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PLATIS GIALOS BEACH
Platis Gialos is a a cozy little village close (3 kilometer) to the main town of Mykonos Chora. It is situated in a beautiful half-moon shaped bay. Platis Gialos has a nice and a long stretched beach. The sand is not everywhere very fine, so it won't stick to your feet, and there are no pebbles. There are various luxuery hotels and the beach comes with umbrellas and sunbeds. On and around the beach of Platis Gialos you can find a couple of minimarkets. On the beach front itself there is a a variety of good restaurants to choose from. Here you can find a very good Italian restaurant and several Greek restaurants, but also some sort of take away, where you can get a cheap delicious pita with souvlaki or french fries. On the beach of Platis Gialos you can also rent a jetski or go waterskiing. Platis Gialos is a family beach with good connections by bus and taxi to Mykonos Chora, and it's also the place where the kaiks leave for various other beaches, like Paradise and Elia. Every half an hour there is a bus going up and down connecting Platis Gialos with Mykonos town, until rather late in the night, and taxis are really cheap (5 euro) making Platis Gialos a choice for people that do want to go out in Mykonos town, and have dinner there in the evening, or have a drink, but who prefer to wake up close to the beach instead of in Mykonos town itself. The busride takes 8 minutes of your time and the trip is never boring, because there is plenty to see on the way. The landscape of Mykonos with its white washed cubic houses and charming small churches never bores.
In Platis Gialos there is also a car and moped rental. As far as I know there is no bank (yet) so if yo want to cash money you have to go to Mykonos Chora. In Mykonos Chora close to the busstation you can find the post office of the island. From Platis Gialos it is also easy to walk to several other beaches like Psarou Beach and Paranga Beach (with an official nude beach part). For Psarou you head towards Mykonos Chora and after some 500 meters you climb down the stairs to the beach. Paranga is towards the other direction when you take the coastal path at the end of the beach. It's a pleasant 20-30 minutes walk along the coast. In the middle of the walk there is another quiet little beach.
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