Walking, hiking and trekking on Serifos

Visited in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2007		Walking, hiking and trekking on SERIFOS
HOME GENERAL INFORMATION LINKS SERIFOS BOATS SERIFOS - Agios Georgios - Adamantios Koraïs - Speedrunner II - all connections WALKS (last update on February the 15th 2010) 1. Agia Marína - Agia Thékla - Kefála - Karavás and back 2. Chóra * (French) 3. Chóra - Gýftika - Profítis Ilías - Ríki - Koutalás 4. Chóra - Gýftika - Protórgia - Vársamo - Panagiá - Gýftika - Chóra * (French) 5. Chóra - Stavrós - Kéndarchos - Agios Ioánnis - Psilí Ammos - Livádi (new situation in 2008) 6. Chóra - Stavrós Kéndarchos - monastery of Taxiárcoon - Galaní - Panagiá - Chóraa * 7. Chóra - Stavrós - Pýrgos - Panagiá - Chóra 8. Galaní - Sykamiá - Skála and back * (French) 9. Livádi - Agios Ioánnis - Psíli Ammos - Livádi (French) 10. Livádi - Chóra - Livádi 11 . Livádi - Chóra - Psilí Ammos - Livádi 12. Livádi - Livadákia - Rámmos - Kaló Ambéli and back (French) 13. Pýrgos - Galaní - Sikamiá and back * (French) 14. Pýrgos - Galaní - Sikamiá - Panagiá - Pýrgos * (French) 15. Xemónia - Aspros Pýrgos - Koutalás and back (French)		Sérifos is situated between Kýthnos and Sífnos. Its surface area is 75 km2 and the population consists of about 1100 people. The same boat line from the Piraeus, which first goes to Kýthnos, also brings you to Sérifos and Sífnos; you reach the port of Sérifos, Livádi, after a boat trip of about 4 hours. In Summer there are also quick trips with the High Speed. Sérifos is especially attractive because of the beautiful location of Chóra, and because of some very picturesque villages and really nice beaches. Livádi is the name of the port of arrival and from this village the beautiful beach of Livadáki is in easy reach. There are busses to connect Livádi with Chóra and a few times a day some busses continue to other villages in the interior of the island. Chóra, which is the main village, can be reached via a nice flight of steps as well. The location of Chóra is really exceptional and the view from the highest chapel is absolutely great. In the interior of the island you can also visit Panagiá (with a one thousand-year-old-church), Galaní and Kéndarchos. In between Galaní and Kéndarchos there is the wonderful monastery Moní Taxiárchoon, which dates from the 1500s. Nice beaches are to be found in Livadáki, in Psilí Ammos, in Agios Ioánnis (on the east coast), and also at Koutalás and Méga Livádi in the southwest. There are also some lonely bays such as the beautiful beach of Sikamiá. Sérifos offers a couple of very nice hikes: top of the bill is the fairly long hike from Chóra, via Kéndarchos, Galaní and Panagiá and then back to Chóra. There are some beautiful alternatives, though, to Agios Ioánnis and Psilí Ammos. The hikes no.4 and 5 in the valley between Galaní, Panagiá and the bay of Sikamiá are also marvellous. For a short time now there are about six to seven hikes on the island of Sérifos which are very well indicated and signposted. In the summer of 2007 we could even claim that the best indicated hikes of the entire Cyclades are to be found on Sérifos! Therefore, the following hikes are really easy to follow, even without a route description: - hike [A]: Livádi - Chóra - hike [1]: Chóra - Kéndarchos (of Kallítsos) - hike [2]: Chóra - Gýftika - hike [3]: Xemónia - Koutalás - hike [4]: Gýftika - Protórgia - Vársamos - Panagiá - hike [5]: Panagiá - Sikamiá - hike [6]: Pýrgos - Galaní - Sikamiá. A very beautiful map has been published in the Topo-series of the publishing house Anávasi (a new edition dates from 2005), with quite a few indicated hiking trails. For instance, there are even more hiking possibilities from Méga Livádi or Koutalás to the north, or from Panagiá to the west coast. In spring 2009 a very good and very clear map came out in the Skaï series; this map is better adapted to the new situation than the Anávasi-map, situation which was brought about by the construction of the new asphalt road between Kéndarchos and Agios Ioánnis. It is a fact indeed that the hiking situation has been somewhat disturbed since 2004, because of the construction of two dams in the neighbourhood of Psilí Ammos and also because of the new road from Livádi to Kéndarchos. Therefore, I have reconsidered the new situation in 2007 and 2008. On March 25th 2010 visitor n° 100 000 was on this site! Since then, this Serifos page got visitors.		The view over the bay of Livádi from the highest point in Chóra The church of Panagiá (about 1000 after Chr.) The monastery of Taxiárchoon The bays of Psilí Ammos and Agios Ioánnis The monopáti to Agios Ioánnis

Walking, hiking and trekking on SERIFOS