Skiathos, August '08 - his version

This year we spend a beautiful week on the Skiathos island, in Greece. We enjoyed the greek food and discovered the island at her very best.

We stayed at Hotel Aria** which is located at station number 4 of the bus, and it's 5 minutes walk from the downtown. Skiathos streets get crowded starting from 9 PM, and the city is full of tavernas and souvenir shops that are opened until late in the night. Dishes like Tzatziki, Sun dried tomatos salat, gyros, olive pasta or all sort of fishes and sea food should not be missed, especially in the city where the prices are cheaper then at the beaches tavernas.

There are beaches on the South coast of the island starting from station number 5 until number 26. At station 26 you will find the Koukounaries beach, famous for the shady pine trees in mixture with the fine sand and warm shallow water.

If you want to discover more beaches with beautiful clear water in other parts of the island, you have to rent a jeep (aprox. 50 EUR\day) because of the dirt roads which are quite difficult.



We rented a jeep for 2 days, and one of the first beaches that we discovered was Nikotsara Bay, located on the North side of the island. After our arrival there, we were a total of 6 people on the beach. Because of that, we were lucky to make a photo all together with our Samurai :)


We went after to Castro which is the old town in the North coast were the villagers from Skiathos sheltered many years ago, in order to protect themselves from the pirates attacks in the South side. At Castro you have the most fantastic view from all the island!


When climbing up to the top rocky hill of Castro ( where the greek flag stands ), you will find at a shadow place an old man that will offer you Ouzo and greek sweet delights.

From Castro we went for lunch on the South Coast at Captain Michalis taverna where we had an excellent meal. You will recognize Captain Michaelis because he will come at your table, offer you exotic fruits, tell you stories about his journeys on the sea. He told us: "There are 2 things in life. Sea and ... i don't tell you more" :)

The most amazing sunset can be seen from Agia Eleni beach ( station number 23 ).

On the second day we went with the jeep to Kecheria beach for half of the day, after we went to Panorama restaurant to have a fresh orange juice and enjoyed the great view, and then again a lunch at Captain Michalis taverna. Our day ended at the Hidden Beach.


If you are into water sports, our recommendation is to go to Vasilias beach (station number 8) and on the left side of the beach you will find Stefanos Ski School. Stefanos is a very friendly person that you will like from the first minute. The prices for all water sports are quite attractive so it's very tempting to try them all.

Water Ski

Parasailing

Motor boat

The day when we rented the boat we tried to go into the North Side to see Lalaria beach, but the wind is a big problem on the sea, so we had to stop at Koukounaries beach. We find a lot of quite and lonely beaches were we stopped for some time. In the same day, we went with the motor boat to Tsougria island at the sandy beach from the middle (there are only 3 beaches on this island).

Skiathos is a great island that can be described by a simple phrase ...
Find your own paradise!