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==Serifos==
==Serifos==
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[[Image:Greece_Serifos_m.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Map of Serifos<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
===Background===
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serifos Serifos] (Σέριφος) is a barren rocky island in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclades Cyclades] with an area of 75 km<sup>2</sup>, about 1,400 inhabitants, and with a number of abandoned mines.
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[[Image:Greece_Serifos3.jpg|200px|frame|left|Dovecote in Serifos]]
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According to the mythology, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danae Danae] and her son [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Perseus1.html Perseus] were washed ashore on Serifos after drifting in a box that her father had placed them and cast them ashore fearing a prophesy that he would be killed by his grandson. The king of Serifos, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydectes Polydectes] took a fancy to Danae and wanted to marry her but she refused. When Perseus grew up Polydectes sent him on an impossible quest: to slay the [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Medusa1.html Medusa]. With the help of [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Athena.html Athena] he did so and after returning to Serifos he showed Polydectes Medusa's head. The sight of the head turned Polydectes, his court, and most of the island into stone.
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The first inhabitants of Serifos were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionians Ionian Greeks]. The island was fairly wealthy in antiquity because of its rich iron and copper mines and minted its own coins. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Period Hellenistic] times it was conquered by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Period#The_Macedonian_Empire Macedonians] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty Ptolemies] from Egypt. During the 3rd century AD it was taken over by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Romans] who used it as a place of exile. After the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire Byzantines], Serifos was taken by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice Venetians] who held it like the rest of the Cyclades. They built the castle of Chora. Following the Venetians it was taken by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Ottomans].
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In modern times Serifos took an active role during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence Greek War of Independence] in 1821 following which it became part of Greece. In 1916 there was a violent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serifos#The_Miners.27_Strike_1916 miner's strike] after which the mines declined and were eventually abandoned by 1960. The island's population declined to about 1400 inhabitants.
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Today tourism has given the island a new prosperity.
===Charts===
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* BA 2682 Kólpos  Patalion to Nísos Nísiros
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* BA 1038 Stenó Sífnou to Stenó Kafiréa
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* Imrau-Tetra G33 Southern Cyclades (West
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* NIMA 54320 Kiklades Nisoi to Kriti
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* NIMA 54330 Plans in the Kikladhes
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* Greek 41 Cavos Maleas to Cavos Kimis
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* Greek 415 Ydra to Sikinos
===Radio Nets===
===Radio Nets===
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''Also see [[HF_Radio|Cruiser's Nets]]''
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* Coast Guard - VHF channel 12 & Tel. +30 2810 51 470
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* Olympia Radio - VHF channel 03 in [[#Livadhi|Livadhi]]
===Approach and Navigation===
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Approaches to Serifos are straightforward but:
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<font color="red">Warning:</font> With a meltemi there are strong gusts on the south side of the island.
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===Check-in facilities===
 
