On the western side of the port town of Chora, before you get to Little Venice you will find the imposing Paraportiani. Of all the churches in the town of Mykonos, it’s the most famous internationally majestic structure. It stands in the area known as "Kastro" and it is the oldest section of the town.

Paraportiani evolved over about two hundred years beginning in 1475. Four little churches were joined together to form the lower or main area of the church and a fifth church was placed on top to form the dome that we see today.

From both an architectural and photographic point of view the organic lines that make up this building are truly unique.

In the middle of the island about 8 kilometers east from the Town of Mykonos is the most significant highlight of Ano Mera’s village the monastery of Panagia Tourliani.

Built in the 17th century with its impressive well-preserved wooden iconostasis - carved in Florance - the church has a number of remarkable examples of folk art. The monastery’s bell tower is an artistic achievement with stone carved ornamentation on it.

The Holy Monastery of Lady Tourliani was founded in 1542 by two monks and named the church the Presentation of Virgin Mary, and was restructured in 1767 where it took its present name after the icon Virgin Mary, which has been found floating in the Bay of Tourlos just outside of Chora, the main village of the island.

The church became the patroness of Mykonos and celebrates on the 15th of August. Inside the monastery are two museums, the Ecclesiastical Museum, which houses the beautiful Epitaphios of Aghia Eleni of Mykonos Town, and the Agricultural Museum which has a fine collection of farming tools.

Worth visiting is also the Monastery of Paleokastro, on the opposite hill, where one can see the remains of a Byzantine castle. There are remains of the ancient fort of the site, and also of graves of the Geometric period.

• Agios Panteleimonas (17th century) at Marathié
• Agios Georgios in Ampelokipos
• The Catholic Church
• The Convent of Panagia
• Agia Kyriaki
• Panagia Panachra
• Megali Panagia or Metropolis

During the past there were several more such as Agios Loukas with its famous religious school on the 18th century, which is today the cemetery of Chora.