Yes, mykonos may be ridiculous. You’ll find 50 euro cocktails, an impactful impasse of every golden hour bass and sun beds, which may be more than just mortgages. But this is the bait version of Greece, designed for new immigrants who confuse the price with the pass. Scraping the surface, smarter and more interesting mykonos reveal themselves.
The range of the most gorgeous addresses in the Mediterranean is beyond the reputation of Party Island if you know where to look. For Americans, it’s still a barrel list destination. But if you’ve been visiting Mykonos in Europe, the Gulf or parts of Asia is a long week of escape, direct flights and a shabby private jet lane. This convenience creates a split reality: those who maintain the reputation of ceramic pleasant nightlife, and those who operate on a completely different bandwidth – low-key restaurants, discreet villas and beach club taverns that don’t mistake marks for mystery. the difference? context.
It’s the same island, where a former studio 54 bodyguard turns the goat farmer’s land into Santanna, a large 5,000-person club equipped with a secret underwater suite and a large saltwater pool. Zimmermann chose to open its first ever Greek boutique, styling the space with Gaiget chairs and rusty striped umbrellas to mirror the colour constraints of Kecles. In Scorpio, the island’s most fabulous beach club, the show now includes a Zen-led calligraphy workshop, dynamic light sculptures synchronized with the sea breeze and a musical lineup curated for actual tastes, not just Tiktok. But this is also where the third generation of linen traders are still hand-pressing textiles in Chora.
All of this is: Yes, mykonos are still very loud, but the volume is more curated. This guide filters out noise. From Helipad Ready Hotels to a beach club with brains (yes, a few goats), here’s how to browse the island and leave stickers for others shocked.
