Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
ÁNO KOUFONÍSSI
By ferry
Boats dock at the jetty below Hóra.
Destinations
Amorgós (1-3 daily; 1hr); Dhonoússa (4-5
daily; 2hr 30min); Irakliá (2-4 daily; 45min); Mílos (1-2
weekly; 4hr 15min); Mýkonos (3 weekly; 2hr); Náxos (1-2
daily; 2hr 20min); Páros (4-5 weekly; 5hr); Pireás (6-8
weekly; 7-8hr); Skhinoússa (1-2 daily; 30min); Sýros (3
weekly; 6hr).
Services
There is a post office up a street by the
Hotel
Roussetos
, with an ATM.
Travel agents
The Koufonissia Tours ticket agency
(
T
22850 74091,
W
koufonissiatours.gr) is on the main
pedestrian street.
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ACCOMMODATION
Aeolos
T
22850 74206,
W
aeoloshotel.com.
Modern,
exceptionally well-designed hotel with a great pool
overlooked by bougainvillea-draped balconies and large
rooms in bright colour schemes.
Free
wi-fi and big
breakfast buffet included. June-Sept.
€100
Kéros Icons
T
22850 71600,
W
keroshotel.gr.
Smart
hotel complex, technologically up to date with intelligent
a/c, electronic card keys, memory mattresses and massage
showers. Even if the cherry and ebony furniture doesn't
satisfy your romantic streak, the room
s with
four-poster
beds will. Breakfast included. June-Oct.
€110
EATING AND DRINKING
Capetan Nicolas
T
22850 71690.
Cheaper than most,
but still the best place to eat on the island. At the west of
the bay, it offers a fine array of fresh, grilled seafood and
home-made taramasalata that bears no resemblance to
any supermarket varieties.
May-Oct daily noon-late.
Remezzo
T
22850 74203.
Family fish taverna above the
ferry jetty with excellent food, not all seafood-based - try
the chef 's delicious savoury pastries (€6) - and a cosy
atmosphere. The terrace tables have an incomparable view
to Kato Koufoníssi.
June -Sept daily noon-late.
Dhonoússa
Dhonoússa
is a little out on a limb compared with the other Lesser Cyclades, and
ferries call less frequently. Island life centres on the pleasant port settlement of
Stavrós
,
spread out behind the harbour and the village beach. Most sunbathers head for
Kéndros
, a long and attractive stretch of shadeless sand twenty minutes over the ridge
to the east; a World War II wreck can be easily spotted by snorkellers. The village of
Mersíni
is an hour's walk from Stavrós, while a nearby path leads down to
Livádhi
, an
idyllic white-sand beach with tamarisks for shade. In high season a beach-boat runs
from the port to all beaches, many of which are nudist; the locals don't seem to mind.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
DHONOÚSSA
By ferry
Ferries dock at Stavrós.
Destinations
Amorgós (1-2 daily; 1hr); Áno Koufoníssi
(2-4 weekly; 1-3hr); Irakliá (1-2 daily; 3hr); Náxos (1-2
daily; 1hr 10min-5hr); Páros (4-5 weekly; 2hr 30min-
5hr); Pireás (4 weekly; 7hr); Skhinoússa (1-2 daily; 30min);
Sýros (3 weekly; 6hr).
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Chrýssa
T
22850 51575,
W
donoussarooms.gr.
Set
back from Stavrós, a pension with basic but large rooms
and balconies overlooking the port. Every room has its own
kitchenett
e an
d cooking implements but not all have a/c.
May-Oct.
€45
Corona Borealis
Beach bar that slowly becomes the soul
of the party in Stavrós playing alternative indie rock until
the early hours. Young clientele, because, well, there are
not many other places to go
. June-Sept daily
10am-3am.
Amorgós
AMORGÓS
, with its dramatic mountain scenery and laidback atmosphere, is attracting
visitors in increasing numbers. The island can get extremely crowded in midsummer,
the numbers swollen by film buffs paying their respects to the film location of Luc
Besson's
The Big Blue
, although fewer venture out to Líveros at the island's western end
to see the wreck of the
Olympia
which figures so prominently in the film. In general it's
