ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGY, THE ISLAND (SIKINOS) WAS NAMED AFTER THE SON OF THOANDA, WHO WAS THE KING OF LIMNOS. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF SIKINOS WERE THE IONIANS, WHO WERE FOLLOWED BY THE DORIANS. THE ISLAND, FOLLOWING THE FATE OF THE REST OF CYCLADES, JOINED THE ATHENIAN LEAGUE AND THEN PASSED INTO THE POSSESSION OF MACEDONIANS, PTOLEMIES, ROMANS, VENETIAN AND OTTOMAN RULERS. SIKINOS WAS ATTACKED SEVERAL TIMES BY PIRATES SUCH AS IN 1537 BY BARBAROSSA. IT WAS FINALLY UNITED WITH THE REST OF THE GREEK STATE IN 1830.

OLD MANSIONS: ONE OF THE BEST SAMPLES OF TYPICAL TRADITIONAL CYCLADIC ARCHITECTURE.

CHURCH OF PANTANASSA: AT THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, HORA, IMPRESSES VISITORS WITH ITS GLEAMING WHITE COLOUR AND THE SIMPLICITY OF ITS DECORATION. INSIDE THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL ICONS FROM THE AFTER BYZANTINE PERIOD.

MONASTERY OF ZOODOHOS PIGI: STANDS WEST OF HORA AND IT IS AN IMPOSING CASTLE – STYLE EDIFICE BUILT AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF WITH AN ASTONISHING VIEW. THE LOCALS RIGHTFULLY CALL IT “KASTRO” (CASTLE) SINCE IT IS SURROUNDED BY A STRONG FORTIFICATION WALL WITH EMBRASURES. THE ISLANDERS TAKE REFUGE IN ITS INSIDE FROM THE PIRATE RAIDS. MAVRI SPILIA (BLACK CAVE): NORTHERN OF SIKINOS THERE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAVES OF THE ISLAND WHERE VISITORS CAN ADMIRE ITS STALAGMITES. 

                                           

INFORMATION

THERE ARE DAILY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SIKINOS AND PIRAEUS BY SHIP (AN 8 – HOUR TRIP). THE ISLAND ALSO HAS CONNECTIONS WITH ALL THE OTHER ISLANDS IN THE CYCLADES BY SHIP, PARTICULARLY BY HIGH SPEED, REDUCING THE DURATION OF THE TRIP APPROXIMATELY IN 4 HOURS.

CODE FOR SIKINOS 22860

RURAL CLINIC 51211

POLICE 51222

COMMUNITY OFFICE 51238

PIRAEUS PORT AUTHORITY 210 4226000-5

SIKINOS PORT AUTHORITY 22860 51121

SHIPPING AGENCY OF SIKINOS 22860 51168

ATM AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE / NATIONAL BANK.

TRANSPORTATION

 THE ROAD NETWORK ON THE ISLAND COVERS ABOUT 18km. THERE IS BUS THAT MEET VISITORS’ NEEDS BY MAKING FREQUENT RUNS BETWEEN THE PORT, CHORA AND EPISKOPI. THE BEACHES CAN BE APPROACHED BY BUS (TO AGIOS GIORGIS AND DIALISKARI) AND ALSO BY TOURISTS BOATS (TO MALTA, AGIOS GIANNIS, SANTORNEIKA, KARA, AGIOS PANTELEIMONAS). ALSO, WEATHER PERMITTING, BOATS WILL SAIL AROUND THE ISLAND.