Sifnos Travel Guide

How to get here

During the summer, the island is connected daily by boats to Piraeus and to the islands of Milos route (Kythnos, Serifos, Kimolos, Milos).

The duration of the trip by conventional ferries is five hours and by high-speed ferries is about three hours. The island is also connected by boat to many islands of the Cyclades: Paros, Naxos, Mykonos, Tinos, Andros, Syros, Folegandros, Ios, Santorin etc.

During the rest of the year, the frequency of the sea transportation is formed according to the season. Visitors are advised to check with the relevant port authorities or agencies before traveling to and from the island.

Port Authorities:

SIFNOS PORT AUTHORITY 22840 33617
PIRAEUS PORT AUTHORITY 2104511310-7

Travel Agencies in Sifnos:
AEGEAN THESAURUS TRAVEL 22840-33151 & 22840-33527
CHRISOPIGI TRAVEL 22840-71523
KATSOULAKIS TRAVEL 22840-31700 & 22840-31004
PODOTAS GROUP 22840-33081 & 22840-31793
XIDIS TRAVEL 22840-31895 & 22840-31217

For online ticket reservations and for information on the ferry schedules, please visit the Web page: OpenSeas.

The closest airports to Sifnos are those of Milos and of Paros. For emergencies, there is an organized heliport near the monastery of the Virgin Mary of Vrissiani (Panagia tis Vrissianis) in Exabela.

All flights to and from Athens arrive to and depart from Athens International Airport ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS.

For more information on the flight schedules, please contact your travel agency or visit the Web pagehttp://www.aia.gr/

For your transportation from Athens International Airport ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS to the port of Piraeus, please visit the Web site of ΟΑSΑ (Athens Urban Transport Organization).

Rooms to Let  >    http://sifnos.gr/rooms/rooms-en.html


Entertainment

In Apollonia, in Artemonas and in Kastro, the visitors can enjoy their afternoon walk in the paved alleys with the rich houses, the yards with the white joints and the gardens or they can visit the seaside villages to have a coffee or ouzo by the sea or on verandas which overlook the sea. Thevisitorscanalsocombinetheirwalkwithshopping. In Sifnos you can buy designer clothes, perfumes, handmade jewels, books, souvenirs, local sweets and ceramics (in some cases the showroom is right next to the pottery and the visitors can watch the potter give shape to the clay).

The visitors can also chose among the cultural events that are organized on the island all year round - mainly in the summer – such as concerts, traditional nights with folklore dances and music, book presentations and important art exhibitions.

The visitors will probably have the chance to participate during their stay in some of the famous feasts of the island, which are an authentic expression of the sifnian tradition and hospitality.

In the evening, Sifnos "is on its best togs” and “gets ready” to cover all tastes. Taverns with special local dishes, fish taverns with fresh fish and seafood, restaurants, taverns specialized in varieties of small dishes, cafeterias and traditional cafes, patisseries and sweetshops stay open until late at night to serve all visitors. And for the night owls, there are bars, night clubs with Greek and foreign music in almost all the villages of Sifnos.

The protagonist of the island’s nightlife is the famous “Steno” (=alley) of Apollonia, which “guarantees” your entertainment until the small hours of the morning!

Things to buy

The visitors who want to take with them some of the scent and the taste of Sifnos can choose among the following products:


• thyme honey of excellent quality
• cheeses (xinomizithra, chloromanoura, manoura matured in wine lees)
• caper
• sweets (biscuits, casserole marzipans, marzipans in the oven, marzipans with powdered sugar, pastelis (honeyand sesame candy bars), cookies, patties, halvadopitas (nougats of sesame with almonds in a thin crust), loukoums, vanillas (vanilla flavored, white cream that you lick off a spoondipped in ice-cold water) etc.)
• local wine of small producers
• herbs (oregano, sage, pennyroyal, marjoram etc.)
and of course the famous ceramics of Sifnos (utilitarian and decorative objects)

Useful telephone numbers


INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WELFARE ENTERPRISE OF SIFNOS (DH.KE.S) 2284033661 - 2284031977


CITIZENS’ SERVICE CENTER OF SIFNOS (KEP) 2284033880 - 2284031234
NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS CENTER OF SIFNOS (ΕΑΚΝ) 2284033144 - 2284033154

POLICE STATION 2284031210

PORT AUTHORITIES 2284033617

PORT FOR FISHING BOATS IN PLATIS GIALOS  2284071365

COMMUNITY CLINIC 2284031315

DENTAL CLINICS
Makaronas Ioannis 2284032350
Papageletou Apostolos 2284032004
Foutoulaki Katerina 2284032222

CONSULTING ROOM
Thomas Gozadinos (Pathologist) 2284031334

PRIVATE MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
Ioannis Kleinakis 2284031544 -2284033677

PHARMACIES
Vavritsas Konstantinos 2284033541
Fotiadis Joachim 2284033033

HELLENIC POST (ELTA) 2284031329

HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION (OTE) 2284033499 -2284033699

PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION (DΕΗ) 2284031220 -2284031320

BANKS

Alpha Bank 2284033913 - 2284033200National Bank of Greece 2284031317Piraeus Bank 2284033799

MUSEUMS

Archeological 2284031022Folklore 2284031341Ecclesiastical – Monastery of Vrissi 2284031335

