We decided to spend a couple of days off the long sandy beach at Ormos Sikias (Sikias Bay), which is in the Singtikos Kolpos (Singtikos Gulf) the middle finger of the Khalkidhiki Peninsula.
The yellow star just below Sarti is Skias Bay
The beaches around the bay are composed of fine golden sand shaded by pine and poplar, the stuff tour operators’ dreams are made of. However most of the area has camp and caravan sites.
We like it. It can be a bit rolly depending on the wind direction and strength but all in all a lovely spot.
Mount Athos can be seen from almost everywhere, even Limnos where we have just come from over 60 miles away.
It’s a hard life but someones got to do it
Provisioning and getting water can pose a bit of an issue as it means lugging three 25L containers ashore in the dingy across to the camp site where there is a limited but adequate minimarket and the man lets us fill out jerry cans. As I said it’s a hard life, lol.
Next to the camp site there is a pizzeria. We were not really expecting anything grand but it was great. All the pizzas were made fresh, fantastic.
Ashore there are some buildings now abandoned that the girl in the pizzeria told us were originally stores for the wheat.
Presumably the “Mills “ for the wheat
Views of the bay with Camira in the distance at anchor
Bad parking or what?
