ADAMANTAS

AEOLIS HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 23985 Fax + 30 22870 21114
AGNANTI HOTEL APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 22322, 22581 Fax + 30 22870 22580
ΑΝΕΖΙΝΑ Tel. + 30 22870 24009, 24010 Fax + 30 22870 24011
APHRODITE OF MILOS Tel. + 30 22870-22020, 31328, 22132 Fax + 30 22870 21720
CORALI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 22204, 22144, 22262, 22216 Fax + 30  22870 22144
DELFINI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 22001, 21756 Fax + 30 22870 22294
DIONYSIS Tel. + 30 22870 22117 23722 Fax + 30 22870 22118
ELENI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 21971-2 Fax + 30 22870 21973
FILOXENIA HOTEL – APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 21988 Fax + 30 22870 22988
GIANNIS Tel. + 30 22870 22204 Fax + 30 22870 22144
IPPOCAMPOS HOTEL & STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 23674, 21762 Fax + 30 22870 23674
LAGADA BEACH Tel. + 30 22870 23411-5 Fax + 30 22870 23416
MELTEMI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 22284, 21955 Fax + 30 22870 22620
MILOS HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 22087, 21160 Fax + 30 22870 22306
OSTRIA HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 28127 Fax + 30 22870 28128
PORTIANI Tel. + 30 22870 22940 Fax + 30 22870 22766
SANTA MARIA VILLAGE Tel. + 30 22870 21949, 21959 Fax + 30 22870 22880
SEMIRAMIS Tel. + 30 22870 22117, 23722 Fax + 30 22870 22118
THALASSITRA HOTEL & APTS. Tel. + 30 22870 23570, 23392 Fax + 30 22870 23421

APOLLONIA

GLARONISIA HOTEL Tel. + 30 22870 41468, 41128-9, 41212 Fax + 30 22870 41133
HOTEL DEL MAR Tel. + 30 22870 41440 Fax + 30 22870 41048
MELIAN HOTEL & SPA Tel. + 30 22870 28200 Fax + 30 22870 22193

KLIMA

PANORAMA Tel. + 30 22870 21623 Fax + 30 22870 22112

PROVATAS

GOLDEN MILOS BEACH Tel. + 30 22870 31307-8 Fax + 30 22870 31309

ALEXANDROS Tel. + 30 22870 22600 Fax + 30 22870 23600
ANAMNISIS Tel. + 30 22870 23188, 21954 Fax + 30 22870 23188
ANEMOS Tel. + 30 22870 23397, 23484 Fax + 30 22870 21978
ANEZINA ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 24009-10 Fax + 30 22870 24011
ANNARITA Tel. + 30 22870 22955, 22823 Fax + 30 22870 22823
ANTONIS Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 23865
APARTMENTS WITH VIEW Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 21944
ASTERIAS Tel. + 30 22870 23077, 23582
AURORA ROOMS & APARTMENTS Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 22886
CAPTAIN YANNIS Tel. + 30 22870 21896
CHRISSOULA Tel. + 30 22870 21547
CHRISTINA Tel. + 30 22870 22647, Fax + 30 22870 23636
CHRISTOS Tel. + 30 22870 22507
DIONYSIS STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 22117, 23722 Fax + 30 22870 22118
GEORGIOS APARTMENTS Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 23530
GERANIA APARTMENTS & ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 22211, 23125
GIANNIS APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 22204 Fax + 30 22870 21948
GLARAKIA APARTMENTS AND ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 23969, 22025, 23480
HIPPOCAMPUS Tel. + 30 22870 23674, 21762 Fax + 30 22870 23674
ILIOS Tel. + 30 22870 22258, 23974 Fax + 30 22870 23974
ILIOVASILEMA Tel. + 30 22870 22091
IRINI STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 22097 Fax + 30 22870 22729
KLEONIKOS Tel. + 30 22870 22634
KONSTANTINOS PRIVATE ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 22104 Fax + 30 22870 23951
LIOGERMA Tel. + 30 22870 22300, 22601 Fax + 30 22870 21778
MANOUSOS Tel. + 30 22870 23459, 21956
MEDOUSA Tel. + 30 22870 22329, 21446
MILOS ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 23975 Fax + 30 22870 23289
MOSCHOULA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 23092, 22185
NIKI Tel. + 30 22870 23704, 23069
OCEANIS Tel. + 30 22870 23923, 24142
ORIZONTES STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 23779
ROULA – Canava – Tel. + 30 22870 23569 Fax + 30 22870 21103
SANTA MARIA VILLAGE Tel. + 30 22870 21949, 21959 Fax + 30 22870 22880
SEAGULL APARTMENTS Fax + 30 22870 23183
SEMIRAMIS Tel. + 30 22870 22117 Fax + 30 22870 22118
TASSOULA Tel. + 30 22870 21729, 23067, 23150
TILEMACHOS Tel. + 30 22870 22160, 22659 Fax + 30 22870 23403
TINA APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 22461
VILLA ELENA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 23640
VILLA MINA Tel. + 30 22870 22037
VILLA NOTOS Tel. + 30 22870 28200 Fax + 30 22870 22193
VILLA ZAMPETA Tel. + 30 22870 23834

