Holidays 2010 Part 3 - Serifos

It's already october! Happy october, by the way. And I still haven't finished posting about my summer holidays. My laziness and tardiness knows no bounds. Well… I am greek…

So without further ado I give you part 3 of my summer holidays!

For the last week of august I went camping in Serifos with my friend Voula. Our other friend Nefeli, who had come down to Greece with her german boyfriend from Dresden where she's moved to, was supposed to come with us too. Only Nefeli got sick. Poor girl got tonsillitis in the summer! Serifos was her idea, but we were too lazy to change destinations after she cancelled, so we went anyway.

Now, my friend Voula is not a great fan of camping, but we were rather broke. I, in particular, was completely skint and had no business going on more holidays. In any case, we went to an organised camping. Voula refuses point blank to go free camping.

Serifos camping is supposed to be one of the best in Greece. It wasn't bad. Relatively clean with trees, a beach right next to it and walking distance from the port village; I will agree that it was one of the better campings that I've been to. The downside is that it's a very full camping. Even in the end of August, when many camping sites are practically empty, this one was choc-a-bloc. It's also a great favorite with tourists.

Serifos is mostly famous for it's beaches. It's supposed to have some of the best beaches in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately we didn't have a car, and weren't capable of long walks because I had twisted my ankle and my friend burns too easily in the sun, so we only went to the easily accessible beaches. And they were lovely!

Livadakia beach - the beach next to the camping.

Psili Ammos beach - the most famous beach of the island

Ganema beach

more Ganema beach (and my feet!)

Apart from beaches, there's not much else to do in Serifos. It's an island for very laid back lazy holidays. And it's a couple's island, which was a big downer for me and Voula - being both single. Most of the bars and restaurants are in the port village, and mainly along the seafront promenade. On the other hand visiting the Chora, which is a steep bus-ride up the mountain, is well worth your while. It's a very cute chora, with a teensy castle and church on the highest point where the wind is so strong you feel like you will be blown away.

Serifos was fun, even though next time we will make sure we go to a singleton's island.

And that concludes my summer holidays! Better late than never!

If you want Part 1 - Tinos go here

If you want Part 2 - Pilio go here