Sifnos
A Cyclades island known for its cooking and pottery, with whitewashed villages linked by old footpaths. Kastro, a medieval village on a sea cliff, and the chapel of Chrysopigi are favourite sights.
- Where
- Apollonia, South Aegean, Greece
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 36.9667, 24.7167
Get the Sifnos stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sifnos. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your South Aegean volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sifnos
Serifos 28 km
A rocky Cyclades island with a hilltop Chora, a handful of sandy beaches and old mining tunnels. In myth it is where Perseus grew up and later turned a king to stone.
Antiparos 30 km
A small island just west of Paros, reached by a short ferry. Its cave with huge stalactites has been visited since antiquity, and the village has a quiet kastro and pleasant beaches.
Milos 36 km
A volcanic island in the Aegean, the southwestern most of the Cyclades. The Venus de Milo was found here in 1820, and its coast has white rock formations and colourful fishing hamlets.
Folegandros 42 km
A small island in the southern Cyclades, with Sikinos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini. Its main village sits on the edge of a high cliff above the sea, and a church overlooks it from the hill above.
Paros 42 km
A central Cyclades island famed for its fine white marble, used by ancient sculptors. It has a pretty harbour town at Parikia, the fishing village of Naoussa and a Byzantine church called Panagia Ekatontapyliani.
Syros 56 km
A Cyclades island whose capital Ermoupoli grew rich in the 19th century and has grand neoclassical buildings and a town hall by Ernst Ziller. The medieval hilltop town of Ano Syros is Catholic.
Ios 60 km
A hilly island in the Cyclades, about 18 km long and 10 km wide, with steep cliffs and sandy bays. It lies halfway between Naxos and Santorini, and its whitewashed main town stands above the harbour.
Portara of Naxos 60 km
A huge marble doorway standing on the islet of Palatia beside the harbour of Naxos town. It is all that remains of an unfinished Temple of Apollo begun in the sixth century BC by the tyrant Lygdamis.
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Questions
Where is Sifnos?
Sifnos is in Apollonia, South Aegean, Greece. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Serifos (28 km), Antiparos (30 km), Milos (36 km).
How do I get the Sifnos stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sifnos and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your South Aegean volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sifnos before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your South Aegean volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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