Mykonos

Cyclades Islands
 
northwest of Naxos, southeast of Tinos
 
160 sqkm
 
ca. 6.000 inhabitants
 
Main town: Mykonos (Chora)
Longitude: 25^o 19' 43"
Latitude: 37^o 26' 44"
 
Highest elevation: 341m
 
Granite island with white and blue houses, many windmills, many churches.
Little natural fresh water, sweet water from desalination.
Masses of tourits, mainly in the capital. With it's very busy nightlife Myconos is one of the world's top clubbing destinations and is also renowned for it's gay-friendly resorts.
(In Greece's public discussions about the developement of tourism Myconos is held for an example of negative outcome of mass tourism. The Greek even developed a verb for the promotion of overboarding tourism: "to myconise")
 
Ferries from/to Piraeus (ca. 6 hours)