RECOMMENDED ROUTES - SIGHTS
In Sifnos the visitor shall find many locations which are worth
visiting:
 Wandering
around in the paved narrow streets of
Apollonia, you will
have the chance to admire its beautiful
architecture. The simple
decoration offers a total of unique aesthetic value. One first walk
on the central pedestrianized street will help you discover how many
churches there are which are totally connected and perfectly
integrated into the residential
complex. It is worth visiting the
Folklore museum of Sifnos,
where you can admire exhibited articles from the traditional life of
the island, as well as the churches of Panagia "Geraniofora" (which
bears the sky), the old school of Agios Artemios (1832-1988),
panagia Mparou, churches with frescos and artistic icon screens such
as Agios Athanassios, Agios Sostis, the Metamorphosis of Sotiras,
Timios Stavros, Agios Sozon etc.
 As
regards your afternoon, we propose that you visit the noble
Artemonas.
The
walk around the paved narrow streets of the village is a unique
experience, as the visitor can see some of the most beautiful
mansions of the island, in the railed in verdant gardens. The
promenade in all the neighborhoods keeps continuous surprises and
the image of this marvelous residential complex when it is bathed in
the faint light of the afternoon shall certainly touch your soul.
The village, with the particular residential development, attracts
the visitors in a magic way. The visitor besides from the classic
mansions, must also visit the house where the poet Ioannis Gryparis
was
born and the churches Panagia Kochi with its interesting
architecture, Panagia of Ammos, where one can see the icon Panagia
the Monachi, a rare representation
 of
the Virgin Mary without the Holy Infant, and the beautiful church
Panagia of Balis and Agios Spyridonas and Agios Loukas or Ai Loukas
in the local dialect, at the entrance of Artemonas, the interesting
churches of Ag. Giorgis Afentis with the famous icons which date
from 1645, works of important hagiographers as for instance
Zacharias Tzagaropoulos and Konstantinos Palaiokapas and of Panagia
of Ammos. Also you must visit the church of Agios Konstantinos with
its unique architecture and the bust of Nikolaos Chrissogelos at the
homonymous square.
 An
afternoon walk in Kastro is also very pleasant with its
particular architecture, which still maintains the characteristics
of the Venetian fortress which has been built in 1635. Wandering
around the narrow back streets of Kastro offers moments of unique
pleasure! One could say that in this place time has stopped, while
the atmosphere captures the visitor tra nsmitting the glamour of the
old times. The narrow paved streets with the low stone benches, the
dark arcades, the old houses with the wooden balconies,
the
blazons at the entrances,
the ancient pillars that were later used as architectural parts, the
marble Roman urns that one meets spread all over the village with
the relief jewels, the embrasures and the narrow courtyards of the
houses, the picturesque little church of the "Eftamartyros", which
seems to have climbed on a rock rising of the sea, compose a unique
experience that everyone must have! Do not forget during your walk
in Kastro to visit the
Archaeological Museum of Sifnos
where you can admire marvelous collections of Archaic and
Hellenistic sculptures.
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