Paradise Beach Mykonos

Day 8 - Ios to Mykonos

Arrived in Mykonos after the most horrible ferry ride yet. Very windy conditions on one of the smaller catamarans caused some of us to throw up a few times, and a prolonged boat ride which was not a fun experience. We arrived at Artemoulas Apartments and quickly forgot about the sea sickness after we received a room …

This was a start to the partying on our large around the world trip, We arrived from Athens really early and the place still had people walking around drunk. We found a really nice cafe near the coast line and had a big English breakfast we were so hungry, Once we finished eating we had then walked to our room to check in and just drop are bags off …

We got off the ferry jumped on busses and headed to Aphrodite beach where we were staying. My first impression of Mykonos was just ugly brown dirt and rocks on hills however we later saw that it can be quiet beautiful. Our hotel was pretty cool but in a terrible location so far away from everything. We had a nice lunch at the restaurant at the …

... and ready to rumble we have dinner at the happy bar and watch yet another amazing finish to a Euro 2008 game before grabbing a cab to paradise beach to go clubbing.  We get there around 11:30 only to find out that the clubs don't open until 1 am, ...

... what you are supposed to do nothing on holidays!  The beach to the left of our hotel is called Paradise Beach and is supposedly the main party beach in Mykonos.  It was only a short walk over a hill to the beach so one afternoon we went to see ...

... Santorini so we were pleased to catch up with them again, swap stories, and have dinner together.   Travel Note: Paradise Beach Mykonos is listed on Trip Advisor as being voted the 6th most popular nude beach in the world. Footnote: ...

... fix. I said Ok and continued on my way. I figured it was only one day "What could happen?" So off we were to super paradise beach and everything was going smoothly till we got on the last road to super paradise beach. The roads up till now in all the ...

... the latter. All the way in to town all I could think was that all I really wanted was to be drinking a beer people watching on Paradise Beach. When we got into town we found a café with a neat business model. It lent you a laptop so that you could surf ...

... empty. Maybe one other couple there? It was an absolutely gorgeous location though - high up on a cliff overlooking the water and Paradise Beach. There was a huge, gorgeous pool (with a Bacardi sign at the bottom...of course) just off the dance floor. ...

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... walking around with carts.. the people on mopeds, the white houses with the blue roofs. so cool. so we got to our hostel, Paradise Beach Resort. We had a tent with beds. Makes for some good times. Adn we were so over tired... that we basically laughed ...

... it 'windy Mykonos'. The wind is constant at about 30 k but you can get out of it and it isn't cold. The local bus to Paradise Beach is the chosen activity and thankfully it is on the lee side of the island. The water is clear and cool and a swimm is ...

... rent an ATV which was our best money spent on the trip. For 20 euro, we had independence for our second day in Mykonos. Paradise Beach was nice, but very loud with a party atmosphere. And I know some of you would like that, but we've been running ...