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EXPERIENCE The Cyclades 2

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8 DAYS

in the Western Cyclades 3

Day 1 Day 3
It’s a four-hour trip from Athens to Livádi Catch a ferry to Kamáres port on Sífnos,
port on beautiful Sérifos (p217), so catch the most popular island in the west
the 8:30am ferry and you’ll arrive to the Cyclades (p218). Above the port is the
breathtaking view of the hillside town pretty capital Apollonía, where you can
and bay just in time for lunch. Enjoy stop for lunch and a quick visit to the
the remaining daylight – which in the charming Museum of Popular Arts and
summer stretches on and on – at superb Folklore. Spend the afternoon swimming
local beach, Livadáki. As the heat abates, at Apokoftó beach further down the east
walk up the old cobbled path to dazzlingly coast, a desert paradise overlooked by
white Hóra for dinner and drinks on picturesque Chrysopigí monastery. Have
central Platía Agíou Athanasíou. dinner in Kastro village, at traditional
Leonidas tavern.
Day 2
Sérifos is criss-crossed with numerous old Day 4
paths, which are numbered and marked. Hop over to neighbouring Mílos island
Take the route from Hóra towards Panagía, (p242), a dramatic volcanic rock, and rent
which has shady tavernas where you can a car for the drive to picturesque Klíma,
stop for lunch. Carry on hiking to Galaní, with its white shacks marked by colourful
via Pýrgos village, where you can rest doors right on the waterfront. After a
at the peaceful, white and fortress-like swim, head to the Christian Catacombs
Taxiarhón monastery near Galaní. From near Pláka village (p243), the only such
there, a paved road leads to the hillside com plex in Greece. In the village itself,
village of Kéndarhos, where the trail climb to the Venetian kástro’s summit for
resumes south back to Hóra. Return to the best sunset in the western Cyclades,
Livádi for supper at a seaside taverna framed by Mílos Bay. Dine at a tav erna in
and a cheeky late-night swim. Trypití village, en route back to Klíma.
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