POTTERIES

Depastas V. Ioannis (Artemonas) 2284033418Raviolos Nikolaos (Artemonas) 2284033755
Lempesis Ioannis (Agia Anna - Artemonas) 2284032010Kalogirou K. Antonis (Agia Anna – Artemonas) 2284033090Scandalis Antonis & Lampros (Petsi – towards Cheronissos) 2284031828Atsonios Georgios (Diavroucha – towards Cheronissos) 6946224008Depastas Konstantinos (Cheronissos) 2284033121Atsonios Antonis (Vathi) 2284071119Markou Flora & Ioanna (Vathi) 2284071116Exilzes Giorgos (Kamares) 2284033044Kalogirou Z. Antonis (Kamares) 2284031651Kalogirou Katerina (Kamares) 2284031683Podotas Ioannis (Kamares) 2284032349Apostolidis Ioannis (Kamares) 2284033721Lemonis Alexandros (Platis Gialos) 2284071362Lemonis Fratzeskos (Platis Gialos) 2284071203Narlis Ioannis (Kato Petali) 2284033909

EXPERTIN SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS Manolis Lempesis – Nikos Karagiannis 2284033000

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS Sifnos 2105225264Sifnaïka Nea (Sifnian News) 2104180601

LOCAL RADIO STATIONS Prisma FM 2284033352 - 2284033752Radio Active 2284033104

FOUNDATIONS Public welfare foundation of Stylianos Prokos 2284031369

BUSES Depastas 2284031925Frantzis 2284031393Psathas 6937072339Municipal 2284033661

ONLINE INFORMATION www.sifnaiko-fos.gr 6947301221
www.sifnos.net 6970895474


TAXIS

Anapliotis (Taxi No6) 2284031656 - 6944696409Chrissogelos (Taxi No9) 2284033570 -6944900972Depastas (Taxi No7) 2284031295 - 6932403485Diaremes (Taxi No5) 2284031719 - 6944642680Gerontopoulos (Taxi No4) 2284031626 - 6944444904Kalogirou (Taxi No2) 2284031661 -6944742652Karavis (Taxi No8) 2284031173 - 6944936111Koulouris (Taxi No10) 2284031473 -6973209720Komis (Taxi No3) 2284031777 -6944761210Mitilinaios (Taxi No1) 2284031216

TRAVEL AGENCIES AEGEAN THESAURUS TRAVEL – Apollonia & Kamares 2284033151 -2284033527Katsoulaki - Apollonia & Kamares 2284031700 - 2284031004Xidis - Apollonia & Kamares 2284031895 - 2284031217Podotas Group - Apollonia & Kamares 2284033081 - 2284031793CHRISOPIGI TRAVEL – Platis Gialos 2284071523 -2284071463

CAR RENTAL

ELMAR- Kamares 2284031040Apollo - Apollonia 22840333331o Moto car rental - Kamares 2284033791Podotas Group - Kamares 2284033081 - 2284033973Stavros - Kamares 2284033383Sifano - Kamares 2284033044


CHRISOPIGI TRAVEL – Platis Gialos (excursions by boat) 2284071523 -2284071463

BIKE RENTAL Apollo – Apollonia 2284033333ELMAR - Kamares 22840310401o Moto car rental - Kamares 2284033791Podotas group - Kamares 2284033081 - 2284033973Sifano - Kamares 2284033044

Deputy mayor: Administration – Finance – City cleaning – Environment – Transparence & eGovernment – Social Protection – Education – Culture – Tourism – Health – Sports – Stores & Enterprises FragiskaTheologou - Vlahcoutsakou 2284360327  2284033632


President of the Municipal Council Konstantinos Soulis 2284360328 2284033030

Secretariat of the Municipal Council Maria Nadali 2284360328 2284033030

Transparency – eGovernment – Monitoring of Programs Christos Ayioutantis 2284360332

President of the Port Authority Fund of Sifnos Georgios Troullos 2284033707 2284360329

Municipal Port Authority Fund of Sifnos 2284360329

Home Help Service Mairy Logotheti, Dimitra Georgouli, Veta Spiridonidou 2284031767 2284031761 2284360333

Deputy mayor: Water supply – Sewerage – Electrical and Mechanical Works – Transport – Municipal Vehicles – Civil Protection – Agriculture, Cattle-breeding, Fisheries - Cemeteries GeorgiosI. Stavrianos 2284032388

President of the Local Community of Artemonas StavrosVellis 2284031234

Operating authorizations – Secretariat of the Local Community of Artemonas Katerina Panagou  2284028931

Citizens’ Service Center (KEP) Manolis Foutoulakis 2284031234

Citizens’ Service Center (KEP) Eleni Saramaskou 2284031006

President of the Municipal Public Welfare Enterprise of Sifnos Fratzeskos Loukataris 2284031977  2284033661

Municipal Public Welfare Enterprise of Sifnos Sophia Katzilieri 2284031977  2284033661

President of the Administrative Boars of the Cultural Center of SifnosFax of the Municipality of Sifnos – Municipal Community of Apollonia 
Ronia Anastasiadou 2284032404  2284033076


Fax of the Deputy Mayor FragiskaTheologou - Vlahcoutsakou 2284033632

Fax of the Finance Department – Accounting Department 2284031010

Fax of the Finance Department – Revenue 2284031560

Fax of the Municipal Department of Artemonas 2284031306

Fax of the Deputy Mayor GeorgiosI. Stavrianos 2284032388

Fax of the Municipal Port Authority Fund of Sifnos 2284028965