GREECE 2026 : MYKONOS

Saturday 29 August to Monday 1 September

Mykonos is THE party island in Greece. Super busy, pretty expensive and lots of fun. We stayed in Mykonos Town in a cute and quirky apartment; in an alley, up a little staircase with a rooftop deck with sunset views. 20m from "The Stairs" Cafe for our morning coffee with croissant, bun or savoury pie. And there's plenty going on in town, especially at night. The are lots of good restaurants. Mamalouka was great. Cool places for cocktails with a view and plenty of loud music. At Argo, since 1978, the owner/DJ was our age or older, so I Ioved his music; at least 1 ABBA song every 30 minutes! We stayed up until 2.30am and there was no sign of things quietening down. We slept with earplugs. Mykonos is renowned for it's beach clubs. We chose a very low key Cavo Psarou for lunch and a lovely swimming beach; more restaurant than club but we had a wonderful day. 

Maria suggested we meet for dinner on Monday at Camares, a hotel restaurant on the other side of the island that has traditional Greek music and plate breaking.

On our next Greek island hopping trip we're going to make sure the party lovers amongst you come to Mykonos with us; we don't care that we're all 60 something! YOLO!

GREECE 2026 : PAROS

Friday 28 August

Another early ferry, this time to Paros.

The  Hotel Oasis is right by the ferry port in Parikia.

Another great room with a view.

We walked the promenade and stopped for lunch, then drinks.

A stroll through old town.

More drinks and sunset. 

We were looking for a taverna we fondly remember from our trip in 2011. The whole waterfront has been upgraded since then so we could no longer recognise the spot. We ate an excellent mixed grill at Mythos and had a bottle of Paros wine.

Fabulous coffee and a doughnut for breakfast right downstairs but we still couldn't miss trying something at  Ragoussis Bakery.

GREECE 2026 : MILOS

Wednesday 26 to Thursday 27 August

A final morning on our balcony, brunch at Lila's and another ferry, this time to Milos.

We stayed at Studis Betty in a cute apartment with a sunset view.

 Right in the centre of quaint Plaka.

Sitting having a drink at a bar that seemed only to be called "Cocktails to Go" I felt like we'd landed in an alternative and decidedly weird TikTok/Insta universe.

Influencers have apparently caused this frenzied flock of cocktail dress and flip flop clad devotees to rush around all the picture perfect spots of Milos taking selfies. You need the "cocktail to go" for your sunset photoshoot apparently; eventhough it's in a disposable plastic cup.

Not to say I don't take pics of my drinks in the setting sun. 

We had a delicious dinner at Archontoula.

Followed by pisco sours and live music at Kri Kri Bar.

We did a day trip to Klima known for it's colourful fisherman's houses.

Every town has it's church.

We had a long lunch at Astakas.

We spent the evening relaxing on our deck.

  With take-out available right next door.

Island hopping every few days is fun... you don't try and get the whole island "done". I'd like to return to Milos and spend a little more time here.