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abandoned. This is the place to admire the work of the Cretans Emmanouel Skordhílis
and his son, Antonis, two of the prime icon makers in eighteenth-century Greece.
Mining Museum of Mílos
Daily 9am-2pm & 5.30-9.30pm • €3 •
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milosminingmuseum.gr
On the seafront east of town, about 500m from the centre, the well-organized
Mining
Museum of Mílos
gives an interesting insight into how mining has shaped the island,
with an extensive collection of mining equipment, mineral samples and geological
maps of Mílos, plus informative displays on the extraction, processing and uses of
minerals. The museum is well worth a visit at the start of your stay in order to make
more sense of the island's appearance and economy. Don't miss the two moving short
films where old miners describe their working conditions (English subtitles).
ACCOMMODATION
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ADHÁMAS
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Aeolis
T
22870 23985,
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aeolis-hotel.com.
Great-
value hotel with palatial rooms and designer furniture but
a bit difficult to find: behind the main square, in the street
by the dry rivulet. Built with modern specifications, it
provides baby cots on request and has two rooms specially
adapted for dis
able
d travellers. Minimum stay two nights
in the summer.
€70
Meltémi
T
22860 41425,
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hotelmeltemi.gr.
Basic,
centrally positioned hotel behind the main square, clean, a bit
noisy (ask for a room at the back) but with all amenities, this is
the cheapest option in town. Suffers from occasional
wat
er
pump pressure, so your showers may be quite lengthy.
€60
Ostria
T
22870 28127,
W
ostria-hotel.gr.
A beautiful
and comfortable hotel in a quiet position to the east of
town (near the mining museum) with excellent breakfast.
The ivy-covered common areas and its candle-lit roof
garde
n are as relaxing as the rooms themselves. May-Sept.
€120
Portiani
T
22870 22940,
W
hotelportiani.gr.
The most
central hotel (in the main square), partly renovated, with
excellent buffet breakfast, free wi-fi and a spectacular
seaview terrace. The reception can organize everything for
you, from car rental to daily excursi
ons. It
can be a bit noisy,
though, if you are an early sleeper.
€100
EATING AND DRINKING
Aggeliki
T
694 24 75 162.
A waterfront café that will
appeal to lovers of ice cream, with its selection of
extremely delicious home-made products. Turn your back
on your hotel breakfast to have a strong cup of cappuccino
(€3) and a piece of mouthwatering chocolate cake.
Daily
9am-2am.
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Flisvos
T
22870 22275.
An award-winning
restaurant in the same family for three generations. Wide
menu offering everything from fried calamari to grilled
meats (€8) and a variety of savoury filo pastries
accompanied by a good wine list of Santoríni vintages.
April-Oct daily noon-midnight
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Kinigós
T
22870 22349.
A popular place to eat, with a
varied menu and excellent people-watching potential. Its
specialities are the various meatball dishes (€7) made with
a secret house recipe, as well as its famed moussaka
(€6.50). Come early to find a table.
April-Oct daily
noon-midnight.
Pláka and around
PLÁKA
, the capital of the island, is the largest of a cluster of traditional villages that
huddle beneath a small crag on the road northwest of Adhámas. Steps beginning
near the
Fóras
taverna lead up to the
kástro
, its upper slopes clad in stone and
cement to channel precious rainwater into cisterns. The
Folk Museum
(Tues-Sat
10am-2pm & 6-9pm, Sun 10am-2pm; €3) has a well-presented array of artefacts
related to the history of arts, crafts and daily life on Mílos. The small church of the
Dormition
nearby offers one of the best views in the Aegean, particularly at sunset.
On a long ridge 1km south of Pláka, the narrow, attractive village of
Trypití
(“perforated”), which takes its name from the cliffside catacombs nearby, is less busy
with traffic than lower Pláka. At the very bottom of the cliff edge and accessed via a
road from the southern end of Trypití or steps down from the catacombs,
Klíma
is the
most photogenic of the island's fishing hamlets, with its picturesque boathouses tucked
underneath the colourful village dwellings.
