Tour· Sifnos· Greece — Cyclades
Sifnos Pottery Workshops
37° 2.1′ N · 24° 39.1′ E
Sifnos has been a potters' island since the early Cycladic period. Fifteen workshops still throw mastelo baking dishes, tsikali pots, jugs and the distinctive flaros clay chimney pots, and you can watch the wheels turn.
Practical
Municipal list (contact by phone): in Kamares, Yiannis Apostolidis (+30 22840 33721), Antonis Z. Kalogirou (+30 22840 31651), Katerina Kalogirou (+30 22840 31683) and Yiannis Podatos (+30 22840 32349); in Vathy, Antonios & Yiannis Atsonios (+30 22840 71119); in Platis Gialos, Alexandros Lemonis (+30 22840 71362) and Frantzeskos Lemonis (+30 22840 71203); at Cheronissos, Kostas Depastas (+30 22840 33121); in Artemonas (Agia Anna), the Lembesis brothers (+30 22840 32010). More information at sifnospottery.gr. The coordinate is the Cheronissos pottery shop; workshops near the Kamares, Vathy and Platis Gialos anchorages are easiest to reach from a boat.
Best for
Buying a mastelo dish straight from the potter
Nearby
- Psarotaverna Ammoudia (Cheronissos, Sifnos)Right here
- Cheronissos Bay (Sifnos)0.2 NM away
- Vroulidia Beach (Sifnos)0.7 NM away
- Agios Symeon Chapel (Sifnos)2.6 NM away
- Argiris Taverna (Agia Marina, Kamares)2.7 NM away
- Kamares Bay Anchorage (Sifnos)2.7 NM away
- Araxovoli Taverna (Kamares, Sifnos)2.9 NM away
- Kamares Beach (Sifnos)2.9 NM away