---------YOUR TRAVEL
GUIDE IN GREECE AND THE GREEK ISLANDS---------
TOWNS / VILLAGES
Adamas
Plaka
Pollonia
Antimilos
Chivadolimni
Klima
Zephyria
ADAMAS
Adamas with its white buildings set in relief
against a blue background, is a seaside village with approximately 1,000 inhabitants. It
is situated in the most protected part of the bay. The port of Adamas is considered as one
of the safest in the entire Mediterranean and as such it serves as a yacht supply station.
Due to its natural beauty and geographical advantages, it is also the tourist center of
the island.
The history of Adamas is quite
brief since it was founded by refugees who left the town of Sfakia in Crete in 1824, after
an unsuccessful revolt against the Turkish and Egyptian rulers of the island. The village
was officially founded in 1835 and since then has played a major role on the island,
mainly because of the strategic position of its port.
As a seaside resort, Adamas offers visitors a comfortable,
pleasant and unforgetable stay. It has a number of hotels, furnished apartments, private
rooms, restaurants, taverns, ouzo taverns, pizza restaurants, grills, bars and discos.
In
Adamas you will find:
banks
post office
telephone office
port police office
customs office
doctor
pharmacy
dentist
International & Greek press agency
There are also tourist agencies and the
Olympic Airways office. Moreover, visitors can hire motorbikes and cars and there are
daily boat trips around the island. Adamas is undoubtedly the center of the island's night
life.
In the summer, bus services are frequent and
allow visitors
SIGHTSEEING
The churches Koimissis of Theotokos
(Assumption of god’s mother - Virgin Mary) and Ayios Charalampos with the icons of
Panayia (Virgin Mary) and the church of Ayia Trias (17th century), an architectural
exception in Kyklades.
ENTERTAINMENT
There are tavernas, restaurants, pizzerias,
grills and cafeterias. And bars, discotheques. Also, traditional festival, with local
music and meals at the church, on the 15th of August.
EXCURSIONS - SPORTS
Swim at the sandy beaches of the villages
Langada, Bombarda and Papichina. Every day you can visit by boats Emporeio, or to go to
the round of the island. Who love sports will rent windsurfs, canoes and sea - bikes. In
the port there are posts to moor your boat.
TRANSPORTS
From Adamas run buses to Triovassalo - Plaka
- Trypiti, Apollonia, Zephyria - Palaeochori, Chivadolimni, Provata. By boat you can go to
Emporeio. There are taxis and shops to rent a car and motorcycles.
DO NOT FORGET
To buy sugared buns, jams, cheese of Milos
USEFUL TELEPHONES (AREA
CODE: 0287)
Municipality 22213, Port Authority 22100,
Tel. Co. (OTE) 22299, Post Office 22288, Municipal Tourist Bureau 22445, First Aids 21755,
Farmacy 22176, Taxi station 22219, Airport 22381, Olympic Airways 22380, Agricultural Bank
(Agrotiki) 22330, National Bank 22332, Commercial Bank 22269.
PLAKA
Plaka is the capital of the island,
built on a plateau below Castro with extraordinary view.
After the final destuction and evacuation of Zephyria (Palea Hora = Old Hora)
in 1776 which had been the capital of the island, Plaka grew considerably.
It is a picturesque village with typical Cycladic
architecture, paved narrow streets and court yards filled with flowers which create a
pleasant atmosphere.
Both the Archaeological
and Folk Museums are in Plaka as well as the
churches of Panagia Korfiatisa, Panagia Thalasitra and Mesa
Panagia with their rich tradition.
The Archaeological Museum (open daily from 08.30 to 15.00 except for Monday)
exhibits a replica of the statue of the Venus de Milo which was made in the Louvre Museum.
There are numerous other exhibits representative of the long and rich history of the
island.
The Folk Museum (open daily from 10.00 to 13.00 and 18.00 to
20.00 except for Monday and Sunday) is one of the finest in the country. Models display
Miloan costumes which indicate the social status of the island in the 17th century and
afterwards.
In Plaka one can find the Health Center providing 24-hour
health care as well as pharmacies, the post office, the telephone office and the police
station.
From Castro, which was inhabited after the destruction of
ancient Klima but mainly during the medieval period, we can enjoy superb sunsets.
