Milia Bay/Beach and the Milia Bay Hotel-Apartments

Milia Bay and beach is nestled among hills and pine trees and is a wonderful place to take a swim and spend the day. As the photo to your right shows, the beach at Milia is spacious enough to accommodate a number of visitors, but is still small enough to limit crowds of people from showing up on any given day.

Like most beaches in Alonnisos, Milia Bay is comprised of stones as opposed to sand (see photo below left), so for optimum comfort you’ll either need to rent a beach chair (around 12 Euros with umbrella in 2010), use a heavy-duty beach mat, or have an air mattress (lie-low in the UK) to lie on. To see a brief YouTube video that shows a view of this beautiful beach from the sea, click here.

Milia Bay is located perhaps five kilometers from the port town of Patitiri, and eight kilometers from the Old Village of Alonnisos. Because of this distance, walking there would be quite challenging for most people, so that means you’ll most likely need to either rent a motorbike or a car to get there. Years ago the road down to this beach was made of dirt and was very rough, but now it is paved and very smooth. If you do drive a rental car there, please note that parking is quite limited at Milia Bay, and that there is a private driveway just before the beach that should not be blocked. 

Milia Bay Hotel and Apartments

There is no restaurant or taverna located on the beach, but located above the bay (i.e., on the way down to the beach) there is a gorgeous property called the Milia Bay Hotel and Apartments (see photo to your right) that Fodor's identifies as one of the best places to stay in all of Greece. In addition to excellent accommodations, they also serve delicious food. During our 2009 trip on two occasions we once again had a delicious lunch at poolside, and the service was great as well.

The Milia Bay Hotel/Apartments are owned and operated by a very friendly woman named Vivian, along with her very hospitable son Andreas and
daughter Liza (pictured to the left). If you are reading this post and haven't yet selected accommodations on the island, you might want to consider staying at this hotel, as it truly is a beautiful place. For full details about this property, click here.

To contact me via email with any questions regarding this post click here.

Posted by Jeff Maziarek at 8/1/2011 8:45 PM
Categories: Alonnisos - Beaches
Tags: Milia Bay Milia Bay Hotel - Apartments Alonnisos
 

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