The Lighthouse ('Fanari') on Mykonos

Although there is another way to reach Fanari, the easiest one is to follow the seaside road to Aghios Stefanos and, past it, to Houlakia Beach. Once there, the Lighthouse is clearly visible on the top of the promontory facing Tinos Island. You follow the uphill zigzagging dirt road for a couple of miles, and there you are! Though a wild place, especially when it's windy, or after dark, it offers some of the best views of Tinos and the other nearby islands and some of the most spectacular sunsets. It is a place for meditation rather than sightseeing, as the lighthouse hangs at the precipice between the earth and the sky, the precipice between the land and the sea and the precipice of time, between the traditions of the past and the technology of the future. It's an environment that sets one's imagination on fire and helps to see the world in a different perspective, where lines are warped, like passing into a different dimension...

(Photos: Michael Tziotis)

The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari	The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari
The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari	The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari
The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari	The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari
The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari	The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari
The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari	The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari
The Lighthouse on Mykonos: The Fanari