Skiathos Island is famous for its natural beauty and history.
Discover attractions of the Greek islands, mainland and metropolis. Apart from archaeological sites, monuments and museums, did you know that you can visit some of the most amazing monuments of geological interest in the word? Don't miss the chance to visit the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and Meteora in Thessaly, Central Skiathos Island!
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades Immersed in the greenery, deep in the Lekhounio gorge beside the springs in the place called Agalianos, under Karaphlytzanakia, the highest peak on Skiathos, stands the Holy Communal Monastery dedicated to the Annunciation of... View More
House - Museum of Papadiamandis
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades The house where Alexandros Papadiamantis was born on 4th March 1851 does not exist today. It was sold and the new owners put it down.
Papadiamantis grew up and died in the new house his father built in 1860, as it is said on... View More
Strofilias Lake
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades View More
Bourtzi of Skiathos
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades Bourtzi is a small peninsula which separates the port of Skiathos in two. In the past it was a fort, which was established by the Gizi brothers who occupied Skiathos in 1207. It was surrounded by walls battlements and embrasures... View More
Bourtzi of Skiathos
Castle of Skiathos
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades Around the middle of the 14th century, because of the continuous pirate raids, the people of Skiathos were forced to set up their city in Kastro, a peninsula on the northern part of the Island, which was a natural fortress. In... View More
Castle of Skiathos
Panagia Ikonistria Monastery
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades Panagia Eikonistria is the most holy site of the island since the miraculous icon of Virgin Mary (Panagia) was found here around 1650.
An important intellectual figure of the island and of the Church, Dionysios the Old, was a... View More
Panagia Ikonistria Monastery
Panagia Kechria Monastery
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades The Monastery of Panaghia Kechrias is built in a nice vallery among olive trees and pine trees.
Only the "Katholikon" of the monastery (its church) has been saved.
It has a nice woodcut icon screen and frescoes covering the... View More
Panagia Kechria Monastery
Tris Ierarches Church
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades The church of "Trion Ierarchon" (The Tree Church Fathers) which has been the cathedral of the island for 150 years leads the intellectual cultivation of the island, since it was blessed to have in its bosoms competent and excellent... View More