3 Best Sights in Greece

This museum displays a 16th-century windmill, outdoor oven, waterwheel, winepress, and dovecote, with the intention of illustrating and preserving the traditional rural life of the island.

Across the water from Little Venice, set on a high hill, are the famous Mykonos windmills, echoes of a time when wind power was used to grind the island's grain. Once a poor barren land stricken by pirate raids, the only source of income was from passing ships. The area from Little Venice to the windmills is called Alefkandra, which means "whitening," as women once hung their laundry here to bleach in the sun.

In the Tampakika district, a former industrial area, are four restored windmills on a stone jetty. Two stories and 10 meters (33 feet) high, they are a relic of the tanneries that used to proliferate here, some of which lie abandoned nearby. A good ouzeri next door overlooks the sea, and it is a fine place to order a few meze plates and to take in the reminders of a former age with a glass of the aniseed liquor.