Port in Faro

The settlement Lighthouse is located in the SE of Sifnos, its name is due to the existence of a lighthouse, at the entrance of the port which was the official port of the island until 1883 and is a picturesque fishing village with three continuous sandy beaches, Fasolou, Faro and Glyfo. On the beach of Faros is the fish tavern "To Limanaki" of the family of George Kakakis, one of the few taverns on the island where you will find even in August fresh fish.

The reason is simple. Mr. George is first a diligent fisherman and much later he became a tavern owner! I met him at the beginning of September 2018 and I asked him: "Difficulties that you would have this summer, with the Northmen, the boats in Paros did not move, from the port". The answer was disarming:

«What are you saying, there is not a day in the summer that I do not go out in the glass, no matter what the weather does, because what will the customers of our fish tavern eat?»And continued:

«From my 10 years with my father, I got involved with her sea. All day and all night in the middle of nets, salt marshes and old men. Forty years later, my family and I continue the same profession. We keep the tradition. My father is a fisherman, I am a fisherman too! Our boat, as then, so today he puts his bow daily, through the port of Faros, for sergiani seeking the good fish. Lobsters, red mullets, sea urchins, magpies, christmas fish, vultures, beetles and everything else the sea gives birth to».

Shaking laughing at a live lobster, one and a half kilos please, he continues unabated:

«I learned it from my father, Mr. Petros art of fishing. From my mother, Mrs. Stella, I got something equally valuable: the good advice. That fresh fish needs proper cooking and delicious recipes. So, with her tips and manner, she made me a fish eater».

The tavern in Limanaki used to be owned by the grandparents, then it was rented and then it was closed for a long time. In 2011, when his children, Petros and Isabella, started growing up, he and his wife Flora Korakis decided to reopen it. And today it is the most famous fish tavern of the island, because it offers the freshest and most exquisite sea.

With them Chef Angelos Harlaftis, which uses local and pure ingredients such as virgin olive oil, fresh herbs and vegetables.

Port, for what you want to taste in Sifnos around the fish!