Near Plaka are the villages of Plakes, Triovasalos, Pera
Triovasalos and Tripiti. All four of them are characterised by typical cycladic
architecture, vivid contrasts and abundant traditional churches. Moreover, in the area of
ancient Klima and near Tripiti we can still see the well preserved Roman
marble theatre. The Christian Catacombs (open daily from 08.45 to 14.00
except for Wednesday and Sunday) are nearby on the same hillside which commands a
breathtaking view across the Gulf of Milos.
Visitors should not fail to see the fishing villages of
Klima, Fourkovouni, Areti, Firopotamos and Mandrakia which have a unique style of folk
architecture.
POLLONIA
Pollonia is another
attractive seaside village of fishermen, situated in the North East part of the island at
a distance of 13 kms from Plaka. It is famous for its clean coasts. It has a number of
modern buildings with furnished rooms and apartments, restaurants and taverns.
Not far from Pollonia one can see the ruins of
the ancient city of Phylakopi and next to it
is the impressive Cave of Papafranga with
its small beach.
From Pollonia, by boat you can visit the
beautiful islets Glaronnissia (Seagull
Islands). These islands of rare beauty are made up of thousands of prismatic columns
rising majestically out of the sea.
SIGHTSEEING
The Ancient Phylakopi, with the important
finds that testify that it was the first settled town of the Protocycladic
Age.
ENTERTAINMENT
There are tavernas and cafeterias, bars and
discos. Traditional festival on the 26th of July, Ayia Paraskevi.
EXCURSIONS - SPORTS
Milos is an ideal island for exploring. You
can hire a boat to take you at many lonely beaches and arrange the time he will come to
take you back. There, at your «private» beach you will enjoy the clear sea and the
Aegean sun as nowhere else.
You can also go to the cave Papafranga, composed
of three different caves. It’s an ideal place for swimming, with deep green sea and
golden sandy beach, used in old times as a refuge by the pirates. There, you will see the
impressive cliffs of the islets Glaronnissia.
To Glaronnissia you can go by boat. They are
deserted islets emerging from the deep sea water creations of the volcanic inspiration,
some of them higher than 20 metres. Here there are also sea - caves with green water.
TRANSPORTS
To Apollonia you will go by bus from Adamas.
USEFUL TELEPHONES (AREA
CODE: 0287)
Tel. Co. (OTE) 21389
ANTIMILOS
An islet that has been a National Park for the
rare species of a wild goat.
At the north side of the gulf of Milos and
opposite to Antimilos, there are the volcanic islets, Arcadias.
CHIVADOLIMNI
In the Greek, «Achivada» is the word for some
species of shell, the Clams. And «limni» is the word for «lake». So,
«(A)chivadolimni» means «Lake of clams»: Behind the most beautiful beach of the island
there is a little lake, where you will see thousands of clams to decorate its bottom.
EXCURSIONS - SPORTS
You will swim at the endless beach of the
settlement, the most beautiful of the island.
In Chivadolimni there are spas, proper for many
diseases. From here, you can take the road for the southest coasts of Milos, where there
are the caves, "Emerald Caves", "Sykia", "Kleftiko" and
"Marine Meteors"
TRANSPORTS
You will go by bus from Adamas.
KLIMA
A little fishermen village,
known for the catacombs and "syrmata" - little houses on the cliffs - with main
colours the white, blue and red. It’s 2 kms far from Plaka.
SIGHTSEEING
The famous catacombs. It’s about a
unique monument, composed of many subterranean corridors, 185 m. long, where the first
christians were hiding themselves and the objects of their worship and in there were
burying their dead in sliding tombs in the walls of the corridors, in the time of the
Persecutions.
The Ruins of the Theatre (3rd century), where in
1820 had been discovered the Statue of the goddess Aphroditi (Aphrodite, or Venus) of
Milos.
Do not miss the Leitourghia (Mass) in the
Catacombs on the 9th of June.
TRANSPORTS
You will go by your own, or by taxi from
Adamas.
USEFUL TELEPHONES (AREA
CODE: 0287)
Tel. Co. (OTE) 21279
ZEPHYRIA
The medieval capital of Milos. It’s 5
kms far from the port. It’s greatest prosperity was in 1400 A.D. and it was destroyed
by the earthquakes on the end of the 18th century. It has been also base of operations of
pirates.
SIGHTSEEING
The sulphur mines. The Medieval relics of
the old town and the church of Panayia Portiani, which used to be the Cathedral of the
island.
ENTERTAINMENT
Traditional festival on the 15th of August
on the day of Panayia (Virgin Mary).
