Sarakiniko is the bay at the southern end of Antipaxos, and in the nineteenth century it was a working place. It was one of the four points on this island from which stone was shipped out: Kalamitsa, Sarakiniko, Rodovani and the main harbour. The slabs and marble of Antipaxos went from here to Corfu, Parga, Preveza and Patras.

The old survey of the bay reads like a list of things to look for. There is a well called the Glyfa, sulphurous vapours rising under the conglomerate rock, the little cove of Kalamitsa, two small sea caves at a place called tou Kontari, deep hollows with strangely twisted strata at Diapori, and at Goutsi a natural bridge of paved vaulted rock, with a third such bridge further on.

A track was bulldozed down to the beach in 2001, so access is easier than the old descriptions suggest. Even so this remains one of the quiet beaches. Be careful not to confuse it with the much better known Sarakiniko near Parga on the mainland.