APOLLONIA

ΑGGELOS – FLORA Tel. + 30 22870 41330, 41140
ANDREAS APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 41262
ANEMOESSA Tel. + 30 22870 21528, 22514, 41274 Fax + 30 22870 21528
APOLLON Tel. + 30 22870 41042, 41347 Fax + 30 22870 41240
ARISTEA – Pachena – Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41476
CAPTAIN STAVROS Tel. + 30 22870 41374, 41112
CAPTAIN TASSOS Tel. + 30 22870 41287, 41458 Fax + 30 22870 41322
DEL MAR APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 41440 Fax + 30 22870 41048
EFI’ S ROOMS – Pelekouda – Tel. + 30 22870 41396 Fax + 30 22870 41310
EL GRECO Tel. + 30 22870 41264, 41117
GALINI - Agia Irini – Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41492
HELENA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41441
KALIMERA ROOMS Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41271
KASTRO Tel. + 30 22870 21702 Fax + 30 22870 22803
MANTALENA ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 41066, 22792
MARY ELEN Tel. + 30 22870 22385 Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41107
MIRABELI STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 41273, 41540 Fax + 30 22870 41131
NEFELI SUNSET STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 41466, 41142 Fax + 30 22870 41142
NIKI – SAVAS Tel. + 30 22870 41416
OSTRIA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41475
PERGOLA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 41121, 22651
PETRINELA - Plakes – Tel. + 30 22870 21853
POLLONIA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 41051
REMVI Tel. + 30 22870 41390
SOFIA Tel. + 30 22870 41436 Fax + 30 22870 23362
SOULTANA – Pelekouda – Tel. + 30 22870 41346-7 Fax + 30 22870 41240
TANIA VILLA Tel. + 30 22870 41062 Fax + 30 22870 41060
THE WAVES Tel. + 30 22870 41420 Fax + 30 22870 41126
VILLA SOSANNA Tel. + 30 22870 41382
ZOI Tel. + 30 22870 41235

PALIOCHORI

MAR-NIK STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 31227 Fax + 30 22870 31472
PALEOCHORI STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22870 31267, 31439

PLAKA

ARCHONTIKO Tel. + 30 22870 21267
JIMMY’ S PRIVATE ROOMS Tel. + 30 22870 21859
MACHI’ S HOUSE Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 22129
VIVERE A PLAKES Tel. + 30 22870 23083

PROVATAS

MAISTRALI Tel. + 30 22870 31420 Fax + 30 22870 31164
THERINES KATIKIES Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 21627

TRIOVASSALOS

ANASTASIAS Tel. + 30 22870 21829
FRANGISKOS – MARIA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 23128
ILIACHTIDA Tel. + 30 22870 23695

TRIPITI

MOUSES HOME Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 21638

ZEFYRIA

AVRA Tel. & Fax + 30 22870 31154
SOPHIA Tel. + 30 22870 22624
STOLIDI APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22870 31207

There is an airline connection, from Athens to Milos in daily base. Milos airport is 4,5 km. from the town.

There are frequent sailings from Piraeus to Milos daily by ferry boat (5 – 7 hours) or by high – speed. During the summer there are also services which connect Milos with Ios, Sikinos, Folegandros, Santorini and Crete and to the islands of the eastern Cyclades.

There is a very good network of roads on the island.
Buses provide an adequate service for both local inhabitants and visitors. There are frequent services from Adamas to the villages and the beaches of the island.

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Olympic Airways Milos – Adamas office – +30 22870 22380
Olympic Airways Milos – Airport + 30 22870 22381
Port Authority of Piraeus + 30 210 4226000
Port Authority of Milos + 30 22870 23360
Catacombs + 30 22870 21625
Archaeological Museum of Milos  + 30 22870 21620
Folklore Museum of Milos  + 30 22870 21292
Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos  + 30 22870 23956
Mining Museum of Milos + 30 22870 22481
Tourist Police Plaka + 30 22870 21378
Post Office Plaka + 30 22870 21214
Post Office Adamas + 30 22870 22288
Health Center Plaka + 30 22870 22701

The first settler of the island was called Milos and it is from him that it derives its name. Human habitation on Milos goes back to 5000 BC. Obsidian was quarried here from prehistoric times; this is a hard, black, volcanic rock that was used to make weapons and tools. This substance was transported in boats all over the Aegean by the prehistoric inhabitants of the island. As a result, they developed a strong fleet and became skilled sailors and merchants.

The traces of occupation found during the excavations at Fylakopi which is thought to be the oldest city on the island, go back to about 3000BC.
During the Middle Cycladic period (2000 -1550 BC) this city reached the peak of its prosperity. The islanders took part in the naval battle of Salamis, and the battle of Platea. In 416 BC, during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, the island was destroyed and abandoned. It was later captured by the Macedonians, the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Romans.

During the Roman Conquest, a number of new buildings were constructed (Ancient Theater), and Christianity made its appearance, probably during the 1st century. The Catacombs of the island, the most extensive in Greece and among the most significant in the whole Roman Empire, are undeniable proof of this.

