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Walk down to the harbour of an evening and say hello to Violet and Andreas at the Bamboo Place- the friendliest outdoor bar there is. You can sip beer or whatever you fancy and watch the small boats and millionaire yachts come in, and believe us, its a right hoot. The Italians love Sivota and there's nothing more interesting than watching them gesticulate!
Hire a boat from Mike over by the supermarket on the right of the harbour- his boats are better than the ones you can hire on the left. They're all the same price. Go for two half days rather than a full day because if the waves are a bit up, you might feel a bit queasy, but there's lots to see and the snorkelling is brilliant. Turn right out of the harbour and you get weird striations in the rock formations and beaches you can have to yourself (rocky though, take water shoes). Go left out of the harbour and you can go to any of the bigger beaches (mega amos is our fave big beach). Once again, you must have jellies or shoes you can get wet because a lot of the beaches are pebbly and can hurt your feet if you're barefoot. The best snorkelling is to the right of the harbour- watch out for red starfish.
There is a waterpark but at 8 euros each for the day, its alright...the slides are a bit naff for those who have been to good waterparks but fun enough. Parga is a wonderful shopping/sit on the harbour day out and Corfu is either a Delphini (Dolphin) trip away or take a taxi to Igounemitsa and take the local ferry (its cheaper and a lot of fun). Of course you can take the Delphini to Paxos and Antipaxos- take your snorkelling gear as the boat stops in Antipaxos for a good 45 minutes swim off the boat.
You can visit the river Styx and the necromancion (I found the necromancion a bit dull, frankly but then...only my opinion as others love it).
The most fun in Sivota is the beaches- look out for the little stretch between the mainland and Mourtemenos island- can't remember the name of the beach. Ask the lady at Isabella Tours (the main office on the waterfront- they have two outlets, one is closer to your hotel). I don't know her name but youll know who I mean when you meet her- she's lovely and will always steer you right (lent us 100 euros two years ago, didn't even ask for security).
The only caveat I'll mention is take more money that you think you'll need- always best to have too much. Sivota (apparently all of Greece) has become expensive over the last two years. If you go to the fish restaurant to the very left of the harbour you will have beautiful sunset views, FANTASTIC fish dinners (amazing) but boy will you pay. We ordered a fish called Pandora and it was delicious and the cheapest fish, but still came to 24 euros for the plate. I'm a cheapskate but didn't mind, it tasted so darn good.
Cheap food- any gyros restaurant (pronouced GEE- ross) go for the gyros pita at about 1.50 or 2 euros for one. That'll be a good lunch, two make a full dinner!
Everyone speaks English and Italian as well as Greek but its polite to say kaliMERA in the morning and kaliSPERA in the afternoon. And of course, efharisTO, which means thank you.
Have fun and say hi to Violet at the Bamboo Place- keep my spot warm for when I go back, God willing.
BTW, there's now an Internet place at 2 euros for an hour...slow but its there!