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Day 60: Relaxing on Sikinos

September 3, 2021February 8, 2022, Sikinos Trip Reports
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This post is part of a series called Greek Odyssey 2021
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  • An Exciting Journey Begins
  • Touring Greece Without a Plan
  • Day 1: Crete Arrival
  • Day 2: It’s Windy in Palaiochora
  • Day 3: Palaiochora Morning Exercise
  • Day 4: Exploring South-Western Crete
  • Day 5: Grammeno Beach Again
  • Day 6: Finally the Wind Dies Down
  • Day 7: Elafonissi Beach
  • Day 8: Last Time at Grammeno Beach
  • Day 9: Last Day in Palaiochora
  • Day 10: Road Trip Across Crete
  • Day 11: Preveli and Agia Galini
  • Day 12: Phaistos and Matala
  • Day 13: Gortyn, Heraklion and Sitia
  • Day 15: Karpathos Arrival
  • Day 16: Karpathos Beach Day
  • Day 17: Karpathos Beach Day…Again
  • Day 18: Ammopi Beach by Bus
  • Day 19: Exploring Karpathos by Car
  • Day 20: Rhodes Arrival
  • Day 21: Exploring Rhodes Town
  • Day 22: Rhodes Town Beach
  • Day 23: Rhodes to Tilos
  • Day 24: Cutting Tilos Short
  • Day 25: Kos Town Beach Day
  • Day 26: Kos Car Hire
  • Day 27: Kos Beach Day Again
  • Day 28: Kos Town Hotel Move
  • Day 29: Why I’m Still on Kos
  • Day 30: Ed Arrives on Kos
  • Day 31: Boat Trip with Ed
  • Day 32: Road Trip (with Ed!)
  • Day 33: Ed Departs, I Remain
  • Days 34-36: Nothing But The Pool
  • Day 37: Back to Kos Town
  • Days 38-41: Living Life in Kos Town
  • Day 42: Visiting Tigaki
  • Day 43: Moving Hotel Room
  • Day 44: Moving Hotel Room Part 2
  • Day 45: Last Gym Session on Kos
  • Day 46: Kos Final Full Day
  • Day 47: Kos to Amorgos
  • Day 48: Amorgos to Naxos
  • Day 49: Relaxing in Agia Anna / Plaka Beach
  • Days 50-51: Agia Anna
  • Day 52: Exploring Naxos by Car
  • Day 53: Naxos to Ios
  • Day 54: Exploring South Ios Magganari Beach
  • Day 55: Ios Agia Theodoti Beach
  • Day 56: Ios Chill Day
  • Day 57: Ios Psathi Beach and Palaiokastro
  • Day 58: Ios Last Full Day
  • Day 59: Ios to Sikinos
  • Day 60: Relaxing on Sikinos
  • Day 61: Sikinos Sightseeing
  • Day 62: Sikinos to Sifnos
  • Day 63: Sifnos Cloudy First Day
  • Day 64: More Clouds Over Sifnos
  • Day 65: Sifnos Sunshine
  • Day 66: Mum and Dad Arrive on Sifnos
  • Day 67: Mum and Dad’s First Full Day on Sifnos
  • Day 68: Bus Trip to Apollonia
  • Day 69: Sun, Sand and Sea on Sifnos
  • Day 70: Exploring Sifnos by Car
  • Day 71: More Sifnos Sightseeing
  • Day 72: Our Last Full Day
  • Day 73: Homeward Bound
  • Greek Odyssey 2021: Retrospective

Friday 3rd September 2021

Refueling the Car…Greek Style

My plan for the day was a visit to Episkope followed by a trip to Agios Georgios beach. However, I needed to put fuel in the car first and this wasn’t quite the simple task it sounded. I was told when I collected the vehicle that there’s a single petrol station on the island and it only opens once a day between 10:30 and 12:30 – how awesome is that!! Okay, it’s actually slightly inconvenient, but pretty funny to think the island is so small and quiet that the petrol station only needs to open for two hours a day!

With that in mind, I had a relaxed breakfast at my apartment – the usual orange juice, coffee, yoghurt with honey and some cereal – then just hung around going over some of my photos and videos from the last few days. During this time, I also discovered online that Episkope is undergoing renovation work, so I decided not to visit it today and instead head straight for the beach.

