Sifnos · Cyclades · Greece
Three minutes from Apollonia. A world from elsewhere.
Villa Avlaki sits a short drive from Apollonia, the heart of Sifnos. Fifteen minutes more and you are at the nearest cove. The island itself is the Cyclades at their most authentic — pottery villages, byzantine chapels, the best food in the Aegean.
Sifnos
Three minutes from Apollonia. A world from elsewhere.
Villa Avlaki sits a short drive from Apollonia, the heart of Sifnos. Fifteen minutes more and you are at the nearest cove. The island itself is the Cyclades at their most authentic — pottery villages, byzantine chapels, the best food in the Aegean.
- Three minutes to Apollonia
- Fifteen minutes to the nearest beach
- High-speed ferry from Athens — 2h45
- Twenty minutes to Kastro and the seven martyrs
Journal
The Sifnos Journal
Our address book — beaches, coves, tavernas, ceramicists, written from years on the island.
The beaches of Sifnos: a bay-by-bay guide
Eight beaches written by the year. From the postcard chapel of Chrysopigi to the wild north tip of Vroulidia — the bays we return to, what to do at each, and the taverna we trust at lunch.
Three hidden coves of Sifnos
Poulati, Fikiada, the cove below Kastro. Three small bays you reach by foot or by boat — and the only true secret of an island that has very few left.
Where to eat in Sifnos: a guide to the island's tables
Sifnos quietly has the best food in the Cyclades. The home of Tselementes — the man whose name became the Greek word for cookbook — has a dozen tables we book before we land. The kitchen, the chef, the dish, the price.