MYKONOS - DESPERATELY SEEKING SHIRLEY

Advantages: Variety! Beaches, food, people - Greece!
Disadvantages: Very hot. Remembering HOW to deal with loo paper

...After experiencing another UK Summer, I was inspired to head for Mykonos! I was somewhat intimidated since Mykonos has a reputation for being a young person's place. I flew EasyJet from Luton UK airport (my favourite airport) to Athens. It is a no-frills airline but even parking is simple (you can book it at the same time as you do your flight) and the airport is easy to get into and back out of! Then I transfered to Olympic for the flight to Mykonos. You can also take a ferry, instead, but it is about 5 or 6 hours on the ferry, versus less than an hour to fly there. And I wanted to hit the beach! A friend's daughter was working at a nearby resort, so she found me a place to stay and it was unique! It was a traditional Greek cube style cottage, which had been carved into a hillside, so the interior had not only a stone floor...

Reynarda 22.11.2002 (30.11.2003) · Read review
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Review of Mykonos in general

forever Mykonos

Advantages: sea,sun,sand,sailing!,and lots of sex...honest
Disadvantages: expensive, crowded

...This review,at least,is mine 100%. It can be found in a couple of sites as well, but it's not my fault.Now you can decide if you want to read this op or not. -If "Yes"...go on and happy reading. -If "No" click back and rate me as "unhelpful" if you like ------------------------------------------------------------------ I apologize that I’ve putted my op about Mykonos under the section for general info about Greece, but I didn’t know that I could create a sub-category. Sorry again. To call Mykonos a 'gay island' is like calling San Francisco a 'gay city'. Sure there are gay bars and homosexuality is not hidden, but unless you are looking for it you may not even notice it because above all, Mykonos is a destination for all types of people. From jet setters to college students and families, Mykonos is Greece's most...

theo0221 27.01.2002 (28.01.2002) · Read review
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one of the most well known in mykonos town

Advantages: luxurious, inside town centre, myconian/aegean views, excelent service, friendly stuff
Disadvantages: lots of rooms on the back with no views and too much traffic noise

...Although I've never stayed as a customer in Belvedere, I can easily give a review for this hotel as it's been lots of times that i visited friends who were staying there (and spent a couple of nights as a guest until I found a room for myself). As you can see from my other reviews, for the past 14 years, i 've spent most of my holidays on mykonos island, I sometimes visit the island more than twice a year, so i think i can have a clear opinion about the most of its well known bussinesses. Hotel Belvedere is a very well known bussiness in Mykonos. Most of the times you can meet celebrities staying there, as it offers stylish luxury and it is situated inside the town centre, in a small walking distance from the high standard bars clubs and restaurants. It offers everything you could expect from a hotel in its category, minibar...

demetrak 11.04.2006 (15.04.2006) · Read review
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Review of Hotel Belvedere Mykonos, Mykonos

Venice in a heart of MYKONOS town

Advantages: In a centre of Mykonos town with great sunset views
Disadvantages: None

...WOW where to start? Well, Mykonos is a very beautiful island like most of Cyclades islands. Its very popular spot for gay and lesbians to go to. I have been to Mykonos 2times and this July i am going again this time for 2 weeks as i am going to take ferry to Santorini for couple of nights. But this review is about Little Venice so i am going to recommend nice place there. Little Venice is a very short maybe 300 meters of buildings rising above the sea. Buildings look exactly the same like those in Italy otherwise it wouldn't be called Venice,right? There is plenty of bars and restaurants from which you can look at sunset. This view is amazing and when the windows are open you can hear the waves crushing and you can get a bit wet sometimes. There is one fantastic bar its called PIANO BAR you can not miss it, they serve the most...

aero1977 15.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Little Venice, Mykonos

Paradise island?

Advantages: Vibrant, relaxing, fun
Disadvantages: Mopeds...

