Sikia
Sikia is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the northeast Peloponnese. The panoramic view of Sikia’s picturesque gold has established it as one of the most beautiful destinations in Corinthia.
With the beautiful picturesque pine forest ideal for those who love hiking, running and tennis that expands along a splendid pebbled beach giving the opportunity of leisure and fun to the organized beach bars close to the waves. Along the gulf of Sikia there are many restaurants, coffee bar, mini market, bakery, drug store and in a very close distance you will find Xylokastro, a coastal region, where you can have many different choices for a pleasant stay.
Pefkias Beach
With the beautiful picturesque pine forest ideal for those who love hiking, running and tennis that expands along a splendid pebbled beach giving the opportunity of leisure and fun to the organized beach bars close to the waves.
Here you can find a quiet place to enjoy swimming or if you prefer something more intense you can chose one of the beach bars.
Xylokastro
A landscape full of beauties and unique alternations in it, the coastal road of Xylokastro’s city is ideal for hiking during every season of the year as well as biking along the beach which is an enjoying experience for all biking lovers.
The port and the marina with its outdoor Vasilis Georgiadis’ theatre is located at the west side of the city, where many events take place during summer season.
Scuba diving around Sikia
Tech Diving Team gives you the opportunity to learn scuba diving plunging from Sikia’s beach or if you have already taken lessons and obtained a certification to dive from a boatto isolated areas of the Corinthian and Saronikos gulf.
Some of the choices are the following:
- Starters’ courses for children in a swimming pool or in the sea.
- Starters’ courses for adults in the sea.
- Daily travels for experienced divers, having a PADI certification, along the Corinthian coastline.
- PADI certification course packages for both children and adults.
- Multi-day PADI certification courses for children and adults
- Autonomous diving.
- Sea bottom exploration for Seahorses.
- Cave-diving.
- Snorkeling
- Starters’ courses for children in a swimming pool or in the sea.
- Starters’ courses for adults in the sea.
- Daily travels for experienced divers, having a PADI certification, along the Corinthian coastline.
- PADI certification course packages for both children and adults.
- Multi-day PADI certification courses for children and adults
- Autonomous diving.
- Sea bottom exploration for Seahorses.
- Cave-diving.
- Snorkeling
Sea kayak in Sikia
A sea kayak ride is the best way to observe the coastline, to explore the caves and enjoy the water most of all! That is why Earth & Water and Daphne’s Club are organizing kayak rides in the Corinthian gulf.
Kite-surfing in Sikia
Every surfer knows that the best kite place is the one demanding the shorter trip. The less time you need to drive, the more time you have for kite as well as shorter amount of time lost in case there is no wind. Sikia’s beach is the best for kite and surfing and only 3km away from one of the 16 best places in Greece for kite (as registered by the kitesurfing community www.kitesurfing.gr).
One of the best – if not the best- places in Greece for kite-surfingis also cape Drepano in Rio. This is also a place where you can practice surfit. You can look for wind conditions in Sykia – Xylokastro as well as in Drepano in www.windguru.com.
As far as the equipment’s maintenance is concerned at the end of the experience, the surfers can count on the Hotels which have fresh water for its cleaning and a drying area as well. Come and enjoy kite and after your experience is over you can cool down in one of the most amazing beach bars in Sikia.
Daily sailing excursions and dolphin observation around Sikia
Alkyon Sailing and Earth & Water are organizing daily cruises in the Corinthian gulf. Departure port: Kiato (10km from Sikia, free transportation).
Destinations: Temple of Iraio (5 nautical miles), Vouliagmeni’s Lake in Loutraki (1,3 nautical miles), Milokopi’s beach (5,5 nautical miles), Alkionides (4 nautical miles).
Description: During the excursion you will cross the Corinthian towards Central Greece (Sterea Hellas), sailing in front of Iraio’s lighthouse, you will stop at Iraio’s Temple where you can swim and take photographs. Vouliagmeni’s Lake is the next stop, in which you can enter by passing through a narrow channel and finally the main anchor will either be in Milokopi or Alkionides Islands where you will have the chance to swim and eat as well.
The Corinthian gulf is famous for its dolphins. What is special in this place is the coexistence of different dolphin species.
