APOLLONIA

ANTHOUSSA Tel. + 30 22840 31431
FLORA – Chryssopigi – Tel. + 30 22840 71388, 71278 Fax + 30 22840 71388
PATRIARCA Tel. + 30 22840 32400
PETALI VILLAGE HOTEL – Pano Petali – Tel. + 30 22840 33024 Fax + 30 22840 33391
SIFNOS HOTEL - Katavati – Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 33068

ARTEMONAS

ARTEMON HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 31303, 33158 Fax + 30 22840 32385
WINDMILL BELLA VISTA Tel. + 30 22840 33965 Fax + 30 22840 33518

FAROS

BLUE HORIZON HOTEL APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22840 71442 Fax + 30 22840 71441
LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22840 32125, 71519 Fax + 30 22840 71529, 32125

KAMARES

AEOLOS Tel. + 30 22840 31703
AFRODITI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 31704, 31283 Fax + 30 22840 31622
DELFINI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 33740 Fax + 30 22840 33741
KAMARI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 31710
KIKI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 32329, 33150 Fax + 30 22840 31453
MIRTO HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 32055, 32386 Fax + 30 22840 32386
NYMFES HOTEL – Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 31269 Fax + 30 22840 33719
STAVROS Tel. + 30 22840 33383 Fax + 30 22840 31709

PLATYS GIALOS

ALEXANDROS Tel. + 30 22840-71333,71300 – 2 Fax + 30 22840 71303
EFROSINI Tel. + 30 22840 71353, 32140 Fax + 30 22840 71235
FILOXENIA HOTEL Tel. + 30 22840 71221  Fax + 30 22840 71222
NEREIDES Tel. + 30 22840 71530-1 Fax + 30 22840 71532
PLATYS GIALOS Tel. + 30 22840 71224 Fax + 30 22840 71325

AEGEAN EYE APARTMENTS - Castro – Tel. & fax + 30 22840 32020, 33109
AGNANTI – Castro – Tel. + 30 22840 32314
ANTHI Tel. + 30 22840 32257
ARCHONTOU Tel. + 30 22840 31777
ARMONIA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 31527, 31720, 32264 Fax + 30 22840 32265
EFTICHIA Tel. + 30 22840 33274, 33459
GEROFINIKAS - Castro – Tel. + 30 22840 33450, 33316 Fax + 30 22840 33275
KARYDIES Tel. + 30 22840 31714, 31216
KATERINA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 33732
LETTA Tel. + 30 22840 32146
LOUKIA - Katavati – Tel. + 30 22840 31497
MARGARITA Tel. + 30 22840 31701
NIKOLETA Tel. + 30 22840-31538
NIKOS – ARETI Tel. + 30 22840 32243, 71191
NOSTOS ROOMS -Kato Petali – Tel. + 30 22840 33323
PERISTERONAS Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 71322, 31931
ROMANTICA BELLA – Castro – Tel. + 30 22840 33450
ROMANZA – Chryssopigi – Tel. + 30 22840 33139
SIFNOS VIEW – Pano Petali – Tel. + 30 22840 33434, 31894
SOTIRIA - Kato Petali – Tel. + 30 22840 32120, 33053
TO MARO – Castro – Tel. + 30 22840 33584 Fax + 30 22840 33350
VILLA LIOTRIVI Tel. + 30 22840 31341, 33335

ARTEMONAS

BELLA VISTA APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22840 33965 Fax + 30 22840 33518
DIMITRA Tel. + 30 22840 32354, 32204
DINA Tel. + 30 22840 31215
FLORA Tel. + 30 22840 32033
MIRTO Tel. + 30 22840 32055, Fax + 30 22840 32386
SMARAGDI Tel. + 30 22840 33901 Fax + 30 22840 33902
WINDMILL VILLAS Tel. + 30 2284032098 Fax + 30 22840 28968

EXAMBELA

ANDROMEDA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 33111 Fax + 30 22840 32322
SMARAGDA Tel. + 30 22840 32087

