Sarti Community

Sarti is the second-largest village in the municipality with 936 inhabitants. It was founded by refugees from Afisia, who left Asia minor in 1922. At the time the area contained only farms belonging to the monasteries of Xiropotamos and St Pavlos. At least 70 families were given a refuge in the dependency of Xiropotamos monastery, some of them staying there for more than two years.
Nowadays along the golden beach of Sarti are builded small complexes of rent rooms as well as narrow streets containing various touristic shops restaurants, bars and cafes.
The old village still contains a few of the picturesque original houses.