Skyros - Town Attractions Khóra

The chief place on the island of Skyros is also named Skyros (Khóra). It lies on the east coast. This little town of typically Cycladic whitewashed cube-shaped houses, finely decorated and furnished, nestles on the slopes of a hill, the rocky summit of which was occupied by the ancient acropolis (fourth century B.C.; remains of walls) and is now crowned by a Venetian castle (originally Byzantine), the Kástro (view). From this crag, it is said, Theseus was cast down to his death; according to the legend his remains were later found here and deposited in the Theseion in Athens. In the Kástro is the former monastic church of Áyios Yeóryios (museum).

In Platía Kyprou can be seen a monument to the poet Rupert Brooke, who died on his way to the Dardanelles in 1915 and is buried in the bay of Tris Boúkes.