Sifnos 28th-31st July

We anchored up in the lovely harbour of Kamari, on the west coast. As darkness fell we could see all the lights as the town started to come alive, and the little churches lit on the hills.

The next day we explored the island.  It was a similar size to Serifos. with a slightly larger population of 2,900.  Beyond the port and between the flanking slopes of rugged mountains lies an abundant landscape of terraced olive groves and almond trees.  We headed up to the main settlement of Apollonia, at the top of the hill and then over to Kastro, a lovely little village perched on the cliff top.  We walked up to the little church that so typifies the Greek islands – white walls with a blue roof.  If there had been some trees around, it would have been just like the little church of the marriage at the end of Mama Mia.


The following day was a relaxing day on the beach – we managed to secure some nice comfy chairs at a restaurant bar on the beach for most of the day. 

In the evening we went to a another great little Greek taverna.  It seems all the restaurants have basically the same menu, but no complaints as we enjoyed specialties such as Greek salads, mousaka, stuffed tomatoes, stuffed squid etc and super sweet pastries such as baklava.

On Sunday we had another lovely sail, about 20 miles, from Sifnos to Paros.