SIFNOS BEACHES

The seas of Sifnos are beautiful shaping graphic creeks and sandy beaches. Kamares is the biggest coastal village and also the harbour of Sifnos. In the region of Kamares you can find facilities include travel and ferry agents, pastry shops, ceramics workshops, accommodations, car and bike rental agencies, newspaper vendors, an organized camping ground and dwellings.
Development has spread across the bay from Kamares along the foothills of Ayios Symeon to the district of Ayia Marina or Pera Banta where there are accommodations and taverns.
Development has spread across the bay from Kamares along the foothills of Ayios Symeon to the district of Ayia Marina or Pera Banta where there are accommodations and taverns.

Platys Yialos, is the island’s most popular beach and one of the biggest in the Cyclades. Facilities include hotels and other accommodations, an organized camping ground, markets, tavernas, and ceramics workshops. The settlement Platys Yialos is considered one of the most graphic areas of the island. You can access the settlement from the dock with small boats or from land through the new street.

Vathi, as its name implies, is a harbor located at a lower altitude than the surrounding terrain. The beach and tranquil fishing village has become more accessible from sea and land since a dock was built and road laid.
The Monastery of Taxiarhis tis Mersinis, founded in 1738, is about midway to Vathi. The imposing 17th century Evangelistria rises on the right end of the large, horseshoe-shaped bay.
Facilities at Vathi include accommodations, market, taverns, and ceramics workshop and showroom.

Faros is located on the north-eastern coast of Sifnos and is the island’s most sheltered harbour and the main harbour until 1882. There are taverns, a market, and accommodations. Faros is a quiet fishing village with picturesque sandy coves; Fasolou, Faros, and Glyfos. A footpath leads to Apokofto and Chrysopiyi. Ruins of a loading dock linked to the mines are visible in the bay’s western crook.