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===Ports and Popular Stops===
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====Livadhi====
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|Livadhi (Λιβάδι - meadow) [37° 08.5' N 24° 31' E] is the only harbor in the island. There are two alternatives here. You can either dock, stern-to at the quay or anchor off. Either way there is very good shelter from the ''meltemi'' despite the strong gusts. With a strong south-east wind there is appreciable swell into the bay. The docking area is usually very crowded and noisy.
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Dock on the south side of the quay which is better protected from the ''meltemi''.
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Many cruisers prefer the alternative of anchoring off. Anchor at 6 m towards the north-west of the bay but stay clear from the area where the ferries maneuver.
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<font color="red">Warning:</font> One drawback in this otherwise good anchorage is the number of mosquitoes.
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=====''Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)''=====
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''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
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* September 2007 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 21:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Greece_Serifos_Livadhi_h.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Livadhi<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
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<center><gallery widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="2">
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Image:Greece_Serifos_Livadhi.jpg|View of Livadhi<br/>''Click for larger view''
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Image:Greece_Serifos_Livadhi2.jpg|The S side of the mole in Livadhi<br/>''Click for larger view''
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===Anchorages===
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====Koutala Bay====
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[[Image:Greece_Serifos_Koutala_r.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Koutala Bay<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
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Koutala (Κουτάλα - spoon) Bay is a large bay on the south side of the island. It provides good shelter from the ''meltemi'' but it is subject to very violent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katabatic katabatic] gusts; they can go from 0 to 25 knots in almost no time.
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There are several possible places to anchor: In the north-west cove at 6-15 m, north-east cove 5-10 m, and on the Eeastcove at about 5 m.
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If there is any suspicion of a south wind, the Eeastcove is your best bet.
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<font color="red">Warning:</font> With strong gusts, two anchors may be advisable.
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The bottom is mostly sand, good holding. The beaches here are nice and clean.
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=====''Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)''=====
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''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
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* September 1999 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 21:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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====Megalo Livadhi====
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Megalo Livadhi (big meadow) [37° 09' N 24° 26' E] is an inlet just north-west of Cape Kyklops. The shelter here is good but the surroundings are somewhat bleak and isolated.
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''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
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* June 1994 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 21:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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===Tourism & things to do ashore===
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====Chora====
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The must see place here is the main town of [http://www.culture.gr/2/21/212/21202a/e212ba01.html Chora]. It is one of the more picturesque Cycladic towns with a [http://www.culture.gr/2/21/212/21202a/e212ba04.html Venetian Castle], many white washed houses in narrow streets and stairs, decorated with geraniums. Many of these houses have been restored by rich Athenians, British, and Germans.
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There is a bus from Livadhi to Chora.
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<center><gallery caption="Chora" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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Image:Greece_Serifos6.jpg|The Town<br/>''Click for larger view''
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Image:Greece_Serifos7.jpg|A House<br/>''Click for larger view''
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Image:Greece_Serifos8.jpg|A Fountain<br/>''Click for larger view''
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Image:Greece_Serifos9.jpg|A Street<br/>''Click for larger view''
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Image:Greece_Serifos10.jpg|A Door<br/>''Click for larger view''
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Image:Greece_Serifos11.jpg|The Square<br/>''Click for larger view''
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====Kastro tis Grias====
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Near Koutala there is the 6th century AD white marble ''Kastro tis Grias'' (Κάστρο της Γριάς - Castle of the Hag) and the castle is the ''Cave of the Cyclops'', with two stalactite chambers and a small lake. Bring a flash light.
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* Fuel - A truck delivers fuel at the quay of [[#Livadhi|Livadhi]]. Call them on VHF channel 08
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* Water - Limited water at the quay of [[#Livadhi|Livadhi]]
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* Electricity - N/A
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* In [[#Livadhi|Livadhi]]
===Marine Stores & Facilities===
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===Transportation===
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* Ferries to [[Milos]] and Piraeus
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* For Taxi call +30 6977 370 471
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serifos Serifos] (Wikipedia)
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===Personal Notes===
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====''Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)''====
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See individual ports in this page.
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Revision as of 21:17, 29 August 2008

Contents

Serifos

Map of Serifos
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Background

Serifos (Σέριφος) is a barren rocky island in the Cyclades with an area of 75 km2, about 1,400 inhabitants, and with a number of abandoned mines.

Dovecote in Serifos

According to the mythology, Danae and her son Perseus were washed ashore on Serifos after drifting in a box that her father had placed them and cast them ashore fearing a prophesy that he would be killed by his grandson. The king of Serifos, Polydectes took a fancy to Danae and wanted to marry her but she refused. When Perseus grew up Polydectes sent him on an impossible quest: to slay the Medusa. With the help of Athena he did so and after returning to Serifos he showed Polydectes Medusa's head. The sight of the head turned Polydectes, his court, and most of the island into stone.

The first inhabitants of Serifos were Ionian Greeks. The island was fairly wealthy in antiquity because of its rich iron and copper mines and minted its own coins. In Hellenistic times it was conquered by the Macedonians and the Ptolemies from Egypt. During the 3rd century AD it was taken over by the Romans who used it as a place of exile. After the Byzantines, Serifos was taken by the Venetians who held it like the rest of the Cyclades. They built the castle of Chora. Following the Venetians it was taken by the Ottomans.

In modern times Serifos took an active role during the Greek War of Independence in 1821 following which it became part of Greece. In 1916 there was a violent miner's strike after which the mines declined and were eventually abandoned by 1960. The island's population declined to about 1400 inhabitants.

