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| The settlements of Sifnos |
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Vathi
The local name Vathi (it is mean harbour or ground)
comes from the adjective deep and it means that
the harbour is found in deeper, in lower point,
concerning το the around region or that the sea
has big depth near the land in order the boats to
approach easy and safe.
The opening up of the new road, as well as the manufacture
of the new dock render today this graphic and calm
coastal settlement reachable to the visitor from
the land as well as from the sea. The old footpath
as well as the main road to Vathi, that is old settlement
of potters in the SW beach of island, starts from
Katavati. On the road to Vathi the traveller can
see the monastery of Fyrogia and after a short while
the church of Saint Andrea, built in 1701 in the
homonym prehistoric citadel.
The archaeological discoveries here testify the
continuous living from the Mycenaean until the Hellenistic
years. In the means of roughly way is found the
monastery of Taxiarchis of Mersini (1738).
On the right side of the big petal-shape beach with
the calm sea it is built (17th century) the Church
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HOTEL MYRTO IN SIFNOS ISLAND GREECE - 84003 Kamares - SIFNOS - GREECE
Tel.: +30 22840 32055, 32386 Fax: +30 22840 32386 Mobile: +30 6932 942300 Winter Tel./Fax: +30 210 6715202
E-mail:
info@hotel-myrto.gr
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