Visited in 1999, 2000,
2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
and 2012

Walking, hiking and trekking on SERIFOS

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LINKS SERIFOS

BOATS SERIFOS
   - Agios Georgios
   - Adamantios Koraďs
   - Aqua Jewel
   - Speedrunner II

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MAPS

WALKS

(last update on the 24th of Februari 2013)

*** = very beautiful

**** = exceptional

NN = new in 2012
NNN = new in 2013

1. Agia Marína - Agia Thékla - Kefála - Karavás and back

2. Chóra ***

3. Chóra - Gýftika - Profítis Ilías - Ríki - Koutalás

4. Chóra - Gýftika - Protórgia - Vársamo - Panagiá - Gýftika - Chóra ***

5. Chóra - Stavrós -  Kallítsos -  Agios Ioánnis - Psilí Ammos -  Livádi
(new situation in 2008)

6. Chóra - Stavrós - Kallítsos - monastery of Taxiárcoon - Galaní - Panagiá - Chóra

7. Chóra - Stavrós - Pýrgos - Panagiá - Chóra

8. Galaní - Sykamiá - Skála and back ***

9. Livádi - Agios Ioánnis - Psíli Ammos - Livádi

10. Livádi - Chóra - Livádi

11. Livádi - Chóra - Psilí Ammos - Livádi

12. Livádi - Livadákia - Rámmos - Kaló Ambéli and back

13. Panagiá - Vársamo - Panagía Kamarotí - Pyrgí and back ***  NN

14. Pýrgos - Galaní - Sykamiá and back ***

15. Pýrgos - Galaní - Sykamiá - Panagiá - Pýrgos ***

16. 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.
The Aqua Jewel takes care, three times a week, for a connection between Sýros and Páros, Sérifos, Sífnos and Mílos.

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 Kallítsos (ndarchos). In between Galaní and Kallítsos 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 Sykamiá.

Sérifos offers a couple of very nice hikes: there is the fairly long hike from Chóra, via Kallítsos, 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 Sykamiá 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 - Kallítsos (or Kéndarchos)
- hike [2]: Chóra - Gýftika
- hike [3]: Xemónia - Koutalás
- hike [4]: Gýftika - Protórgia - Vársamo - Panagiá
- hike [5]: Panagiá - Sykamiá
- 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 2011), 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.
I
n spring 2009 a very good and very clear map came out in the series of Terrain Maps; 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 Kallítsos 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 Kallítsos. Therefore, I  have reconsidered the new situation in
2007 and 2008.

Since January the 1st  2004

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The splendid panoramic view on Livádi and Chóra

 

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