Skyros, apart from the rest
A short, self-contained trip to the one Sporades island with a genuinely different character: larger, further east and far less visited than the other three.
- Length
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Months
- May – October
- Stops
- 3
The route on a map
1 · 2 nights
Skyros Town
A whitewashed hill town beneath a Byzantine monastery and Venetian kastro.
2 · 1 night
Atsitsa
A pine-backed bay on the wilder north-west coast, quiet even in high season.
3 · 1 night
Kalamitsa
A sheltered beach near the island's small airport, good for an easy final day.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrive Skyros
Sleep · Skyros Town
Fly via Athens, or take the longer ferry via Kymi on Evia; settle in by evening.
Day 2
The kastro and the ponies
Sleep · Skyros Town
The monastery of St George and the kastro in the morning, the native Skyrian ponies in the afternoon.
Day 3
Cross to Atsitsa
Sleep · Atsitsa
A drive across the narrower northern half, with the rest of the day free for swimming.
Day 4
South to Kalamitsa
Sleep · Kalamitsa
Back across the island, with a stop at Aspous beach along the way.
Day 5
Departure
Departure
A short transfer to Skyros airport; keep the morning unscheduled given limited flight times.