JMcDavid

Mykonos and also the Cycladic islands are absolutely the most famous worldwide: white cubic houses with blue window alike the turquoise waters and a clear blue sky. This might be the picture that most tourists have in mind about Greek islands.
if you want to experience an alternative beauty of Greece, it is worth to head north to learn the Sporades Islands, as well as in particular the island of Skiathos. Yes, I'm sure, nature lovers will claim that SKiathos is beautiful, but awfully touristic. I agree. This will likely to be true during the highest season. But I invite them to come back and go towards the island, off-season, in May for instance, when nature has taken its finery, but massive tourists haven’t arrived yet.
Skiathos is a small island of 48km² and belongs to the Sporades, a bunch of islands inside the Northern Aegean Sea. It is the closest to the mainland. To give a short overview, I would say that Skiathos has the best beaches, Skopelos is regarded as picturesque and Alonissos is the wildest much less touristic.
There are different ways to reach the island of Skiathos. You can take a daily flight from Athens, or a chartered direct flight from various European towns, you can even get a boat from two different places into the Greek inland.
If you want to live a more unique and unforgettable experience, a delightful solution to reach the island may be take a taxi boat from Katigiorgi, 70 km away from Volos. The taxi boat is a motor boat for around 8 persons in addition to crossing takes some 20 minutes. Rather than arriving towards the commercial harbour of Skiathos town, you certainly will berth into the magnificent beach of Koukounaries, in the southwest part of Skiathos. Accosting there at dusk is magic.
Koukounaries is one of the most beautiful beaches in Greece and probably worldwide. It is a protected area, with a fine sandy beach in the middle of pine trees and a lagoon with ducks and seagulls. However, during the high season it is overcrowded and noisy. Go there off-season and discover all this beauty of nature. You will definitely get a magic experience.
Skiathos is an island blessed by God. it provides a priceless gift: hundreds of sources with limpid water. Thanks to this, the island is covered by pine and olive trees and all sorts of type of lush vegetation that makes this island a proper paradise on earth. Throughout the spring, the Greeks celebrate Easter. Your whole island is clothed by the lush vegetation as well as the white houses that are refreshed due to the orthodox. A splendid multicolour picture is deployed right in front associated with amazed eyes.
This astonishing landscape is the picture I see while sitting on the terrace of my villa. I admire this throughout the spring. I admire the lush and multicoloured vegetation, the dark green of the pines, the silver green regarding the olive trees, or the yellow green of this plane trees. It is really not me affirming that Skiathos is a paradise. This really is several thousand tourists coming on a yearly basis in this island that affirm it. You are able to see clearly everywhere. It is a paradise for almost any variety of people irrespective of specific interests; for fans of splendid beaches, or lovers of nature, for painters or for photographers, for walkers and for bikers, for lovers of hills or enthusiasts of herbs hikers. Yet, if you need a luxury villa holidays villa and an organised beach to combine comfort, privacy and beauty, Skiathos offers it lavishly.
All the above depict the real gems of Skiathos. This really is Skiathos Everyone Loves. This is what I would like to share with you. It is for all people who seek out something more as compared to clichés, or Mykonos-style holidays. This can be more than a "souvlaki", a ride on a jet-ski and a beer by the pool...

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