Mykonos Pictures • City Map

This island was named in honor of Apollo's grandson Mykons. During the ancient times, Mykonos, due to its proximity to Delos, which was then highly populated, became very important as a supply island.

The short 2-kilometer distance between the islands was frequently traveled. It lies almost in the center of the Cyclades islands (Cyclades means the circle islands, because they form a circle around Delos). The closests islands are Delos, Serifos and Sifnos to the southwest, Tinos and Andros to the North, Paros and Naxos to the South, Syros to the West and Ikaria to the East.