Perched high on a cliff overlooking Little Venice — an area where rows of whitewashed houses abut the Aegean — are the Kato Mili, the island’s iconic thatched-roof windmills. Constructed by Venetians in the 1500s, they harnessed powerful northern winds to grind wheat. This milled grain played an integral role in the island’s economy, as ships plying the Aegean stopped in Mykonos to stock up on paximadi (ship’s biscuits) from local bakeries. Active until the 1960s, the well-preserved windmills today serve as private homes and storehouses for historical documents.

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