The old town was laid out deliberately to confuse raiders, and it still works. The lanes are narrow, they turn back on themselves, and vehicle access is effectively nil. A delivery into Chora is a carry, and sometimes a long one.
Add the transhipment through Piraeus that every Cycladic island needs, and Mykonos becomes one of the more demanding addresses in Greece to deliver to.
Goods reach Piraeus, are unloaded, and travel on by island sailing to the new port at Tourlos. That second leg has its own schedule and its own space constraints, and in summer it competes with very heavy passenger traffic. How transhipment works.
Outside Chora the island is manageable: Ornos, Platis Gialos and the inland villages take a small lorry, though the lanes narrow quickly. Inside Chora, plan on everything being carried from wherever the van can stop, which may be several hundred metres away.
Crews price that properly when they know about it and badly when they do not.
Mykonos in high season is the hardest delivery window in the Cyclades: ferry space is scarce, the town is impassable and crews are stretched. Spring and autumn are a different island entirely. Clearance itself happens at Piraeus before the island leg. What relief requires.
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Yes. Like the rest of the Cyclades, goods clear at Piraeus and travel on by island sailing to Tourlos. That second leg has its own schedule and its own space limits.
Almost certainly not. The old town was built as a maze and is effectively pedestrian. Expect everything to be carried from wherever the van can stop, which may be a long way.
It depends on distance and steps, which is why crews ask. A hundred metres and a flight of steps is very different from three hundred metres and several. Measure it before you enquire.
Considerably. Ornos, Platis Gialos and the inland villages take a small lorry, though lanes narrow quickly. It is Chora specifically that is difficult.
July and August, without much competition for the title. Ferry space is scarce, the town is impassable and crews are stretched. Spring and autumn are far easier.
Generally yes, because of the transhipment, the carry and the season. It is a genuine cost rather than a premium, which is why comparing like with like matters.
Yes. Return moves and property clearances run the same way in reverse, with the carry at the collection end instead. Describe the access when you enquire.
Send the address, the distance from vehicle access if you are in Chora, your dates and a rough inventory. A vetted moving company checks the sailing and the carry before quoting.
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Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder, International Removals Companies.