Why wild, beautiful Milos should be your next Greek island stop
The IndependentSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “You will get a feel for the whole of the island from the water – then you can choose where you want to see up close,” says Dimitris, one of the three brothers who built the hotel, expanding their parents’ traditional Milos home. open image in gallery Marinated anchovies and Dakos salad at O Petrino Skimming across impossibly smooth Aegean waters as vivid afternoon melts into golden hour, and then to sunset, is heaven. Boarding a catamaran from wild, ochre-yellow Agia Kyriaki beach, we’re whisked along Milos’s wild south coast, passing rocky outcrops, spectacular caves and slim bays reachable only by water. I work around Milos’s basic bus timetables; from Adamantas, you can get to Sarakiniko and Pollonia – a charming dinner spot, with a crescent of lively waterfront tavernas and even a sushi restaurant – to hilltop island capital Plaka and quaint Trypiti with its Roman amphitheatre.
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