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Travel and tourist information about Serifos island

Serifos with 70 km² surface is one of the large islands of the Cyclades . The island has 1200 inhabitants and lies about 70 nautical miles from Piraeus. The port of Serifos Livadi is located at the east coast of the island. According to mythology Serifos was the island where Perseus beheaded Medusa.Serifos belongs to the group of the western Cyclades islands.Chora the main village at the top of the hill over Livadi offers to the visitor a wonderful image with its white washed traditional houses.Livadi is the main port of Serifos with a nice sandy beach. Serifos has a very interesting past. The island was rich in minerals, from antiquity until modern times Serifos has had a mining industry. For this reason ,Serifos has been the goal of many conquerors. Traces of the mining industry operated until 1964 can be found particularly at the half abandoned mining industry villages mega Livadi and Koutalas in the southwest of the island. Nowadays Serifos is one of the most peaceful islands of the Cyclades. The Chora of Serifos is a very romantic and calm place. Serifos is a perfect location for family and individual travellers.On Serifos you can find good taverns restaurants and tourist services like, supermarkets, Bank, Gas station etc. at the port of Livadi.On all sides the island has many beautiful sand beaches.Particularly beautiful are the three sand bays of Vaja, Ganema and Koutalas.In the north lies Platis Gialos and other sandy bays underneath the beautiful small villages of Panajia, Galani and Kentarchos .The beach of Psili Ammos east of Chora with its flat sand beach is a nice place for swimming. In the port of Livadi there are car and scooter rentals. There are regular bus connections between the port and Chora, as well as partly with the southwest and the the north of the island.

Ferry connections

Ferries ,Hydrofoils and speed boats operating from the Port of Piraeus to Serifos all year. Piraeus port authorities: tel (0030) 210-4226001/4593150. Port authorities of Serifos (Livadi): tel (0030) 22810-51470