Nerodafni & Trachilas

Milos


From Firopotamas, an unsealed but well-maintained wide road (fine with a 2WD, although it gets a little bumpy towards the end) leads past active quarries to these remote pebble and rock beaches, separated from each other by a headland. Nerodafni is slightly easier to access, but Trachilas is distinguished by tiny islets with rock arches just offshore.


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Nearby Milos attractions

1. Plathiena

1.01 MILES

Sitting at the end of a valley beyond Plaka in the north of the island, this pebble-strewn sandy beach is exceptionally pretty. The water is a vivid…

2. Firopotamos

1.13 MILES

The road is sealed all the way to Firopotamos, a picturesque little cove embraced by craggy limestone cliffs and lined with syrmata (boat-house dwellings)…

3. Kastro

1.68 MILES

Signs mark the path climbing to Plaka's hilltop fortress, built by the Venetians on the ancient acropolis. Little of the structure remains, but the views…

4. Milos Folk & History Museum

1.8 MILES

Peruse traditional costumes, woven goods and household artefacts in a series of traditionally furnished rooms, right by the main church courtyard.

5. Archaeological Museum of Melos

1.81 MILES

This handsome neoclassical building contains some riveting exhibits, including a plaster cast of local lass, the Venus de Milo, who now resides in the…

6. Ancient Theatre & Catacombs

2.17 MILES

Clinging to a lonely patch of hillside just below Trypiti, this large Roman-era theatre entertained the citizens of Ancient Melos from the 1st to the 4th…

7. Catacombs of Melos

2.24 MILES

Greece’s only Christian catacombs, on the slopes below Trypiti, date from the 1st century and were the burial site for some of the earliest believers…

8. Syrmata

2.26 MILES

Tiny, photogenic Klima clings to the beachfront cliff face below Trypiti. It offers the best example of Milos’ syrmata (traditional fishers' huts), where…

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