A day tour to Delos from Mykonos

The undoubted cultural highlight of a holiday in Mykonos, a boat tour to Delos allows you to discover the birthplace of the god Apollo and walk amongst the remains of a vast Greco-Roman settlement.

If you love culture, you could spend half a lifetime exploring Delos island and still be thirsty for more. The birthplace of the god Apollo and his twin sister Artemis is not only one of the most important Greco-Roman settlements but also one of the most extensive. It’s an extraordinary insight into power struggles, religion, art, commerce and everyday life in antiquity. The entire island is an open-air museum. 

Exploring the UNESCO-protected World Heritage Site, you walk through history dating from Mycenaean times, in the 3rd millennium BC. However, Delos’ peak was from the 6th-1st century BC, amidst a constant interplay of Athenian and Roman domination – interspersed by the influence of powerful Cycladic neighbours, such as Naxos and Paros. 

It’s a story now told through a bewildering number of sanctuaries and statues, as well as public and private buildings and the artefacts they once contained. To put it all into context, there’s a hill on Delos called Kynthos. Climb it and take a look around you. Extraordinary!