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MILIA MOUNTAIN RETREAT & RESTAURANT

Milia Mountain Retreat is an eco-friendly hotel and restaurant. Our staff are
passionate, professional and quality-oriented.

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AWARDED MILIA RESTAURANT

The gastronomical oasis of Milia Restaurant is based on the fresh products of
our farms and yards and the culinary culture of the Cretans, enriched with
innovative ideas and impeccable service. Renowned for its well-studied approach
to quality, Milia Restaurant hosts unique dining moments and turns them into
memories.

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MILIA MOUNTAIN RETREAT ECO-ROOMS

In the 16th century restored settlement of Milia, rooms preserve the
architecture and aesthetic style of the mountainous area of Western Crete.
Reconstructed with attention to detail, they hold something of the atmosphere,
the remembrance, and imprint of its former inhabitants, bringing them to the
present for our guests.

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WHERE TO FIND MILIA ON THE MAP

Milia is located in a mountainous area of Western Crete, it takes a while to
find us! Click on the map to find out more about the area around Milia Mountain
Retreat and follow our link below for directions through OpenStreetMaps.org!

For your convenience, do not use GPS Navigators to Milia, just put as your
destination the nearby village Vlatos and, from there only, follow the wooden
signs to Milia for another 3km.

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DEEPER READING


 * THE CHESTNUT TREE, A PERFECT WINTER ROMANCE
   
   There are no certain skills required to fall in love with a chestnut tree;
   she is audacious, classy, and casual at the same time, passively aggressive
   to enemies, and courageous, at the same time. She is a living miracle. As you
   are packing for your winter travel, space, weight and time are to be
   considered,…
   
   April 22, 2024


 * REFLECTIONS ON REFLECTIONS
   
   How to go for a walk, this is a question wishing to be asked by our guests in
   Milia, in order to allow the mountainous wave of reflection that comes along
   with it. Of all the things you can un-do on our land, the ultimate
   slow-traveling experience is the best; walking consciously and permitting
   the…
   
   August 1, 2022


 * FEEDING THE VULTURES
   
   Could well be a movie title equivalent to Dances with wolves? Sure, if this
   was not the case that the co-owner and restorer of the medieval settlement
   that became Milia Mountain Retreat (a local “Green Man” in his overwhelming
   passion for Nature preservation and species protection), Giorgos Makrakis,
   wouldn’t put it in practice. Committed to…
   
   July 10, 2022


ECO-FRIENDLY; ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

The definition might be the least interesting part of the thing; Ecological
sustainability is a long-term perspective of conservation of the ecosystem, and
reduction of the general human impact on the natural environment.

Aiming to bring people’s imprint only up to a level that Earth can handle, the
practices that stem from environmental sensitivity may include parameters that
are characterized as “green” for being found within the safe zones for the
planet’s productivity, experts say. But what happens when a place and its people
are intuitively eco-ethical and totally outside of “trends” called sustainable?

Milia Mountain Retreat and Restaurant is an eco-lodge that opened up to its
guests in the early 90s, after twelve years of exhaustive works of restoration
on the remnants of a medieval settlement that was abandoned in the middle of the
20th century. When the last people left Milia, the intense hug of Mother Nature
occupied the settlement and concurred the small valley, till it could no longer
be traversed by man. However, when the two families of owners came back to the
place and set their goal of revitalizing it, they spontaneously followed the
impulse to use all the practices of ecological sensitivity that they had in
their hands. Not only would they reuse the original material for restoration
with minimum interventions, but they would also apply a series of measures of
respect for Nature.

On the way to Milia Mountain Retreat & Restaurant

What Milia brings to today as a proposal for a sustainable and long-term
eco-friendly traveling model is:

 * Self-sufficiency of energy provision through solar panels for electricity and
   wood for heating & hot water
 * Organic food production in the farms and yards of the property and the nearby
   area
 * Systematic natural composting of organic material, including the leaves of
   trees that surround the area
 * Biological treatment of wastewater
 * Natural spring water supply towards the eco-lodge and the farm/yards
 * Natural conditioning and zero electronic devices in the rooms
 * Zero food waste, into the food chain of the property
 * Natural reforestation of the area by minimizing goat grazing

Above practices were never viewed from a corporation’s perspective to become
eco-friendly; they were a way of conscious living that became a corporate model.
However, challenges are omnipresent as energy demands have risen throughout the
years, the remoteness of the area considerably burdens, for example, introducing
recyclables into the recycling chain and, what is more, the conservation of a
property where Nature leads the way is a laborious and financially exhausting
undertaking. Are we to feel alone on the planet? No way, as, gladly, more and
more consciousness of sustainable traveling brings people together in preserving
land as it is when they (thus we!) want to explore it.

Flora, the Queen of Milia

Eco-friendly hotels of different kinds with a common view on the caretaking of
Mother Earth are gaining more and more respect and Milia Mountain Retreat &
Restaurant with its 30 years of history is a high-vibrational and eco-sensitive
option for guests from all over the world. What is to be added, however, in its
priorities of the last decade is a faithful commitment to community-based
traveling as well. Milia now actively promotes:

 * Proposing local culture as an intangible heritage
 * Sustaining local cultural attributes for the future
 * Engaging local people with various activities and directly empowering local
   employment
 * Creating site-specific cultural experiences within its surroundings and in
   the wider area, in order to present the uniqueness of the local community
 * Directing travelers towards diverse experiences locally, in order to truly
   connect and interact with the community
 * Stimulating the principles of slow and culturally aware traveling

The above list includes initiatives such as local artifacts preservation (old
furniture and household items) for decorative use, prevention of erosion of
cultural sensitive points, and old-fashioned public spots of community life
-such as fountains-, the continuation of local feasts and traditions
(“panigiria”, in greek, such as the chestnut feast in late October), the use of
local SME’s and traditional manufacturing units for its activities (olive oil
and wine production and bottling, honey collection, etc), and proposing
alternative routes of the area instead of the typical checklist one would find
within some seconds of internet search, to mention just a few.

Elements of folk life in the medieval settlement of Milia

Here to stay is a recent addition that Milia, the eco-friendly hotel, has
introduced to the philosophy; a systematic organization of “Eco-events” based on
the natural cycles of the Earth and several educational programs for the wider
diffusion of the principles of the eco-model it represents. Aiming to see
uniqueness stay untouched and be appreciated, newborn ideas are discussed,
evaluated, and put into practice, but the vision stays the same…

For more information and/or interest in exploring the above points, you are
encouraged to get in contact with us via e-mail at info@milia.gr



Reception +30 28210 46774 (also for WhatsApp en Messenger)
Restaurant +30 697 317 0580
Address Vlatos, Kissamos, 73012 Chania, Crete, Greece
Email info@milia.gr