The place we stayed is an independent and standalone house unit (the Unit) build on a top of hill. It has a small balcony with a stunning view. The place is has an efficient lay-outand clean; rooms are a bit small and there is only one AC serving the entire house.
Getting in/out: A 25 min drive from the port to the Embourios intersection. Then, drive down a long curvy part dirt, to the main entrance of a wall-gated front entrance. From the front entrance to get to the house (Unit) involved a 500 – 600 meter hike through a dirt path, provided you do not have a 4x4 car (the road is fairly steep and inaccessible for a non-4x4 car) – an additional 10 minute uphill hike. To get to the house we had to walk through this each time (to/from the unit) 4 times a day, 2 of which at night, using our phones as flashlights.
On the second day we faced a medical emergency, one of children was stung by an anemone-Castiglione, with fever and muscle spans. At 5 am, we took her to the Emergency Room, at the Plaka Medical Center. Pantelis drove us from the house to the front entrance (were we parked our car) to drive to the Medical Center. In view of the medical situation we were advised to be close to the Medical Center (keeping an eye on our child) and as such we had to cut our stay short by a day. We asked Pantelis to give us a ride to the front – something he had agreed to and help us with our luggage. He declined on the basis that he was too busy to drive us (3-minute drive for him) to the front of the house and we had to walk all the way with our luggage 500 meter, up and down in extreme hot weather. The end was particularly an unpleasant experience, not consistent with the expected hospitality we anticipated.
The house unit is nice but the access to/from the front is troublesome, without a 4x4 (we know this was mentioned on the site – but we were not aware of the 500 meter hike). Our stay was fine, but the last day amounted to a uncomfortable experience with the host.
The other two places we stayed in Milos were excellent so overall our stay and visit to Milos paid off.