Gay bars skiathos city

There are 6, Greek Islands, and only 20 have airports including Skiathosso should be on the list of those to visit. Now move Skiathos further up the bar as its a shorter flight than Mykonos from the UKhas better beaches, many more restaurants and of course it — and charming neighbour Skopelos — are where Mamma Mia was filmed.

All are lovely in their different ways. In Skiathos Town every hole in the wall is a restaurant: Italians come here a lot, so the standards are high, and in the evening Papadiamantis Street is a pedestrianised catwalk of beach bods and browsers thronging the many, many independent shops, cafes and bars.

Step away metres and one is really in the Old Greece of crazy-paved thoroughfares, blue and white buildings and signs that it must be quite a hard life in the winter. Troulos is maybe queen of the family resorts — pushchair friendly in summer, more elbow room in June and September, but has a fine golden sand beach and a couple of good tavernas as well as the skiathos, quite tightly packed, 2-sunbeds-and-an-umbrella for 8 Euro, which is the same all over gay island.

Koukounaries is our preference. Its main beach, backed by a nature reserve, has organised sunbeds and bars that play soft rock or chillout music all day. For accommodation in Skiathos Town, if not in need of a pool, the top choice is the Atlas Hotel — clean, smart and air conditioned, decent beds — a rarity in Greece.

Just 18 city rooms and a short walk to Megali Ammos Beach. At Koukounaries the grande dame of the island is the long-established Skiathos Palace hotelstrikingly set on a private headland with sensational views.

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Nearer the centre of Koukounaries is Mandraki Village — nicely decorated public spaces and rooms in colourful blocks but a smallish pool. One general point: pools in Skiathos tend to be very deep very quickly. Those anxious about bar out of depth, email or phone to check. Or go to the beach. After the beach and a nice dinner, visitors may want no more than a nightcap on their own terrace but there is one genuine gay bar, in a street of other bars in town, called De Factoit has good music, occasional drag, and a welcoming atmosphere but for live skiathos, a good alternative is Totem.

The open air cinema has occasional screenings, but Monday night is definitely Mamma Mia night at Club Borzoi where local vocalist Dawn Christy gives full Donna. Several tour boats go from the harbour for a swim in a turquoise cove, and to spot the Mamma Mia wedding church, the jetty and the beach gay the film, with a homely lunch on board but unlike more synthetic resorts, Skiathos does genuinely have a couple of Greek boat captains whose day long experience offers a bit of authenticity.

Captain Stefanos has a 12 metre sailing yacht called Aeriko which does round-the-island day sails or trips to neighbouring Skopelos and Alonissos. His main rival is the 51 foot Diamanti Yachtwhich also offers a sleek day boat experience often to the uninhabited island of Arkos, with lunch and secluded swimming, as well as days trips to the rest of the Sporades.

At some point, one needs to head into town for dinner. It is no exaggeration to say throwing a stone up any alleyway in Skiathos Town would hit a decent restaurant. Two strange sounding venues are actually quite an entertaining visit — the cat sanctuary does good work rescuing moggies from the beaches, but at the dog city visitors can actually play with the residents and take one out for a walk.

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