This description provides information of ancient sites, seaside resorts, churches, monasteries, landscapes and small towns and villages. The names of places conform to the accented Greek pronounciation which would be the one a traveller would face upon a potential visit. S ifnos, a lovely sundrenched island in the Aegean sea is one of the six islands of the western Cyclades.
T here are no lakes, or rivers but plenty of water streaming from the mountains.
T he first inhabitants of Sifnos were the Kar s and the Phoenicians who called it Akys or Meropia . Later it was called Minoa by the Minoans who settled there. The Ionians followed and in ancient times, Sifnos was famous for the wealth, stemming from its gold and silver mines and the quarries of Sifnos stone. It enjoyed great prosperity in Classical times, as can be seen from its Thesauri, dedicated to Apollo at Delphi. This mountain as are all Prophet Elia mountains in Greece, is a Christian monument usually adorned by a smal chapel.