Skíathos
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Chief place: Skíathos
Skíathos, a gently rolling wooded island in the Northern Sporades, lies 4 km/2.5 mi east of the Magnesia peninsula. With its equable climate and beautiful sandy bays, it is a popular holiday island, particularly favored by Greeks. Its main source of income apart from the tourist trade is its 600,000 olive trees.
Skíathos was never a place of any importance in ancient times. Herodotus mentions the island in connection with the naval battle off Cape Artemision in 480 B.C., reporting that the men of Skíathos conveyed information about Persian naval movements by means of fire signals.
Airport 4 km/2.5 mi northeast of Skíathos. Daily flights from and to Athens in summer (55 minutes).
Regular boat service from Áyios Konstantínos, most days; from Vólos, two to five times daily (three to three and a half hours); from Kymi (Euboea), three times weekly (five hours). Connections with neighboring islands.
Unfortunately in July of 2007 the island suffered a forest fire, causing temporary evacuations, along with devastation to the island.
Skíathos, a gently rolling wooded island in the Northern Sporades, lies 4 km/2.5 mi east of the Magnesia peninsula. With its equable climate and beautiful sandy bays, it is a popular holiday island, particularly favored by Greeks. Its main source of income apart from the tourist trade is its 600,000 olive trees.
Skíathos was never a place of any importance in ancient times. Herodotus mentions the island in connection with the naval battle off Cape Artemision in 480 B.C., reporting that the men of Skíathos conveyed information about Persian naval movements by means of fire signals.
Airport 4 km/2.5 mi northeast of Skíathos. Daily flights from and to Athens in summer (55 minutes).
Regular boat service from Áyios Konstantínos, most days; from Vólos, two to five times daily (three to three and a half hours); from Kymi (Euboea), three times weekly (five hours). Connections with neighboring islands.
Unfortunately in July of 2007 the island suffered a forest fire, causing temporary evacuations, along with devastation to the island.
Address:
Skíathos Tourist Office, Town Hall, Skíathos , Greece
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View over Skiathos.
Baots at the harbor in Skiathos.
Harbor at Skiathos.