Everywhere is Convenient

Sikinos has relatively few beaches: 5 are shown on Google Maps, and of those only 3 are accessible by car or on foot. One of these is in Alopronia itself, the other two being Agios Georgios and Dialiskari. My destination for today was Agios Georgios, which is the larger of the two and therefore the place most other tourists are likely to visit.

I set off at 10:30, stopping at the fuel station which is along the main road as you head out of Alopronia towards Chora. I put €10 in the car, which didn’t feel like much but given the limited roads on the island, would probably see me through to Saturday evening no problem.

The drive to the beach took less than 15 minutes. There’s a small car park just behind the treeline that backs the modest stretch of sand. By the time I arrived, there were 4 or 5 cars already parked up – hardly a crowd you would say, but I’d come to learn that on Sikinos this meant it was a popular spot!

Agios Georgios Beach

Agios Georgios beach on Sikinos

The beach itself is nice enough but unlikely to win any awards. It’s mostly a mix of coarse sand and small stones. It’s quite stony along the water’s edge too, though it’s better once you get a few feet past the shoreline and the sea is clear and relatively calm. Towards the northern end, there are 5 large, fixed umbrellas that can be used for shade, but otherwise, it’s totally undeveloped.

After a quick stroll around, I set up my towel and laid out in the sun for a while enjoying the peaceful ambience. The temperature had begun to drop over the past few days and it was noticeably cooler now than it had been on Naxos just a week ago. It was still a nice temperature, though, and probably better for prolonged sunbathing. Eventually, when I got sweaty enough, I got up and had a nice refreshing swim in the clear water.

Once I had dried off, I noticed one of the large umbrellas had become available so I took my towel over and made use of the shade to read my Kindle for a while. I then packed up my gear and walked to the south end of the beach and to a small church that sits on some high ground there.

The small church of St George at the south end of Agios Georgios beach
The church is on a small hillside with a nice view of the beach and surrounding coastline

Struggling for Food Options

Although it was lunchtime and there is a taverna on the beach, it’s the only one around and gets mixed reviews online so I decided to skip food and settle for a beer and bottle of water instead. In hindsight, I feel bad for not trying it as reviews can be misleading and I’m sure that with the limited visitors they see, every customer is valuable.

Once I had finished my drinks, I drove back to Alopronia, parked behind the beach again and found a small cafe nearby called Marconi. They had a nice selection of pies, pastries and sandwiches: I opted for a slice of mushroom and bacon pie, a bit of rolled up baklava and an espresso freddo, all of which I took to the small seating area they have across the road which overlooks the beach.

It was a windy day and I had to keep hold of my food boxes while I ate to make sure they didn’t blow away, but even so, it was nice to sit and snack while watching the world go by. A few sunbathers were down at the beach, but no more than a dozen people so it felt very quiet but in a nice way and definitely a contrast to all the islands I’ve visited so far on this trip.

My only concern about the island was the apparent lack of tavernas and mixed quality of the food I’d eaten so far (Marconi cafe excluded – the pie and baklava were excellent) and this turned out to be justified as I found out at dinner.

Laundry and Dinner

By mid-afternoon, I was back at the apartment and decided to take advantage of the washing machine by doing some long-overdue laundry: particularly my beach towel, which had seen far too many days worth of sweat, suntan lotion and sand.

While the washing spun away in the background, I finally finished my Kos YouTube video (a marathon effort) which was a big relief and allowed me to make progress on what was now a backlog of other videos on Amorgos, Naxos and Ios.

At 6pm, I got showered and dressed for dinner, then took the car up to Chora in search of food. I chose a taverna called Klimataria and had a sadly disappointing meal: I’d seen moussaka on the menu, but when I went to order it, I was told it wasn’t available so instead, I settled for meatballs in a tomato sauce which came out a few minutes later lukewarm and tasting as though they came out of a tin. I still ate most of it as I was hungry, but left straight away and went back to the apartment feeling a bit let down. I appreciate on such a small island that it’s hard to cater for such a small number of tourists, yet I had expected there to be at least a couple of good places to eat.

I went to bed fairly early, still feeling quite hungry and a little anxious that I wouldn’t find a decent meal tomorrow either.

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