FAROS

APERANTO Tel. + 30 22840 71473, 71192
ARISTI ROOMS Tel. + 30 22840 71443
CAPE NAPOS Tel. + 30 22840 71496
CAVOS Tel. + 30 22840 71483
CYCLADES Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 71464
FABRICA Tel. + 30 22840 71427
FASOLOU Tel. + 30 22840 71490
GEORGIA Tel. + 30 22840 71457
IRINI Tel. + 30 22840 71448
LETA Tel. + 30 22840 71436, 71348
ONIRO Tel. + 30 22840 71469
SOFIA Tel. + 30 22840 71480
THALASSA Tel. + 30 22840 71295, 71513
VILLA MARIA Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 71107

KAMARES

AGLAIA STUDIOS – Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 31513
ALKYONIS – Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 33101
ARETI & SIMOS Tel. + 30 22840 32353, 31697 Fax + 30 22840 33578
CAPTAIN ANDREAS Tel. + 30 22840 32356, 31668
DELPHINI APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22840 33740 Fax + 30 22840 33741
DOROTHEA Tel. + 30 22840 31713, 31381
EFCHARIS Tel. + 30 22840 32025 Fax + 30 22840 32045
EUGENIA Tel. + 30 22840 31065 Fax + 30 22850 33580
ILIOFEGGARO - Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 33595
KATERINA Tel. + 30 22840 31065, 32392 Fax + 30 22840 33580
LEONIDAS Tel. + 30 22840 32390 Fax + 30 22840 32341
MAISTRALI Tel. + 30 22840 31656
MAKIS - Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 32366
MARE NOSTRUM APTS. Tel. + 30 22840 31402
MARGANTO SUITES Tel. + 30 22840 31927 Fax + 30 22840 33690
MELTEMI Tel. + 30 22840 31653, 33066
MEROPI ROOMS TO LET & ONIRO STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 32158 Fax + 30 22840 33800
MORFEAS - Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 33615
OASIS - Agia Marina – Tel. + 30 22840 31716
PANORAMA Tel. + 30 22840 32356
PIPIS Tel. + 30 22840 33670
SIFNEIKA KONAKIA Tel. + 30 22840 31131 Fax + 30 22840 31270
SIMEON Tel. + 30 22840 31652
STENO Tel. + 30 22840 31342, 3117
VILLA ARETO Tel. + 30 22840 31323
ZORBAS Tel. + 30 22840 33329

PLATYS GIALOS

AKROGIALI Tel. + 30 22840 71358, 31269
ANTIGONI’ S ROOMS Tel. + 30 22840 71260
BLUE FISH APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 22840 71526
CORALI Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 71200
CYCLADES BEACH Tel. + 30 22840 71220, 71320 Fax + 30 22840 71276
EUGENIA Tel. + 30 22840 71318, 33752
EVDOKIA STUDIOS Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 71359
FANEROMENI Tel. + 30 22840 71500
GERANI SIFNOS SUITES Tel. & Fax + 30 22840 71322, 31931
LEMONIA Tel. + 30 22840 71225
MAISTROS STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71239, 71244 Fax + 30 22840 28944
MAKIS STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71520
MARGARITA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71332
NIKOLETA  STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71436
OSTRIA Tel. + 30 22840 71374
SIMOS Tel. + 30 22840 71314
SMARAGDA - Agios Thomas – Tel. + 30 22840 33972
VERINA SUITES Tel. + 30 22840 71525 Fax + 30 22840 71538
VILLA IRINI Tel. + 30 22840 71253, 71103

VATHY

ANNA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71128, 31158 Fax + 30 22840 71128
ARCHIPELAGOS Tel. + 30 22840 71120
ARETI Tel. + 30 22840 71191, 32243
ELIES RESORT Tel. + 30 22840 34000 Fax + 30 22840 34070
KALYPSO STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71127, 32043
MANOLIS Tel. + 30 22840 31080, 71111
MARGARITA Tel. + 30 22840 71131, 31957
MIRSINI Tel. + 30 22840 32353, 22840 33578
NIKOS Tel. + 30 22840 71512, 33244 Fax + 30 22840 33244
VIRGINIA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22840 71101

Sifnos is connected by coastal navigation with Piraeus port (79 nautical miles) and the islands of the line of Milos.
The duration of the trip by a conventional car ferry is 5 hours and by the speedboats about 3 hours.

