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Platys Gialos in Sifnos

Platys Gialos is the biggest tourist resort on Sifnos and is approximately 8 kilometres away from Apollonia. If you stay in Faros, you can walk here in an hour. The very beautiful walk takes you via the beach of Apokofto and the monastery of Chrisopigi. The view of the bay, the beach and the village itself is seductively inviting. The small fishing boats down there looks like they are floating in the air. I can assure you that your camera will get over-heated when you are standing above Platys Gialos.

View of Platys Gialos village and beach on Sifnos in the Cyclades.

View over Platys Gialos.

I think that Platys Gialos differs from the other villages on Sifnos. It is noticeable that it is a tourist resort that has been built up in recent years, as opposite to for example Faros and Vathy that have developed slowly.

In Platys Gialos on Sifnos there is a small port where fishing boats and sailing boats are moored.

The small port in Platys Gialos.

That Plays Gialos is the island's most exploited tourist resort depends on that the island's longest beach lies here, it is about 1½ kilometres long and stretches along the entire bay. It is a very good beach with light brown powdery sand. (When I write exploited, do not see the big islands of Kos and Rhodes in front of you, after all we are on Sifnos.)

The fine sandy beach in Platys Gialos on Sifnos.

Platys Gialos beach in one direction.

Platys Gialos beach on the island of Sifnos in Greece.

Platys Gialos beach in the other direction.

Above the beach there is everything imaginable in terms of facilities: shops, taverns, restaurants, cafes, bars, pottery workshops, pensions and hotels. If there had been a charter to Sifnos, Platys Gialos would be the place that swallowed the most tourists.

Pottery shops and pottery workshops on the beach in Platys Gialos on Sifnos.

One of the pottery shops in Platys Gialos.

Sifnos is famous for its pottery. It do almost not matter where on the island you are, it's never far to a potter. So if you like pottery, you have come to the right island, you will for sure carry home more than you had planned. It is also worth its price. Where you choose to do your shopping is entirely a matter of taste. In Platys Gialos there are several pottery workshops.

ACCOMMODATION IN PLATYS GIALOS

Platys Gialos has the largest selection of hotels and pensions on Sifnos. In Platys Gialos there are several hotels with swimming pools, which is otherwise sparse on Sifnos. Unfortunately I have no suggestions for accommodation. But if I were to stay a few nights, I would probably have chosen the Platys Gialos Hotel, which looks very nice and is located at the far end of the beach. Ammos Sifnos Village also looks very good.

Good hotel and pensions with pool Platys Gialos on Sifnos.