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Kastro, Sifnos

Touristas Technologies

Powering Local Discovery in the Cyclades.

We build digital tools that connect real travellers with authentic island life, and empower local businesses to reach the world.

Digital Properties
6
Islands Covered
24
Languages
10
Ferry route pages
252

01Our Story

A Technology Company Born from Island Life.

Touristas Technologies started with a simple idea: the Cyclades deserve better than generic travel guides. We built Discover Cyclades as a deeply local platform, and discovered that authentic, island-level knowledge was exactly what travellers were hungry for.

What began as one website has grown into a portfolio of specialised platforms, each designed to serve a specific island, niche, or traveller need. We are not a travel agency. We are a technology company that happens to know every beach, trail, and taverna in the Cyclades.

Discover Cyclades is just one piece of what we are building. Touristas Technologies is the infrastructure behind a new kind of travel, local first, AI-powered, and built for the people who actually live and work on these islands.

Chrysopigi, Sifnos
Touristas TechnologiesBuilding since the islandsCyclades, Greece

02Our Portfolio

One Vision. Many Platforms.

Each property is purpose-built to serve a specific island, market, or travel need, with more launching every year.

03Our Mission

Local Businesses First. Always.

The Cyclades are home to thousands of family-run hotels, tavernas, boat tours, car rentals, and artisan workshops. These are the places that make the islands worth visiting, and they are consistently buried under global OTAs and algorithmic noise.

We build every platform with one goal: surface the real local businesses so that travellers find them, and local owners benefit directly. No middlemen. No hidden commissions that price small operators out. Just honest visibility for the people who make these islands what they are.

When a tourist finds the family-run car rental in Kamares instead of a multinational franchise, or books a room at a cliff-side villa in Kastro rather than a chain hotel, that is what we are here for. Deep local structure. Real island life.

Partner With Us
  • Kastro village, Sifnos
  • Chrysopigi, Sifnos
  • Kamares port, Sifnos
  • Vathi bay, Sifnos

04The Team

Built by People Who Love These Islands.

George K.

Founder, Touristas Technologies & Touristas AI

George grew up with Sifnos and knows the Cyclades from the inside. He founded Touristas Technologies to build the travel platform he wished had existed, and to give local island businesses the digital presence they deserve.

  • Cyclades Native
  • Island Life
  • Technology
  • Local Economy
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05What We Stand For

Principles Behind Every Platform.

  1. Local First

    Every recommendation, every featured business, every guide is rooted in genuine local knowledge, not paid placements or algorithmic rankings.

  2. Technology for Good

    We use AI and data to make authentic travel easier, not to commoditise destinations or replace local expertise.

  3. Sustainable Tourism

    We actively promote lesser-known islands and off-season travel to spread tourism benefit beyond the usual hotspots.

  4. Radical Transparency

    No fake reviews, no hidden fees. Our partnerships are with local businesses we have visited, used, and genuinely recommend.

06Just the Beginning

Discover Cyclades Is One Piece of the Puzzle.

Everything you see on Discover Cyclades (the island guides, the AI planner, the ferry search, the local directories) is just one expression of what Touristas Technologies is building.

Our roadmap includes new island-specific platforms, a full-stack booking engine for local businesses, and touristas.ai, a global platform that takes everything we have learned in the Cyclades and brings it to travellers everywhere.

The Cyclades is our laboratory. The world is our market.

Next step

Explore, Discover, Experience.

Start planning your Cyclades adventure, or reach out to list your local business on one of our platforms.

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FAQ

About Touristas Technologies.

Common questions about who we are and what we build

  • Touristas Technologies is a technology company that builds travel discovery platforms for the Cyclades and beyond. Our portfolio includes Discover Cyclades, Hotels Sifnos, Travel Sifnos, Hotels Santorini, Cyclades Rent a Car, and the upcoming touristas.ai.

  • George K., who grew up with Sifnos and knows all 24 Cyclades islands personally. He founded Touristas Technologies to create the platform he wished existed, and to build real digital infrastructure for local island businesses.

  • No. Discover Cyclades is a travel platform that helps you plan independently. Find ferries, compare hotels, discover local restaurants, rent cars, and build AI-powered itineraries. No middlemen, no commissions on your bookings.

  • touristas.ai is our upcoming global AI travel platform, bringing the same local-knowledge-driven discovery experience to destinations worldwide, for every traveller who wants to go deeper than the tourist trail.

  • Absolutely. We welcome hotels, restaurants, car rentals, tour operators, boat tours, and other local businesses across the Cyclades. Visit our Partner page or contact us directly.

  • Currently six live platforms: discovercyclades.gr, touristas.ai (coming), hotelssifnos.com, travelsifnos.com, hotelssantorini.gr, and cycladesrentacar.com, with more in active development.

  • We build platforms that surface local businesses (family hotels, independent car rentals, local tavernas) above global OTAs. Our goal is direct discovery: travellers find the real local businesses, not just the ones with the biggest advertising budgets.