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Skiathos Town

Skiathos Town is a maze of cobbled streets, trailing bougainvillea, and red-tiled roofs. It is built on two hills, each of which has a 19th Century church: Trion Ierarchon and Panagia Limnia. There is good shopping and you may find antique shops with genuine folk artifacts.

The only town of note is Skiathos Town itsself. Here you can visit the house of Alexander Papadiamantis, one of Greece's finest modern novelists. His Tales from a Greek Island is still a great description of Skiathos a century later.

A two hour walk from Skiathos Town on a well marked path leads to the small town Kastro. The town is now in ruins, except that eight of its original Byzantine churches still stand. (Christos has good frescoes.) Kastro has a good high view with a nice beach below. It's on the north coast, and like all of the north coast is subject to the meltemi winds, which can rage at times.