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The biggest build-up area is the village (Chora) 
which is called Skyros.

Beaches

Magazia or Gyalos, Molos, Aghios Petros, Theotokos, Kyra Panagia, Atsitsa, Aghios Fokas, Pefkos, Acherounes, Kolymbada, Tris Boukes, Renes, Achilli, etc. 


The island is famous for its lovely sandy beaches 
and its clean waters.


The exquisite, picturesque bay of Atsitsa 
with the deep blue sea and the lurid sunsets

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.
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