Sifnos Sifnos is an island with a strong sense of proportion, a calm strength, with authentic beauty, whitewashed houses, traditional architecture, clay chimneys, cobbled alleys island, friendly people, delicious food and small churches with blue domes, built on hills lead to sandy beaches. Sifnos as Cycladic island, the months of July and August has known winds but the intensity is not as great (especially compared to other Cycladic islands) with a median duration of 2 to 4 days. The winds blow mainly in the morning until 8 at night, and are at their strongest around 2pm. Apollonia is the capital, full of cobbled streets ahead to walk, shop products Sifnian pottery and other souvenirs, try traditional dishes or have fun in the Strait of fun where you will find many bars, which operated until the early Hours! At night Sifnos transformed into a cosmopolitan center, after restaurants, traditional taverns, snack bars, patisseries, cafes-patisseries, cafes & bars with Greek and foreign music or shops offer a variety of live music venues. Many choose to stay inside at Apollonia to lie within the center. But where to stay is the narrow one-way street ...! Sifnos is an interesting island offers a quiet vacation and has begun to collect and nearokosmo so the pace slowly changing between day and night, The distances are small and the access time to the most distant village or beach does not exceed 20 minutes. The Arches is indeed a good choice to stay together by offering wild mountain and serene seascape with beautiful colors and award winning beach and plenty of options, 5 km from Apollonia. The Kastro retains intact its medieval character, making it a place that everyone should visit Sifnos! Locals say it is worth a look and not staying since winter hit winds and summer is very hot. But if the rooms have air-condition the view is incredible! The main feature of the settlement is narrowness, lack of communal spaces, a few small courtyards and narrow streets with little amorphous widenings. The visitor enters today in the Castle of the old entries once functioned as war towers. Inside the roads pass over the roofs of homes and oftentimes passing is possible with small bridges: A peculiar and simultaneously charming village of Sifnos! Another accommodation option is Artemonas having easy access (walking) in the country (Apollonia), and are generally nice and quiet like part. Built amfithetrika with lovely views and features on the streets of some of the finest mansions of the island. Artemonas and especially the Church of terraces offer stunning views of the sunrise! Vathi and Platis Gialos is 2 more handsome settlements are 10 kilometers from Apollonia with beautiful beaches and other amenities. Even fans of Sifnos admit that beaches are not the strong point, half of them no road access and the other half is accessed through paths and boat. However, it is very clean and will enjoy swimming. The plates Chrisopigi with green waters and the island of Kitriani located outside the bay of Platy Yialos worth a visit! You can hire a boat on Arches. But also organized tours and sailing vessel on remote beaches like Vroulidia, Gialoudia, Fykiada etc. The beach at Kamares as mentioned has shallow and calm waters and a good beach bar with a very new world. Platis Gialos also crystal clear waters as well worth visiting Herronissos, the Lighthouse and Chrisopigi that apart from the plates and the famous monastery. Sifnos is the birthplace of the great Nikos Tselementes and has a delicious cuisine with traditional dishes! In Sifnos will try the kalyetres kitchens and even at reasonable prices! Do not forget to try revithokeftedes, string beans with garlic sauce, the Sunday traditional chickpea soup cooked from Saturday night overnight in the oven with wood, caper salad, grilled meat in mastelo Fried et Cooking in clay utensils made by local potters is the secret of taste according to the locals! Try the local cheeses, cream cheese, and manoura chloromanoura. Try fresh fish by the sea or in Seralia Apollonia. And if you try and Glykatzi nougat and other local sweets with honey! Finally taste the local wines! And some secrets that may be of interest not only to Barbie and other visitors: On the beach of Kamares see the sun sink into the Aegean Sea. Through July, the sun sets between the two mountains. From Agia Marina, flat rocks at the time of sunset will also be rewarded ... Finally, for the more adventurous from the top of San Simeon or the Prophet Elijah, the sun sets behind Serifos, overlooking all the Eastern Cyclades. Now, if Barbie, this and all the rest make Sifnos destination for our couple will tell you when I get back from your vacation!
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 23:05:23 +0000
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