Mykonos · The wild north · Φάρος Αρμενιστή
Armenistis, the lighthouse at the end of the road
About 7 km north of Chora, past the new port and Agios Stefanos, a road climbs to Cape Armenistis and its lighthouse, 136 m above the sea. It was built in 1891 by the French lighthouse company after the steamship Volta was wrecked off the cape in 1887. There is nothing to buy and usually more wind than you expected, but the view over the strait to Tinos and the open sea at sunset is one of the best on the island, and free.
A lighthouse of 1891 on the windy north-west cape, with Tinos across the strait
The story of Armenistis lighthouse
The lamp's original mechanism no longer turns here: it was moved to the garden of the Aegean Maritime Museum in Chora, where you can see it up close among the gravestones of ancient sailors from Mykonos and Delos.
Good to know
Before you go to Armenistis lighthouse
Getting there
By car or scooter from Chora along the road past Tourlos and Agios Stefanos; the last stretch is narrow.
When to go
Sunset, with a jacket: the cape catches every gust.
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