Overview

Golden beaches, blue sea, wild rocks, magnificent caves, catacombs of Early Christian period and the classic cycladic architecture are the main characteristics of this beautiful Aegean island.

The capital of Milos is Plaka village. It is built in a hill situated in the entry of the Big Gulf. Under Enetiko, its Castle, are unfolded white houses, small churches and graphic roads. In Plaka you 'll visit the Archeological Museum of Milos, as well as the Metropolis Church and the Temple of Virgin Mary Korfiatissa. Don't hesitate to go up to the Castle to enjoy the amazing sunset.
Precisely under Plaka (in a distance of 2 kilometers) is the coastal village Klima. It's houses are very small and white, built in the rocks, almost above the sea, with multicolored doors which used to lead in places for boats to be parked. In Klima you will visit the - unique in Greece - Catacombs, which were used by the first Christians at the period of persecutions. Really near to the village was discovered in 1820, by chance from a farmer, the eminent Statue of Aphrodite (Venus) of Milos, which is today exposed athe the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The harbour of the island is Adamantas, found in the interior of the bay. The white houses of the village are surrounded by Almyres, trees with intensely lila flowers. From Adamantas you can take a boat to Kleftiko (the so called Meteora of Sea), Sykia (the blue Cave), the Mines, the unreachable beaches, as well as the Kimolos harbour. Adamantas is the centre of modern Milos, a road node fo all the villages of the island.
At the North-Eastern end of Milos, Apollonia (or Pollonia) is built. It's a very beautiful, picturesque and quiet fishers' village.

PLACES OF INTEREST

• The Castle of Plaka, is built at the Hill of Prophet Elias, by the Venetian sovereign of the island, on the 13th Century
• The Holy Temple of Panayia (Virgin Mary) Korfiatissa in Plaka, has wonderful Icons of Cretobyzantine Art and an Epitaph of 1600
• The Archeological Museum in Plaka, where is exposed a copy of Milos Aphrodite Statue
• The Archeological Aera of Fylakopi, with elements of Early Cycladic period
• Kleftiko, athe south-western end of the island. A huge block of stone with asymmetrical forms that emerge through the sea.
• The volcanic polygonal towers at Glaronissia
• Sykia, the blue Cave, 3 miles northern than Kleftiko. In its interior is created an incredible game of colours created by the sunlight
• Catacombs at Klima. From the 1st Century A.D., this labyrinthian system of corridors offered shelter to the first Christians until the 5th Century, when a devastating earthquake closed its entry. These Catacombs were also constituted place of burial for their deads
• The Ancient Mines near the entry of Adamantas Gulf
• Near Appolonia you'll find the Cavern of Papafrangas