Ornos Mykonos

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Ornos beach Mykonos

ORNOS is one of Mykonos' busiest family beaches, located on the southwest coast and only 2km from Mykonos Town. There is a regular daily bus service to Ornos beach as well as frequent caiques and water taxis.
There are daily boat excursions to Delos from the harbour at Ornos which provides some of the best anchorage on the island. Ornos harbour always seems full of expensive yachts.
Car parking is not great in Ornos village with just a small car park in the main square, although there is another car park at Ornos beach.
The amount of building in recent years has turned the whole area into a self-contained tourist village with plenty of hotels, apartments and shops to meet the big tourist demand. As well as cafes and tavernas there are minimarkets, a butcher, baker and pharmacy.
The well sheltered Ornos beach sits on the southern shore of a narrow neck of land. It is long, deep and sandy with a gentle fall into the sea, so it's very popular with families.
Ornos beach is popular, full stop, so there are plenty of tourist facilities here, umbrellas, sun loungers, showers and toilets as well as beach bars and tavernas. There is the usual array of watersports as well as a scuba diving school.
Ornos is relaxed but crowded, particularly so in high summer despite the size of the sands. It must have once been a spectacularly beautiful spot but hotel development has completely swamped not only the beach area but inland too and it now lacks any sort of charm.
Boat trips leave Ornos, not only for Delos but for many other beaches on Mykonos such as Psarou, Elia, Agrari and Paradise beach.