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Launching 2027
A nine-room house above the sea on Milos, all whitewash and blue shutters, with a pool cut into the rock and a cook who shops the morning boats.
Milos is a volcanic island in the western Cyclades with dozens of beaches and no big resorts. Pelagos sits high on its west side with the whole Aegean out front.
The 9 rooms are cool and white, with terraces angled west at the sunset and good beds. A pool is cut into the terrace above the water and the bar opens at six with wine from the island’s own vineyards.
“Sarakiniko is 20 minutes by car and best at dawn, before the boat tours arrive; Kleftiko you can only reach by sea.”
The menu is what the boats land and the island grows, breakfast runs late on purpose and the staff will point you to the right cove for the wind that day. Most are within half an hour’s drive.
Reviewed in person by Meghan, Crew Portfolio
Rooms
The sea-view rooms are the ones to book: white, cool, with a terrace angled at the sunset and the Aegean filling the window.
The garden rooms are a little cheaper and a touch quieter, a few steps back but with the same pool and terrace to share.
Eating
Dinner is what the boats landed and the island grew, cooked simply and eaten on the terrace as the sun goes down. The terrace bar has island wine.
Breakfast runs late on purpose. Adamas and the fishing villages have more tavernas a short drive away. Crew get breakfast included.
On the island
Milos is coloured coves and empty roads: Sarakiniko at dawn, Kleftiko by boat, a different beach every day if you like.
Hire a car or a quad; the island is small and no cove is more than about 40 minutes away. The house sorts the airport or port transfer.
What we love
Facilities
Location
Pelagos House is on the west side of Milos in the Cyclades, high above the sea, about 15 minutes from the island airport and 20 from the port at Adamas.
By air
Fly to Milos (MLO) via Athens, 15 minutes from the house; or take the ferry to Adamas from Athens (Piraeus).
Getting around
Hire a car or a quad; the island is small and no beach is more than about 40 minutes away. The house arranges the airport or port transfer.
Good to know
Getting there
Fly to Milos via Athens (15 min transfer), or ferry to Adamas. A hire car is worth it for the coves.
The food
Fish and island produce on the terrace. Adamas and the fishing villages have more tavernas a short drive away.
Worth doing
Sarakiniko at dawn, a boat round the coloured coves, the sunset from the terrace. Ancient Milos is worth an hour.
The detail
9 rooms, so it books up July and August. Unheated pool. Over-10s only. Closed in winter.
A few things to know
- July and August are busy and hot; June and September are better.
- You need a car or quad to reach the best coves.
- The pool is unheated; early and late season it is bracing.
- Closed November to March.
- Over-10s only.
What crew say
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