Skiathos boat tours turn a small island of about 48 square kilometres into a full sailing playground. Wooden caiques, speedboats and double-deck excursion boats leave the old port of Skiathos Town every summer morning. Bound for Lalaria beach, three named sea caves, Tsougria islet and the neighbouring islands of Skopelos and Alonnisos. The island’s best-known … Read more
Accommodation on Skiathos concentrates along the 12 km south-coast road between Skiathos Town and Koukounaries. The island bus serves this road with stops numbered roughly 1 to 26, so every resort strip sits minutes from a marked stop. Skiathos Town anchors the eastern end with the port, the airport and the nightlife. Koukounaries closes the … Read more
Skiathos Town is the only town on the island and the capital of the westernmost Northern Sporades island. The settlement spreads over two low hills around a southeast-facing harbour, on the site of the ancient city, and was rebuilt after the War of Independence. Around 5,000 residents live here year-round, and the town concentrates the … Read more
Lalaria beach spreads a bank of smooth white pebbles beneath pale limestone cliffs on the northeast tip of Skiathos, and no road, footpath or staircase reaches it. Excursion boats and water taxis from the old port provide the only access, which keeps the cove quiet outside boat hours. This guide covers the pebbles and the … Read more
Koukounaries beach stretches about 1,200 metres of fine golden sand across a sheltered bay at the southwest end of Skiathos, roughly 12 km from Skiathos Town. A protected stone-pine forest and the Strofilia lagoon stand directly behind the sand, and the island bus terminates here at stop 26. This guide covers the sand, the forest, … Read more
Skiathos is the easiest Sporades island to reach, combining an international airport with regular ferry links from the mainland. Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport (JSI) receives direct seasonal flights from across Europe and daily domestic flights from Athens. Hydrofoils, catamarans and conventional ferries connect Skiathos Town with Volos, Agios Konstantinos, Mantoudi on Evia and, in high season, … Read more
Skiathos packs more than 60 beaches into a coastline of roughly 44 km, a density no other Sporades island matches. The south coast lines up sand, pine forest and numbered bus stops, while the north coast hides pebble coves reached by boat, dirt track or footpath. This guide sorts every stretch worth your towel. Koukounaries … Read more
Skiathos packs more than 60 beaches, a medieval cliff-top fortress, a flag-weaving monastery and one of Europe’s most dramatic airport approaches into about 48 square kilometres. The island sits at the western edge of the Northern Sporades, closest to the mainland, and combines pine-backed sand on the south coast with boat-only pebble coves on the … Read more