Tour of the village of Milia

Milia, or "Meru" in Vlach, is a mountain village (1160 m) of the municipality of Metsovo. It is located at the northwest of the prefecture of Ioannina, close to the border of Epirus and Macedonia, and has 396 inhabitants. They use the Vlach dialect for oral communication and Greek for written communication, and call themselves "Merani". Milia is a live Vlach workshop where one encounters tradition and modern daily life in harmony. It retains its traditional architecture with two storey stone-built houses to a significant extent. Milia is famous for its folk art workshops and woodwork products. Residents are also involved in farming and logging. Agritourism and tourist trails to the nearby mountain peaks are the new fields of development. To the north of Milia we find the National Park of Pindos "Valia Kalda".