Hotels near Ano Mera Village

Ano Mera is the only proper inland village on Mykonos, sitting 7 km east of Chora at the centre of the island. The pace is gentler than Chora: a single plateia square shaded by plane trees, a working bakery, two grocery shops and a small open-air cinema in summer. The village comes alive twice a year - on 15 August for the Feast of the Virgin Mary at the monastery (see entry 10) and on 26 July for the Feast of Agia Paraskevi. Ano Mera is the best lunch stop on a quad-bike tour of the island, with traditional tavernas like Apostolis and Skarpa serving spit-roast goat and Mykonian onion pie at half the prices of Chora.

Pro Tip: Pre-order goat or rooster a day ahead at Apostolis (it cooks for 4 hours) and you will get a better meal than any 80 EUR plate in town.