Ano Mera Village

Eleni's Villlage is just before the second traditional settlement of the island after Hora, Ano Mera on the east part of Mykonos, is a quaint village which was developed on a big area, with a typically sparse building of independent cottages but also uniform composition in the somewhat fertile grounds of the small plateau of Ano Mera. The settlement itself is organized around the historical monastery of Virgin Mary the Tourliani, which was once an important economic factor in the area.

From 1926 until 1999 it constituted a Community itself (Community of Ano Mera) while today, after the Kapodistrias plan it has come under the Municipality of Mykonos as a municipal Department. Impressively organized today, its small centre offers unforgettable moments of recreation to locals and foreigners as well as various services.Here, on 15th August (Assumption of the Virgin) there is a characteristic festival every year, but the locals celebrate with the same attachment the Nine Days from the Assumption of the Virgin, on the 23rd August as well.

There is a lot of activity in the village square every Sunday after the service in the adjacent Convent, especially in the summer when the Anomerites (people whose origin is from Ano Mera) from Athens are on holiday on the island. Restaurants and cafes with a very pleasant atmosphere offer their services in the centre of the village, but one can also find hotels and other resorts in the greater area around it, as well as in the most of its magnificent beaches (Elia, Kalo Livadi, Ag. Anna, kalafatis, Lia).There is regular transport to Hora and the beaches of Kalafatis and Elia, and also a taxi stand.