This heading one quite often reads and her is therefore already something used up. Nevertheless it meets the appearance of the small, love-worth cyclades island very exactly. The colors of the completely different Gesteinsformationen, which coin/shape the picture of the island, are meant. The volcanic past did not only bring in in economic regard a special position for Milos, but also a unique appearance lent. Salient and partially quite bizarre formations give above all their completely in each case individual character to the innumerable beaches. Here, where the water opens the different rock formations and slowly however constantly forms the coast, the colors of Milos show up. Whether in that dazzling white moon landscape of Sarakiniko or at the sulfur-yellow steep rock slopes of Paleochori, to the visitor is offered again and again on a new surprising and at the same time fascinating sight. And wakes the curiosity constitutes the attraction exactly to explore always new coast regions.
Which concerns the colors, I cannot naturally leave that unmentioned, which actually applies to nearly all cyclades islands. The interaction of snow-white houses, blue sky and still blue rem sea before a meager window blind. Each typically Greek motive for postcard fades in view of the material impressions, which everyone once should have experienced. During the day into dazzling colors, early in the morning and briefly before sunset however into an unbelievably warm light dipped, which gives it evenly only here on the Kykladen. Sitting on the early evening before the Panagia Korfiatissa in Plaka one can enjoy this play exemplarily, if the sun goes down toward Antimilos and sends the last warming jets over the sea.
The fact that in Milos to large extent open mining is operated, provides again and again for controversy discussions. Volcanism gave Bodenschätze, by whose production an industry developed to the island, which is substantially older than that of the tourism. And until today the flourishing open mining of the island has a clear measure of self-sufficiency and independence secured. The fact that the exploitation of kaolin, Bentonit and other exotic minerals leaves traces is understandable and some regions in Milos lost each Greek Inselflair also surely. On the other side however straight this industry is responsible for the fact that Milos did not open yet in the measure the mass tourism like many other Greek islands. An overslept island idyl, which becomes estimated from so many individual travelers, has evenly its price. Who understands, perhaps and enjoys about the naturalness of the island and its inhabitant sees the shade sides of Milos with other eyes. Because Milos does not belong fortunately to the places faraway to the civilization, which are gradually given up by the population, where the life expires slowly and into the cities flees young humans. Milos offers everything that one needs to the life, but of it evenly not too much. Who expects perfect an infrastructure and a routistic round around service, will become here surely not lucky. Who looks for however a small spot earth, which retained itself its originalness, still all kinds of corners and has edges and in various regard is also uncomfortable, which will be able to spend in Milos a unique vacation.
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