...What's good? Timeless charm (the windmills and sugarcube buildings are beautiful) Hundreds of tiny boutiques Loads of great little restaurants Some brilliant beaches (St Stephanos is fantastic) Crystal clear waters An ecclectic mix of people Cheap drink in the shops (1L of Ouzo = £2ish) Glorious sunshine Cooling breeze Relaxed pace of life What's not so good? Mopeds of doom Expensive drinks in bars Expensive Clubs Cooling breeze can get a bit strong and blustery at times Until last year I had never heard of Mykonos, but when one of my best mates went out there to spend the summer with his boyfriend, I decided it would be a good plan to go there for my annual summer holiday. Thankfully my girlfriend agreed to the plan... Further reseach on the island prior to departure revealed that Mykonos is seen primarily...

georgelowes 17.03.2004 · Read review
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WORST HOSTEL OF THE WORLD!

Advantages: NOTHING
Disadvantages: staff, cleanliness, respect to the clients

..., and we phoned the hostel, they said we asked for the old port, and that they wouldn't pay.... We phoned to the tourist police, but our new boat was about to leave, and we had to go there to complain. This have completely spoiled our trip to Mykonos, if you don't want that the same happens to you, just stay in another hostel! You can find much better places to stay for the same price!!!...

fermazzaro 27.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Paradise Beach Resort and Camping, Mykonos

This place is Heaven

Advantages: FUN FUN FUN
Disadvantages: How could there be?

...Where do I start? This is one of my favourite places in the world. Paradise Beach is a cool beach located on Mykonos. There are regular bus services from Mykonos town and it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to get there. You can also get a boat to the other beaches such as Super Paradise from here. Down at the beach there is accommodation at Paradise Beach Camping if you choose to stay there also. The beach is 80% covered with sun loungers and umbrellas (cool straw - but solid) ones so there is no problem finding somewhere to sit. They do cost of course, cant remember how much exactly but it was pretty much on par with most places. The beach itself as in terms of water etc is ok but nothing fantastic. Yes, the water is clear and lovely but there are a few rocks just as you enter the water that kind of get in the way.. As you...

em_sparkles 12.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Paradise Beach, Mykonos

The place to be

Advantages: nice places
Disadvantages: Don't travel in August

...If you want to see the best part of Greece,that is the place to first visit.There are so many islands :Mykonos,Santorini,Paros,Antiparos,Naxos,Ios,Kalimnos,Milos etc. The first one it should be Mykonos.Very busy during the summer plenty of night life and the sea is just fantastic. Santorini:The volcanic island with the small roads and the archoelogical sites offers one off the most spectacular sceneries in the Cyclades.There are no cars or motorbikes just mules to travel you around. Paros:Is the same story as Mykonos but bigger island.Nightlife great places to go around and very large population during the summer time....

antras 07.10.2000 · Read review
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Review of Cyclades (Greece)

This one could go to Five Sets

Advantages: Good gameplay once you get the hang of Motionplus
Disadvantages: The motionplus does need some work on it

...Tennis is one of those games the Wii was created for allowing you to bound around the living room, flapping at invisible balls, it's a great idea for basic fitness as well as before you know it you've played two sets against Venus Williams or been battered for 3 sets by Rafa Nadal. Well this new offering from EA sports intends to make you fitter than ever and even allows you to move beyond just hitting the ball to applying backspin, topspin and really bamboozling opponents with your Murray-esque variations. So whats the game about and how does it play? The game without the motionplus, platys quite a lot like Wii tennis, you can simply platy allowing the computer to direct you allowing you to hit the ball, or plug in the nunchuk and use this to move your player to a position to return the ball, I prefer allowing the Wii ai direct...

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5 Loaves and 2 fish, novice guide to tropical fish

Advantages: Good fun, fish nice to look at, lots more fish to look at
Disadvantages: Gets expensive depending on how many fish you have

...INTRO I decided to offer my knowledge so far on tropical fish keeping and in particular on keeping Platy fish. Now my wife and I started keeping tropical fish about 18 months ago, really an effort to spice up the lounge with a tank that was the same colour as the TV?.. NOVICE FISH KEEPING So we went out as a good fish novice does and purchased a nice little silver tank and stand for a small and reasonable £79 for the entire kit. Again as good novices we purchased as many fish of different types as we could get in to a small tank. Well a week went by, and we learnt our first lesson. When you buy a new tank you need to give it about a week, depending on the size for the water to settle and stabilise. Knowing everything we didn't bother and as a result our group of 4 zebra tetra fish decided to have a suicide pact and we were...

skrg28 30.03.2007 · Read review
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