We have a fantastic nights sleep on a very comfortable mattress at the Aiolos Hotel. Michael’s mother tends a large vegetable plot located below our balcony. The soil looks rock hard and in this heat, must need lots of water which she carts back and forth from an outdoor tap in buckets. She is growing…
Today we leave Naxos and will be catching the Blue Star Naxos to the little island of Iraklia – the beginning of our exploration of the Little Cyclades. We haul our luggage down the ancient winding streets of the Kastro to the port where we have a cup of tea whilst we wait for the…
Today we are doing the island bus tour. Today is the first day we’ve had to set the alarm – being lazy has been heaven! The bus leaves at 9.30am so we need to get our skates on. Firstly we walk down from the Kastro to the port making a short pit stop at the…
What’s wrong with us! This our second beach day in a row! Well – when on Naxos you have to take advantage of one of its best assets which is its long stretches of white sand beaches. Today we decide to go to Plaka – lets see if it’s the same as I remember it…
It was 9.30am before we awoke and we were feeling quite exhausted. We decide to have a lazy day on the beach to finally lay all of the stresses of the previous days travel to rest. We had picked up the bus timetable the previous evening and it shows that there is a very good…
We woke up early to finish packing. Pension Morfeus has been a fabulous place to stay both location wise, hospitality wise and definitely has the best ever bathroom for a pension. We give Pension Morfeus 5 Stars! Maria comes to say goodbye to us and she gives us a gift. It is wrapped…
Today is our last full day on Sifnos. There is still so much more to see but decide to catch the bus to Apollonia – all destinations depart from Apollonia. We plan to take the bus onwards to Hironissos – just a round trip as the bus only runs twice a day. The same group…
We head out for the 10.00am bus to Apollonia again. For the last couple of days there has been the same crowd of people waiting at the stop – two Dutch couples who are on a walking holiday, a middle aged American couple who tell us the snow is still thick on the ground back…
We catch the 10.00am bus to Artemonas via Apollonia where the main bus station is located. When I say bus station I mean a car park where the buses seem to depart from. From here we will catch a bus to Panagia Chrisopigi but first we go to the bakery at Artemonis for breakfast. Pastries…
This is what holidays are all about – a late breakfast on the beach! Today we’re going to explore Kamares a bit more and decide to walk along the bay path past Agia Marina to Agia Ekaterini. We decide not to climb the 2000 steps up to Agia Marina in the midday sun but…
We are really happy with Pension Morfeus. Not only is the hospitality exceptional but the room itself is lovely. It is really clean and modern with brightly coloured furnishings that makes the room feel light and bright. Through the window in the bedroom looking towards the back of the hotel there are views of fields…
Our last breakfast at the Serifos Palace is again fantastic. I will say this has been some of the best breakfasts we have ever had in the Greek islands. There is a nice big round flat cheese pie each, cake, bread and jam and cheese and ham – brilliant! Being the only people staying in…