Skiathos
Skiathos is the entry point and main island of the Sporades Islands. Although it is neither the biggest nor the most attractive of the Sporades islands, because it is the first port of call for most ferries and possesses the sole airport, most tourists don't venture beyond Skiathos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 5,790 residents
- Description: island in Aegean sea, Greece
- Also known as: “Dimos Skiathos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papadiamanti Ancestral Home and Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’.
Papadiamanti Ancestral Home
Museum
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Papadiamantis House Museum is a museum in Skiathos in the Sporades, Greece, dedicated to the Greek writer Alexandros Papadiamantis. Following his death, his house was transformed into a modern museum with displays related to his life and attracts many visitors.
Skiathos Airport ‘Alexandros Papadiamantis’
Aerodrome
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Skiathos Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport is an airport on the island of Skiathos, Greece. Its 5,341-foot runway is able to accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 757-200.
Holy Monastery of Evangelistria
Monastery
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The Monastery of the Annunciation, commonly known as the Evangelistria Monastery, is a monastery dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary which sits on a hillside some 4 km north of Skiathos town on the Greek island of Skiathos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skiathos and Koukounaries.
Skiathos
Town
Skiathos is a city on the island of Skiathos in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. Skiathos town has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, many churches, banks, a post office, and a square.
Koukounaries
Hamlet
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Koukounaries is a location and a beach in the southwest part of the Skiathos island in Greece. It is 16 km southwest of the main town on the island. Skiathos is part of the Sporades group of islands in the Northern Aegean Sea.
Skiathos
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Skiathos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Skiathos”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σκίαθος”
- Arabic: “سكياثوس”
- Armenian: “Սկիաթոս”
- Bulgarian: “Скиатос”
- Catalan: “Escíatos”
- Cebuano: “Skiathos Island”
- Chinese: “斯基亞索斯島”
- Czech: “Skiathos”
- Czech: “Skiáthos”
- Czech: “Σκιάθος”
- Danish: “Skiathos”
- Dutch: “Skiathos”
- Estonian: “Skíathose saar”
- Faroese: “Skiathos”
- Finnish: “Skiáthos”
- French: “Skiathos”
- Galician: “Skiathos”
- Georgian: “სკიატოსი”
- German: “Skiathos”
- Greek: “Σκιάθος”
- Greek: “Σκιάθου”
- Hebrew: “סקיאטוס”
- Hungarian: “Szkíathosz”
- Ido: “Insulo Skiatos”
- Indonesian: “Skiathos”
- Italian: “Sciato”
- Italian: “Skiathos”
- Japanese: “スキアトス”
- Japanese: “スキアトス島”
- Latin: “Sciathos”
- Latin: “Sciathus”
- Macedonian: “Скијатос”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skiathos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skiáthos”
- Norwegian: “Skiathos”
- Persian: “اسکیاتوس”
- Polish: “Skiathos”
- Polish: “Skiatos”
- Portuguese: “Escíato”
- Portuguese: “Skiathos”
- Russian: “Скиатос”
- Russian: “Скиаф”
- Serbian: “Скијатос”
- Spanish: “Sciathos”
- Spanish: “Scíathos”
- Swedish: “Skiathos”
- Turkish: “İskados”
- Ukrainian: “Скіатос”
- Vietnamese: “Skiathos”
- Welsh: “Skiathos”
- Western Armenian: “Սքիաթոս”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Skiathos”. Photo: Wisniowy, CC BY-SA 4.0.