by 8p.m. is coiffured and spruced up for their evening dinner before
quietly withdrawing and giving the town up to the young for the night.
Later on, the night outing will continue in Agyra, 9 Muses, Remezzo,
Argo, Ramroo, on the stairs in Manto square, in Mykonos bar, Thalami,
Scandinavian and many other clubs and bars who are making the nightlife
of Mykonos one of the most wild and beautiful in Europe.
