The island of Skyros

The island of Skyros is the island that is in the southernmost part of North Sporades; it's the biggest island of this cluster of islands, with an extent of 215 t km and its resident population is about 2.600 people.

The island is halfway or so from the east coasts of Euboea, in a distance of 23 miles north-east from Kymi. Skyros belongs, for administrative purposes, to the Prefecture of Euboea.

It's an island having many hours of sunlight and its climate is very fresh; that makes the island an ideal place for vacations. The island is famous for its lovely sandy beaches and its clean waters.

The biggest build-up area is the village (Chora) which is called Skyros and it's the capital city of the island. There are many seaside build-up areas, in the island, such as Atsitsa, Magazia, Molos, Kalamitsa, Acherounes, Pefkos, etc.

The island of Skyros was first inhabited during the Neolithic Age (5.500-2.800 BC); it's an island rich in history and there are many antiquities, from the age-long period to the Byzantine times.

 

 

 

Sightseeing Tour - the sights of the island of Skyros

• The scenic cobbled roads, the ancient castle, and the monastery of St. George are some of these sights too. 
• The houses of Skyros that are built with a certain technique and each one of them looks like a small museum. 
• The archaeological and folklore museum of M. Faltaits.
• The workshops of the famous woodcuts of Skyros. 
• The workshops of pottery. 
• The embroidery.
• The unique, worldwide, little horses of Skyros.
• A number of more than 180 churches of the island. 
• The square, under the shade of the castle, where there is a bronze statue offered to the memory of the English poet Rupert Brooke as well as his grave, in the bight of Tris Boukes. 
• The windmill which is in the site of Stavros and the most important finds of the Neolithic build-up area that can be seen in Palamari.
• The sunset and the pinewoods towards Atsitsa and Marmaro.
• The imposing spectacle of "the Mountain" with the continuous alternation of shadings due to the ground's morphology and folding, in the south part of the island.
• The big natural harbour in the bight of Tris Boukes.
• The sea caves, the sandy coasts and the piney beaches.

 

       Web page for Skyros Island.

• www.skyros.gr   (Municipality of Skyros)
  
• www.sne.gr   (Skyros Shipping Company)
  
• www.kalimeris.gr   (Hotel )
  
• www.skyrosnet.gr
• www.inskyros.gr
• www.skyros.co.uk/holidays