Six kilometers north of Chora is a working lighthouse guiding traffic along the strait between Mykonos and neighboring Tinos.
Positioned far above the water, this edifice was completed with an octagonal tower in 1891 and flashes a white signal every ten seconds. It was raised in response to a disaster in which the Volta steamship sank off the north coast of Mykonos in 1887, at the cost of 11 lives.
If you’d like to see the original Fresnel lens, it has ended up at the Mykonos Maritime Museum. Although you can’t go inside, the lighthouse is a trip worth making for the awesome scenery. This is best done just after sunset when you can see the lights of Agios Sostis and Laouti on the other side of the strait.
