At the old harbor, you can set sail for one of Greece’s most treasured archaeological sites. The island of Delos is just a couple of kilometers from the southwest coast of Mykonos and its excavations have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If you’re up to scratch on Olympian Greek mythology you may know Delos as the birthplace of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis.
But more than a thousand years beforehand the island was already a venerated holy sanctuary. There’s a lot to discover, like the Terrace of the Lions from the 7th century BC, the Doric Temple of the Delians, the Minoan Fountain, a series of market squares, and the Theatre Quarter, laid with splendid mosaics.
You can also see phenomenal Hellenistic mosaics at the House of Dionysos, the House of Masks, the House of the Trident, the House of the Lake, and the House of the Dolphins.
