Mykonos has one runway. It is short, it handles a significant volume of traffic in July and August, and the approach over the Aegean in certain wind conditions is the kind of thing that concentrates the mind. The island has been handling this situation for decades and the operation is professional. What it is not, in high season, is quick.

The commercial terminal at Mykonos Airport in August is an experience I would not wish on most of my clients at Concierge Unique. It is crowded in the specific way that places become crowded when too many people want the same thing at the same time, and it moves at the pace that crowded places with limited infrastructure tend to move. If you have just crossed the Atlantic or come up from the Gulf and you are about to spend a week in one of

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