Klima, the village of the syrmata

Klima is a fishing village below Tripiti, at the mouth of the Bay of Milos, and the most photographed place on the island. Its houses, the syrmata, stand in a single row right on the water. The ground floor is a boathouse, cut back into the rock, where the fishermen pulled their boats up out of the winter storms; the family lived in the small room above. The doors, shutters and balconies are painted bright blue, red, green and yellow, and some of the syrmata are now rented to visitors who want to sleep with the sea under the window. There is a fish taverna, a little chapel and clear water for a swim off the rocks. The sunsets here, straight across the bay, are superb.