Nival Boutique Hotel

From the moment we stepped foot on Sifnos we felt welcome thanks to the amazing driver the Nival sent to pick us up. The rooms were tasteful and very comfy. The rest of the staff were friendly and helpful in arranging transfers, reservations, etc. Definitely recommend Sifnos AND the Nival.

Fantastic service. People are lovely. Price is high for the accommodation which is good but small. Breakfast is great, pool is small and unheated. Two or three days max! Our room was at the top of the resort close to the main road but noise from the road was not an issue. Noise from our neighbours on the first night was.

Lovely small boutique hotel with great views and easy short walk to the main part of the small town of Apollonia with its restaurants, cafes,bars and designer shops. Great to have a beautiful pool with no jostling for sunbeds. Warmest of welcomes from Ioanna who talked us through the best spots to visit on the island and ideas for eating out. We had a junior suite -good to have a bit more space to spread out as as we stayed for 8 nights. It was very private with a balcony and uninterrupted view to the lovely villages across the valley. Room was extremely stylish & comfortable with fridge & coffee maker. Modern bathroom, great shower, nice toiletries. Cleaned every day. We only ate in the restaurant on our first night and the meal was outstanding. Our only small quibble was the breakfast; was very disappointing to have no freshly prepared fruit, given the availability of nectarines, cherries etc we saw in the shops locally. There were a few cubes of watermelon on a couple of days and some under-ripe bananas and pears in a bowl. Also, am afraid we found the breakfast coffee undrinkable,it was so weak. We did feed this back when we left. We had to go to a local cafe every morning to get a decent hit of caffeine! Sifnos is a beautiful island, very relaxed and low key, absolutely nothing we associate with tourism over-development -thank goodness! You dont really need to hire a car, we managed with local buses and walks straight from the hotel. Only downside of the buses is they finish early so if you want to eat out away from Appolonia,you need to find a way back to the hotel. There are only 10 taxis on the whole island! I think the hotel can arrange a pick up, but it wont be cheap. Hotel transfer from port to hotel cost 25e each way. Do take time to do some of the walks between villages using old donkey paths,its a great way to see the island go to - just google Sifnos Trails (my weblink was removed by TripAdvisor) and you'll find waymarked walks; we did two directly from our hotel. There's also info on all the walking trails by the bus stop outside the Gerontopoulos Cafe (incidentally our daily spot for great coffee,food,snacks & fab staff-open all day). Day trip by bus to great beaches is easy- we recommend Faros beach. There are no sunbeds or anything,just take your towel and swim things. Its the safest swimming we've ever seen. Faros has a couple of restaurants, but we hung out at Captain George's cafe, open all day. Do be aware that on Sifnos, virtually everywhere does close in the afternoon. We also recommend a trip to Kastro -we walked there from Apollonia & go the bus back; if you like history, the Mycenean ruins at St Andreas -which are relatively recently restored and open to the public - are worth a visit ; they have a wonderful air conditioned museum exhibiting finds. You will appreciate this as the walk up the mountain is strenuous, but worth it (you can drive if you have a car) -the views are spectacular from the top. Sifnos is known as