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Kíni
EAT ⌂ 9 km (6 miles) NW of
Ermoúpoli @
Iliovassilema The fishing village of Kíni is
The most innovative set in a horseshoe-shaped
bay with two good sandy
taverna in this resort,
EXPERIENCE The Cyclades ⌂ Galissás beach, Sýros the sunset over a glass of
beaches, making it a popular
with creative renditions
meeting place for watching
of local dishes, like
fennel pie, squid-ink
ouzo. It also has some
risotto and crunchy
excellent fish tavernas.
fish, plus oddities like
Mesolóngi eel.
North, over the headland,
extends Delfíni beach, the
# May–early Oct
the best, with pristine water
§ 22810 43325
well sheltered from most
¡¡¡ longest on Sýros and among
winds. It used to be a naturist
haven with no facilities, but
Apano Hora now there is a beach bar with
By day a popular a sunbed concession.
kafenío thanks to its Between Ermoúpoli and
terrace, after dark this Kíni, set in pine-covered hills,
becomes a mezedopolío, is the red-domed convent of
with live acoustic music Agía Varvára. With spec tacular
at weekends. Platters views to the west, this attrac-
might be carrot-and- tive Ortho dox convent was
cheese turnovers, once a girls’ orphanage. The
sausages and a dish of nuns run a weaving school
the day or two. You will and their knitwear and woven
have to fight for a goods are on sale at the con- where the Syriot philo sopher
terrace table.
vent. The frescoes in the Pherekydes is thought to
⌂ Piátsa, Áno church depict St Barbara’s have lived during the summer
Sýros town martyrdom, killed by her months. A physicist and
§ 22810 80565 father for being a Christian. astronomer in the mid-6th
¡¡¡ Boat services run from Kíni century BC, Pherekydes was
to some of the island’s remote one of the first philosophers,
Stin Ithaki tou Aï northern beaches. Grámmata and invented the heliotrope,
The narrow lanes east Bay is one of the most spec- an early sundial. From the
of Platía Miaoúli are tacular, a deep sheltered inlet beach you can see the
packed with tavernas with golden sands where sea remains of the Bronze Age
and mezedopolía. This is lilies grow in autumn. Some citadel of Kastrí
perhaps the best, of the rocks here have a with six towers
specializing in meat Hellenistic inscription carved perched on a
medleys with quick, on them, with the writers steep rock.
friendly service, even seeking protection for ships
when busy. on the deadly seas.
⌂ Stefánou Kyparíssou 1, A boat trip around the tip
Ermoúpoli, Sýros of the island past Cape
§ 22810 82060 Diapóri to the east coast takes
you to Sykamiá beach. Here
¡¡¡
there is a cave
Panagía Gorgona statue
at Kíni, a memorial to
sailors drowned at sea
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