Milia Eco Traditional Settlement Crete

Simply Crete Holidays

Quality Villas, Apartments, Traditional Cottages and Hotels in Crete

Milia Eco Traditional Settlement, West of Chania

Arguably the best eco-settlement in Crete, it is a truly

wonderful example of how

sustain ability

and environmentally friendly tourism can be achieved. It is

perhaps best described by quotes from the

management team, all of whom are

local to the area.

"We actually throw away very few items. All natural products are recycled, and we try to find alternative uses for everything else. All edible fruit and

vegetables end up in the kitchen, while their remnants and other plants feed the animals, who provide us in turn with milk and cheese, meat, leather, wool

and manure."

"Our efforts towards an improved natural environment are intensified every year with reforestation and the cultivation of a wider variety of crops and other

products. We appreciate and delight in the peculiarities which each season has to offer. In our recognition that every thoughtless act towards the

environment has its price, we practice humility in everything we do."

Milia offers 13 guest-houses/rooms. Each “room” is uniquely and originally furnished, and offers a distinct atmosphere from what one is normally

accustomed to. The guest-houses have been built from the foundations of the old village houses with local materials – chestnut wood and stone, keeping to

the architectural characteristics of the area, and are furnished with old restored furniture collected from the surrounding villages. Huge rocks comprise the

walls of some of the houses, which the villagers used as parts of the buildings when they were initially built.

The comforts at Milia are basic. Rooms either have double or single beds, their own WC with shower and hot water, either fireplaces or woodstoves for

heat during the winter, and most rooms have some sort of sitting space. They all have either a balcony, small terrace or garden from which one can admire

the view, take a deep breath and ask themselves for what strange reason people cram themselves into cities. And as the light of the day recedes from Milia,

they light candles. Solar energy provides electric power.

Milia is located in the heart of Western Crete, ideally situated for short excursions to interesting places like Elafonissi, Palaiochora and Sougia for their

superb beaches, or to Kandanos, with its Byzantine churches, or Ballos and Gramvoussa, Falassarna, Polyrrhinia and Ancient Diktynna.

Cooking courses, walking tours and personal guiding are available upon request. Please note that there is no swimming pool at this property.

Children under 4 years old - free of charge

Extra bed £20.00 per night.