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Port Authority of Sifnos + 30 22840 33617
Port Authority of Piraeus + 30 4226000
Post Office of Sifnos + 30 22840 31329
Health Station + 30 22840 31315
Telecommunication Center + 30 22840 33499, 22840 33699
Archaeological Museum of Sifnos + 30 22840 31022
Folklore & Pop Art Museum of Sifnos + 30 22840 31341
Ecclesiastic Museum of Sifnos + 30 22840 31335

The earliest inhabitants on the island are thought to have been Karians and Phoenicians, who discovered its gold and silver mines. They gave the island the names Akis, Merope, Sifanos and Sifana.
It was later captured by the Cretans, who founded a city called Minoa here. Later, it was colonized by the Ionians under their leader Sifnos. The island prospered in historical times, owing to its rich mines, but it fell into decline during the 5th c. BC.

In 1207, the Venetian Marco Sanudo conquered the island and it was incorporated into the Duchy of Naxos.
In 1537 it felt into the hands of the Turks. The island took part in the struggle for liberty in 1821 and was united with Greece in 1832.

APOLLONIA , the picturesque capital of Sifnos, in the interior of the island, which derives its name from the god Apollo, has the appearance of a single white mass spreading over a low hill. The cubic houses are adorned by colored doors and windows, sills, eaves, water-spouts, clay chimneys, staircases leading up to the flat roofs, and tiny courtyards full of flowers.
There is a folklore collection in the square, with representative examples of folk art. In Apollonia there are many gift shops with products of traditional pottery and jewelry shops.
The heart of the island beats in the capital where you will find restaurants, taverns where you will taste local recipes, café bars and night clubs.

Beyond lie Kato Petali and the picturesque village of ARTEMONAS, spreading over a hill with a superb view. This village was named after the goddess Artemis. It has interesting architecture with traditional Cycladic houses and several neoclassical mansions.
Artemonas is characterized as one of the quietest and ideal places of the island for vacation. In the village there are hotels, many apartments and rooms to let, traditional taverns, and gift shops. In this village you can find the best traditional pastry workshops and bakeries with traditional sweets.

AGIOS LOUKAS is a small graphic village in the region of Artemonas with many churches. Its name is due to the homonym church. In the village you will find an hotel and rooms to let.

The graphic village Pano Petali is on the road from Apollonia to Artemonas. It is worth visiting the church of Saint John.

A short distance to the south-east of Chora is the inland village of EXAMBELA, while to the west is Katavati.
In the entrance of Exambela you will see “Arades”, series of about ten wind mills. This village is the birthplace of the Greek poet Aristomenis Provelengios, of the great master of cookery and pastry making Nikos Tselementes, and of the painter Nikolaos Maroulis.
In Exambela you will see the churches of Geros, Agios Nikolaos, Agios Athanasios, Agios Dimitrios and Panagia. In the village there are rooms to let, shops, traditional taverns and snack bars.
In Katavati it is worth visiting the church of Agios Georgios and the three-aisle church with the cone-shaped dome of Panagia Angeloktisti.
The oldest monastery on Sifnos, Profitis Elias Psilos is in this area.
In Katavati you will find rooms to let, traditional taverns and coffee shops.

The road to the north-west leads to KAMARES (6 kilometers), the sheltered harbor of Sifnos. Here there are numerous shops, travel agencies, car and motorcycle renting offices, pottery workshops, hotels, rooms to let, traditional taverns, restaurants, patisseries, coffee shops and bars. The village has a beautiful and well organized sandy beach with clear waters.

Opposite at the foot of the mountain of Agios Symeon is situated the homonym monastery, and almost next to the monastery of the Prophet Elias of Troulaki, there is the quarter of Agia Marina (or Pera Panta) where you will find hotels, rooms to let, taverns, and café bars.

