Skyros Hotels: Where to Stay in the Chora, Magazia & Linaria

Accommodation on Skyros concentrates in and around the Chora, at the beaches of Magazia and Molos, and at the port of Linaria. Hotels in the Chora keep you within walking distance of the shops and tavernas, Magazia and Molos put you on the sand, and Linaria, Aspous and Acherounes offer a quieter base. This guide covers the places Hans visited, from Hotel Nefeli in the Chora to the family apartments around the coast.

Best for the town

Chora

Best for the beach

Magazia & Molos

Quiet port base

Linaria

Family beach base

Acherounes

Hotel Nefeli, Chora

Hotel Nefeli is a recently renovated hotel at the entrance of Skyros Chora, where Hans stayed for five days in May 2018. It stands within walking distance of a large supermarket, shops and tavernas, with one of the island's best restaurants, Almathia, 25 metres away. The hotel is made up of three buildings, each in a different decorative style, with standard, executive, suite, studio, traditional and antique rooms. Facilities include a 220 m2 seawater swimming pool with a pool bar looking towards the castle and the monastery of Agios Georgios, a children's pool and play area, a garden and parking. Breakfast is served a la carte and draws mostly on local home-made products.

Perigiali hotel, Magazia

The Perigiali hotel is a complex of 28 units at Magazia, 1.5 km from the Chora and 70 metres from the beach and tavernas. The units are divided into rooms, studios and open-plan apartments, decorated in the traditional Skyrian style, and all look onto the pool with a view of the gardens, the beach or the fort above the Chora. Twin bedrooms measure 20 m2, studios run 25 to 35 m2, open-plan apartments are 32 m2 with a fully equipped kitchen for two to four people, and two-room apartments reach 48 m2 with two bathrooms and a master bedroom.

Mealos Apartments, Aspous

Mealos is a group of apartments in the sandy bay of Aspous on the north-east coast, on a 2,500 m2 private plot that ends at the beach. It has four single-room and two double-room apartments, all furnished in the traditional Greek style, each with its own kitchenette, air conditioning, a bathroom, a TV and a balcony with a view. Each studio takes up to three people, and the double-room apartments suit families of four. Aspous is a quieter base about 5 km from the Chora.

Pegasus Estate, Acherounes

Pegasus Estate is a set of studios and apartments in front of the sheltered beach of Acherounes, in a small bay in the south of the island 8 km from the Chora and a 10-minute walk from the port of Linaria. It has two stone-and-wood buildings, named Aethra and Aegli, with studios for couples, larger apartments for families of four to five, and a traditional Skyrian mezzanine level in one unit. Local buses run to Skyros Town six times a day, and two small tavernas nearby serve Greek food and fresh fish.