The capital of the island PLAKA, at the entrance to the bay of Milos, spreads around the slopes of a hill which is crowned by the ruins of a 13th c. Venetian castle.
On the left side, as we descend the path towards Plaka, is the remarkably beautiful church of the Circumcision of Christ or Thalassitra, which had been a very small old church until the end of the 18th c.
The capital is notable for its island architecture and its mild climate. The tourist infrastructures of Plaka are very good and satisfy all demands. Close to Plaka there are some small beaches.
There is an Archaeological Museum (tel. 22870 21620), housing finds from the excavations on the island, dating from various periods, as well as a plaster cast of the famous statue of the Aphrodite of Milos, the original of which is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
There is also a Folklore Museum (tel. 22870 21292) which hosts beautiful folklore items and traditional tools.

The site of Ancient Milos is near the small fishing village of KLIMA, 2 kilometers south of Plaka. Excavations have brought to light part of a theater dating from the 3rd c. and remains of fortification. Near this theater, the famous statue of Aphrodite was found by chance, in 1820 by a farmer.
Another chance find in the same area – between Klima and Trypiti – twenty years after the discovery of the statue, brought to light the famous Catacombs of Milos, an important monument of Early Christian times. They were used by the Christians for worship, and also as burial places for their dead and a refuge from the persecution they suffered.

TRYPITI is a graphic traditional settlement next to Plaka with windmills and a panoramic view in the gulf of Adamas.

ADAMANTAS the harbor and the tourist center of the island is 4,5 kilometers from Plaka and 8 kilometers south of it lies the superb beach of Achivadolimni where there is a camping site providing all comforts. Its name is due to a small lake whose depth is full of conches.
Around the port of Adamantas there are numerous hotels, apartments and rooms to let, taverns, snack bars coffee shops, bars, clubs, travel agencies and public services.

In the region you will find two fine beaches accessible by foot: Lagada and Papakinos. Both beaches are shaded by tamarisk trees.
It is worth to visit the Mining Museum, the church of the Holy Trinity with its Ecclesiastical Museum, the small catholic church of Saint Nicholas and the largest church of the island of the Assumption of the Virgin which stands at the highest point.

Driving uphill from the port, we first come to TRIOVASSALOS, which is actually two villages merged into one, with considerable commercial development. There are two remarkable churches Agios Spyridonas in Triovassalos and Agios Georgios in Pera Triovassalos.

On the south-west of the island are two impressive grottoes: Sykia with a height of 5m and width of 20m. and Kleftiko. The existence of a wonderful beach inside the cave of Sykia is something unique! You can reach it with boats that tour around the island.
Kleftiko is the most impressive place on Milos with is a characteristic rock in the middle of the sea and a cave with two entries. You can reach Kleftiko by boats that tour around the island from Adamantas.

On the south part of the island and 7 kilometers from Adamantas is located PROVATAS with its magic beach. It has golden red sand and abrupt rocks with crystal shallow waters. Around the beach you will find coffee shops and taverns.

The medieval capital PALEOCHORA was built in the interior, south-east of Adamas.

The village ZEFYRIA is built on the same site.
The old Cathedral of Milos Virgin Mary of Portiani built in the 17th c. is worth seeing.

In the east of the island, near the sea are the sulphur mines, with the remote beaches of Paliochori and Agia Kyriaki further south. Agia Kyriaki is one of the most famous beaches of Milos with thick sand and white pebbles. It is offered for water sports.
Paliochori has 3 beaches but the intermediate is the biggest and the most popular.
Tsigarado is another magic beach in the southern of the island with white sand and crystal deep blue waters. Next to Tsirigado lies the exotic Firiplaka beach with silver sand and huge colored rocks.

The beautiful sea-side village of APOLLONIA (or Pollonia) is 12 kilometers east of Plaka.

White-washed houses line the coast and the church of Agia Paraskevi stands on a small peninsula. Due to its natural beauties and the antiquities, Apollonia has become a highly organized summer resort. In the area you will find hotels, apartments and rooms to let, taverns and coffee shops. There is a fine sandy beach with many sea trees and a nice view of the island of Kimolos.

3 kilometers to the west of Apollonia, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of ancient Fylakopi.
In the same spot, near the archaeological site, is located the cave of Papafraga, one of the most famous natural sites in the island.

In the west part of the island is the picturesque settlement of EMPORIOS, with a beautiful beach, reached by boat from Adamantas port.

NEARBY ISLANDS
ANTIMILOS and POLYAIGOS are considered of the most important biotopes of the European Union. Antimilos is located 13 nautical miles to the north-west of Milos. It is uninhabited but there are signs that show previous settlements on it. Its coastline is rocky and has one pebbled beach.

TRADITION – EVENTS
The Milos Festival takes place in Plaka during the summer months, offering a variety of cultural events and happenings.
On July 17, the Festival of Agia Marina takes place in Achivadolimni
On August 15, the popular Festival of the Virgin Mary is held in Adamas, including plenty of music and delicious local dishes.
The most important Milos event is the Festival of Agios Ioannis Theologos in Provatas on September 26, with dancing and a feast of tasty delicacies.