KASTRO, almost in the middle of the east coast, is the old capital of the island (until 1836). It is a fortified settlement and still preserves its medieval fortress structure, with the rows of houses forming defense walls following the configuration of the terrain.
In the middle of the settlement is the Frankish Cathedral of Agios Antonios (or Frangantonis), and most of the mansions, which have 17th and 18th c. coats-of- arms built into them.
On the hill at Kastro are preserved traces of the ancient acropolis, 8th and 7th c. BC house foundations and remains of 6th c. BC fortification.
A short distance away (about 20 minutes by foot), is the little church of the Panagia Poulati.
In Kastro there is an Archaeological Museum which houses marvelous collections of Archaic and Hellenistic sculptures.
Here, you will find some apartments and rooms to let, traditional taverns, shops and café bars.
At the south side of Kastro you will find the small beach of Seralia.

The road to the south leads to the superb beach of PLATYS GIALOS which is considered one of the longest beaches of Cyclades and is the most cosmopolitan beach on Sifnos. Here you can find hotel units, rooms to let, municipal organized spaces to camp, traditional taverns, coffee shops, bars and pottery workshops.
In the north part of the beach, on the top of the hill is built the monastery of Panagia Vounou dated from 1813. The view from up there is magic.

Not far away is the monastery of the Panagia Chryssopigi, the patron saint of the island, set at the edge of a peninsula with a magic view. The monastery was built about 1650 on the foundations of an ancient temple. From Chryssopigi peninsula you can admire sceneries of unique beauty. This region is considered one of the most beautiful in the whole island.

The little harbor of FAROS north-east of the monastery is a beautiful village with three continuous sandy beaches: Fassolou, Faros and Glifo.
On the beach of Faros stands the country church of Ai-Giorgis and about ten steps over the foundations of the ancient tower is the picturesque church of Agios Nikolas. At the past Faros was a vivid settlement of potters.
At the central beach of the village and in Fassolou beach there are hotels, apartments and rooms to let, traditional taverns and coffee shops.

The settlement of VATHY nestles in the bay of the same name on the south-west coast and is reached by boat from Kamares. Vathy has a beautiful sandy beach with deep blue waters. Here there are hotel units, apartments and rooms to let, traditional taverns, confectioneries with local traditional sweets, coffee shops as well as pottery workshops.
Inside Vathy bay you can find the beautiful sandy beach of Tsopos.

The remote HERRONISOS is in the north part of the island. At the past it was a very vivid settlement of potters. Today it is a beautiful village of fishermen. Here, you can find apartments, rooms to let and fish taverns.
On the hill over Herronisos is the monastery of Saint George where is held a traditional feast in Easter, with sweets and traditional dances.

TRADITION – EVENTS
At Artemonas, the old Sifnian custom of Kyr-Vorias is revived on the last Sunday in Lent and the «Burning of Judas” takes place on Easter Sunday.
The most important festivities are those of Panagia Vounou in the 24 of March, of Profitis Elias in 19th July, of Agios Panteleimonas in Herronisos in the 26th July, of Agios Ioannis in 28th August, of Taxiarchis in 5th September, of the Panagia in 7th September, of Agios Nikitas in 15th September, of Agios Galatis in the 5 of November, and of Panagias Vounou in the Ascention where participate the entire island. Traditional food that is served at this feast is chick pie soup that is accompanied with meat and wine. The food is followed with dance singing and local traditional music.

LOCAL PRODUCTS – CUISINE
Sifnos is famous for its fine pottery, which is still made by local artists at Kamares, Platys Gialos and the capital.
Don’t miss buying ceramic items and decorations.

The inhabitants of Sifnos keep the traditions at the traditional cuisine. Sifnos people are gourmands and good cooks. It is not by chance that the well known cook chef Nikos Tselementes came from Exambela of Sifnos. Famous dishes and pastries are chick pie balls (revithokeftedes), chick pie soup, chick pie in the oven, caper salad, fresh fish and seafood, the sweets nougats with honey and honey pie. Don’t miss to taste the famous local cheeses manouri and mizithra.