Chora Mykonos, Town or
Chora: Chora Mykonos, called Chora by the locals, is a typical Cycladic
village built amphitheatrically. It has whitewashed cubic houses with
wooden coloured doors, windows and balconies, narrow streets forming a
labyrinth, beautiful churches, lovely chapels and purple bougainvilleas
contrasting with the bright white of the buildings walls.
The heart of the city is closed to traffic during most of the day which
make the walk among the labyrinth streets particularly agreeable,
especially during early morning when the city is calmer for most of the
people are at the beaches or still sleeping after a long night of
clubbing. The main town can be traveled all on foot and beware that it
is simply not practical to enter the main part of town on scooters/cars
because of the narrowness of the lanes. During evening hours the main
roads into town are blocked off.
Numerous cafes, chic boutiques, souvenir shops and fine jeweleries are
helping the visitor to enjoy its days in the beautiful capital of
Mykonos. Worth seeing in Chora, or Chora Mykonos, is the church complex
of Panagia Paraportiani which has been recognized as a national cultural
monument and is a superb representation of Cycladic architecture. Those
beautiful churches are located on the hill of the old Venetian castle
(Kastro). Source:
www.greeka.com
Chora Mykonos, Town or
Chora: Chora Mykonos, called Chora by the locals, is a typical Cycladic
village built amphitheatrically. It has whitewashed cubic houses with
wooden coloured doors, windows and balconies, narrow streets forming a
labyrinth, beautiful churches, lovely chapels and purple bougainvilleas
contrasting with the bright white of the buildings walls.
The heart of the city is closed to traffic during most of the day which
make the walk among the labyrinth streets particularly agreeable,
especially during early morning when the city is calmer for most of the
people are at the beaches or still sleeping after a long night of
clubbing. The main town can be traveled all on foot and beware that it
is simply not practical to enter the main part of town on scooters/cars
because of the narrowness of the lanes. During evening hours the main
roads into town are blocked off.
Numerous cafes, chic boutiques, souvenir shops and fine jeweleries are
helping the visitor to enjoy its days in the beautiful capital of
Mykonos. Worth seeing in Chora, or Chora Mykonos, is the church complex
of Panagia Paraportiani which has been recognized as a national cultural
monument and is a superb representation of Cycladic architecture. Those
beautiful churches are located on the hill of the old Venetian castle
(Kastro). Source:
www.greeka.com
Mykonos town, also known as Chora, lies on the west coast of the island. This is a typical Cycladic place that fascinates tourists year by year with its narrow streets that resemble a labyrinth. Whitewashed houses with wooden doors and windows painted in vibrant shades of blue, green, red, purple, only add more to the charm of the city. But the biggest charmer is certainly Petros- pelican, the only real star and mascot of Mykonos!
Streets are mostly closed to traffic which allows pleasant walks throughout the whole day. Chic
boutiques with branded things, sweet souvenir shops, lovely churches,
jewelry shops with a beautiful range of luxury pieces, numerous cafes, bars,
restaurants and taverns- these are all the city's "attractions" that
leave no one indifferent. But somehow for me the
most attractive was that fascinating cosmopolitan energy caused by the mixture of
tourists from the most diverse parts of the world, which in the narrow
streets blend and move together in a joyful rhythm...
Grad Mikonos, poznat i pod imenom Hora, lezi na zapadnoj obali ostrva. Ovo tipicno kikladsko mesto iz godine u godinu ocarava turiste svojim uskim ulicicama koje podsecaju na lavirint. Kuce okrecene u belo, sa ofarbanim drvenim vratima i prozorima u vibrirajucim nijansama plave, zelene, crvene, ljubicaste, samo pridodaju sarmu grada. Ali najveci sarmer je svakako Petros- pelikan koji je jedina prava zvezda i maskota Mikonosa!
Ulice su mahom zatvorene za saobracaj sto omogucava prijatnu setnju tokom citavog dana. Sik butici sa brendiranom robom, slatke prodavnice suvenira, ljupke crkvice, zlatare sa divnom ponudom luksuznog nakita, brojni kafici, barovi, restorani i taverne- sve su to "atrakcije" grada koje nikog ne ostavljaju ravnodusnim. Ali meni je nekako najprivlacnija ta fascinantna kosmopolitska energija prouzrokovana prisustvom turista iz najrazlicitijih delova sveta, koji se u setnji uskim ulicama stapaju i zajedno hodaju u veselom ritmu...
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