Sikinos

Sikinos is a relatively small island ideal for peaceful vacations, walks in interesting places and swimming in crystal clear waters. It has not much vegetation and its surface is rocky. The steep cliff where Chora is built, on the NW side of the island is one of its characteristic features. The island extends over a surface of 40 km2, its coastline is 41 km long and it has 240 inhabitants.
It was inhabited during the Mycenaean period and was also called Oinoi because of the vineyards and its fine wine (Oinos means wine). Iones tribe settled here in the 10th century B.C. while in the 5th century it was under Athenian occupation. Sikinos had the same fate as all other Cycladic islands. It was conquered by the Romans, Byzantines and during the Venetian occupation it belonged to Naxos Duchy. In 1537 it was occupied by Ottomans. It joined to the Greek State in 1829.