Today tourism has given the island a new prosperity.

Charts

  • BA 2682 Kólpos Patalion to Nísos Nísiros
  • BA 1038 Stenó Sífnou to Stenó Kafiréa
  • Imrau-Tetra G33 Southern Cyclades (West
  • NIMA 54320 Kiklades Nisoi to Kriti
  • NIMA 54330 Plans in the Kikladhes
  • Greek 41 Cavos Maleas to Cavos Kimis
  • Greek 415 Ydra to Sikinos

Radio Nets

Also see Cruiser's Nets

  • Coast Guard - VHF channel 12 & Tel. +30 2810 51 470
  • Olympia Radio - VHF channel 03 in Livadhi

Approach and Navigation

Approaches to Serifos are straightforward but:

Warning: With a meltemi there are strong gusts on the south side of the island.


Ports and Popular Stops

Livadhi

Livadhi (Λιβάδι - meadow) [37° 08.5' N 24° 31' E] is the only harbor in the island. There are two alternatives here. You can either dock, stern-to at the quay or anchor off. Either way there is very good shelter from the meltemi despite the strong gusts. With a strong south-east wind there is appreciable swell into the bay. The docking area is usually very crowded and noisy.

Dock on the south side of the quay which is better protected from the meltemi.

Many cruisers prefer the alternative of anchoring off. Anchor at 6 m towards the north-west of the bay but stay clear from the area where the ferries maneuver.

Warning: One drawback in this otherwise good anchorage is the number of mosquitoes.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

  • September 2007 --Istioploos 21:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Chart of Livadhi
Click for larger view

View of Livadhi
Click for larger view

The S side of the mole in Livadhi
Click for larger view

Anchorages

Koutala Bay

Chart of Koutala Bay
Click for larger view

Koutala (Κουτάλα - spoon) Bay is a large bay on the south side of the island. It provides good shelter from the meltemi but it is subject to very violent katabatic gusts; they can go from 0 to 25 knots in almost no time.

There are several possible places to anchor: In the north-west cove at 6-15 m, north-east cove 5-10 m, and on the Eeastcove at about 5 m.

If there is any suspicion of a south wind, the Eeastcove is your best bet.

Warning: With strong gusts, two anchors may be advisable.

The bottom is mostly sand, good holding. The beaches here are nice and clean.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

  • September 1999 --Istioploos 21:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Megalo Livadhi

Megalo Livadhi (big meadow) [37° 09' N 24° 26' E] is an inlet just north-west of Cape Kyklops. The shelter here is good but the surroundings are somewhat bleak and isolated.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

  • June 1994 --Istioploos 21:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Routes/Passages To/From

Popular passages/routes, timing, etc.

Tourism & things to do ashore

Chora

The must see place here is the main town of Chora. It is one of the more picturesque Cycladic towns with a Venetian Castle, many white washed houses in narrow streets and stairs, decorated with geraniums. Many of these houses have been restored by rich Athenians, British, and Germans.

There is a bus from Livadhi to Chora.


Chora

The Town
Click for larger view

A House
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A Fountain
Click for larger view

A Street
Click for larger view

A Door
Click for larger view

The Square
Click for larger view

Kastro tis Grias

Near Koutala there is the 6th century AD white marble Kastro tis Grias (Κάστρο της Γριάς - Castle of the Hag) and the castle is the Cave of the Cyclops, with two stalactite chambers and a small lake. Bring a flash light.

Fuel, Water, & Electricity

  • Fuel - A truck delivers fuel at the quay of Livadhi. Call them on VHF channel 08
  • Water - Limited water at the quay of Livadhi
  • Electricity - N/A

Laundry

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Grocery Stores

Eateries

  • At the main square in Chora they serve nice mezedes (snacks)
  • Many restaurants in Livadhi
  • There is at least one restaurant in Koutala

Motorbike & Car Rentals

Marine Stores & Facilities

None.

Repairs

N/A.

Transportation

  • Ferries to Milos and Piraeus
  • For Taxi call +30 6977 370 471

References & Publications

See Greece.

Cruiser's Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forum Discussions

List links to discussion threads on the Cruiser Log Forum

External Links

Personal Notes

Personal experiences?

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

See individual ports in this page.


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