Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
SKÓPELOS
By ferry
Hellenic Seaways (
W
hsw.gr) flying dolphins and
ferries run three times daily for most of the year - more in
midsummer - to and from Alónissos (20-35min), and to
Skiáthos (50min-1hr) and either Vólos (2hr 45min-3hr
45min) or Áyios Konstandínos (2hr 15min-4hr); some of
these call at Loutráki, the port for Glóssa (and known as
Glóssa on ferry and hydrofoil schedules), as well as
Skópelos Town. In summer NEL Lines (
W
nel.gr) also have a
ferry with daily connection to Alónissos, Skiáthos and Áyios
Konstandínos, and Skyros Shipping (
W
sne.gr) go twice a
week to Alónissos and Kými on Évvia (3hr 20min).
Connections to flights in Skiáthos can be very busy: try to
book in advance.
Tickets and agencies
There are ticket booths on the dock
in Skópelos Town at busy times; otherwise the Hellenic
Seaways agent (
T
24270 22767) is directly opposite the
harbour gate, and NEL and Skyros Shipping are handled by
Lemonis Travel (
T
24270 22363), by the National Bank, on
the far side of the harbour close to the old port. The harbour
agent in Loutráki is Triandafyllou (
T
24240 33435).
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INFORMATION
Services
Several banks with ATMs are on the quayside in
Skópelos Town; the post office is on Dhoulídhi, just off
Platía Plátanos (“Souvláki Square”), which lies directly up
from the ferry harbour. Cafés all along the front have wi-fi;
Blue Sea, the very last place at the northern (old port) end
of the harbour, is a large internet café.
Useful websites
W
skopelos.net,
W
skopelosweb.gr
and
W
skopelos.com. There's no tourist office on the
island.
Newspapers
English-language newspapers are sold at a
shop just off Souvláki Square.
GETTING AROUND
By bus
Services run from Skópelos Town, across to the
island's south coast, and then along the south and west
coast past all the major beaches; in summer at least a
dozen buses a day ply to Miliá - just over half of them
continue as far as Glóssa. The bus stop is immediately to the
left as you leave the ferry dock in Hóra.
By car and scooter
There are numerous car and scooter
rental outlets near the ferry dock in Hóra, around the corner
of the coast road and the main road heading inland, and
along this inland road; they include Magic (
T
22420
23250,
23033,
W
skopelosweb.gr/discovery).
By taxi
The central taxi stand is to the left as you leave the
ferry dock in Hóra.
By bicycle
Skópelos Cycling (
T
22420 22398), based at
Stáfylos beach, rents out mountain bikes.
Boat trips
A huge variety of boat trips is on offer around
the harbour, at prices ranging from around €10, for a return
shuttle to Glystéri beach, to €30 for a trip to Alónissos;
island circuits, many of them
Mamma Mia!
themed, go for
around €20.
W
skopeloscars.com) and Discovery (
T
24240
Skópelos Town
SKÓPELOS TOWN
(Hóra) pours of a hill on the west flank of a wide, oval bay: a cascade
of handsome mansions and slate-domed churches below the ruined Venetian
kástro
.
Away from the waterside commercial
strip, the hóra is endearingly time-
warped - indeed among the most
unspoilt in the islands - with
wonderfully idiosyncratic shops of a
sort long vanished elsewhere, and
vernacular domestic architecture
unadulterated with tasteless
monstrosities.
SKÓPELOS
N
Perivolioú
Hondroyiórgis
Áyios Ioánnis
Kastrí
Glóssa
Athéato
Loutráki
Palió Klíma
Mt Dhélfi
(680m)
Glystéri
Sendoúkia
Armenópetra
Kastáni
Élios
Prodhrómou
Hóvolo
The folklore museum
June-Sept Mon-Sat 10am-2pm & 7-10pm • €3
The disorganized
folklore museum
musters a motley collection of weaving,
embroidery and costumes; detailed
panels explaining local customs and
the religious calendar redeem it.
Evangelistrías
Dhassía
Miliá
Karyá
SKÓPELOS
(HÓRA)
Metamórfosis
Pánormos
Limnonári
Agnóndas
Velanió
Stáfylos
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5
kilometres
