Swimming in Milos

We were not able to go to two of our preferred beaches in Milos because the bus schedules had been changed and the first bus back was at 4:00 - too late, we don't like staying on the beach for that long. But, there are so many beaches in Milos that it did not matter that much.

The first beach we tried in Milos was a walking distance from our hotel. Lovely beach and very quiet when we first got there.

We could see Adamas on our right

plus the villages of Plaka and Tripiti perched on the mountain

on our right, more expanses of sand

and if I zoomed in, the loading platform from one of the nearby mines

We could see the boats arriving and leaving straight ahead of us

it is a lovely beach and we really enjoyed swimming here.

Behind us, across the road was this house next to an abandoned windmill. They had knocked down the structure of the windmill and just kept the mechanism. Fascinating. I had never seen one before.

Looking closer

Also behind us, is the taverna Chamos (Mayhem)  where already at 12:40 we saw people queueing for the 1:00 opening. We had intended to go and eat there, as we had been told that it was impossible to get a table in the evenings but that lunchtimes would be o.k. But, having seen the queue we decided against it.

Even though the beach was quite empty when we arrived, by the time we left it was very busy.

We came here twice, but then decided against coming again as the umbrellas let quite a bit of sun in, and we like shade.

We also enjoyed the walk back to the hotel, as half of it was done with our feet in the sea, under the shade of the almyres (taramarind tree).

The second beach we tried was in Lagada bay, a small bay within the large bay that is the old volcano crater and which more or less divides the island into two.

It's run by the people who own the Buddha Bar (you can read about it  here ) and as part of the fee we paid for our umbrella and the beds we were also given a bottle of water in a bucket of ice.

It was hilarious when a cat came under our table and started licking the condensation on the underside of the bucket

Lovely beach, nice swimming - I particularly enjoyed zigzagging around the boats

the WWII air raid shelter and then further on, Adamas on our left,

the end of the bay and what looked like caves on our right

We were intrigued by the caves so decided to go and investigate

A local happened to be there so I asked him. They are not caves at all, but pill boxes built by the German occupiers during WWII to observe and shoot

Even though we could not see it from the beach, just across the pill boxes on the other side of the bay is the air-raid shelter built into the rock

Nice views from here.

We only swam here once, because the next day we decided to try out Achivadolimni, and Ken fell in love with it, so we went there for the rest of our stay.

From the bus on our way to Achivadolimni the next day we passed the salt evaporation ponds

Sand dunes from the bus stop to the beach

and then, there we were, a long expanse of sand

on either side of the spot where the umbrellas and recliners are

gorgeous clear waters and Adamas in the distance.

The walk from one end of the beach to the other was very pleasant

We wondered if this construction was another defence post built by the Germans during WWII

white volcanic rock as in Sarakiniko on our right

caves.

The whole place was gorgeous, and so very quiet. We really liked swimming here.