The Greek Island of Sciathos does have quite a few walking possibilities
which might be of interest whilst on holiday although there are not a lot of
paths available so the walking has to be mostly on dirt tracks. With perhaps the best beaches on Skiathos being located on the north undeveloped
coast there are several short and medium distance walks described on our site
which show how to use the excellent bus service and then walk across Sciathos
on forest tracks to reach them.
There are also walks out into the mountains visiting other beaches, churches
and monasteries - these are mostly circulars and vary from 12 to 20km long.
Walking on the Greek Island of Skiathos can be quite tough especially when you get into June, July
and August due to the high temperatures - 40 to 45+ degrees being quite possible. Please note that our walks are often described from a starting point of Troulos
since this is where we were staying - whenever buses or taxis were used to get to
the actual start of the walk we do mention bus stop
numbers etc.
Maps. We used the Topo 25 (Anavasi) - this map is quite
accurate according to our GPS however some of the paths shown around Mandraki
are not quite correct. Also and importantly the bus stops around Koukounaries
are incorrectly numbered - Bus Stop 23 is the Mandraki Bus Stop and then Bus Stop 23
has become 24 and therefore 24 is now 25 and the bus terminates at bus stop 26.
Our Skiathos Walks Menu
On this page are several ways to walk across the Island to Mandraki and
nearbye Beaches.
Koukonaries to Mandraki - Bus stop 23/24 - almost flat walk across the
island on a sandy wide path.
Koukonaries to Elias Bay - Bus stop 23 - almost flat walk across the
island on a sandy wide track.
The following Skiathos Walks are on new pages - these walks are somewhat longer and take a little more effort since there are also climbs involved - they visit churches, beaches and several Monasteries.
| Skiathos Town to Panaghia Kechrea Moni | A one way 14km walk from outskirts of Skiathos Town via Profitis Ilias to Panaghia Kechrea Monastery and Bay then on to Kolios. Hard initial climb. |
| Moni Evagelistria to Bus Stop | A 13km circuit from Moni Evagelistria visiting Moni Charalambos then back across the island to Bus Stop 2. Steep initial climb. |
| Panaghia Kounistra Moni | 18km circular walk from outside Troulos to the monastery - then coastal track then back across the island to Troulos. Steep climbs. |
| Troulos - Meghalos Aselinos+Elias Bay - Troulos | A 14km walk across the island on dirt tracks to several unspoilt beaches. Some fairly easy climbs. Circular. |
| Troulos - Koukounaries - Mandraki | 16km walk - Troulos to Koukounaries on a lovely wooded track then coastal track via Krifi Amos to Mandraki. |
Koukonaries to Mandraki Beach. Route 1 - starts from bus stop 23 (known as Mandraki Bus Stop) and is around 1.5km on flat sandy track. The bus stop is by some tavernas and a hotel - take the tarmac road heading inland going past some holiday accommodation - the tarmac soon ends and the surface becomes a sandy track. (Perhaps note that walking on this surface is sometimes quite difficult as the sand is deep in places - flip flops are not ideal). Just keep straight ahead then around 50 metres after a track leaves on the right look for a sandy path on the left. Simply follow this path going which mainly goes through pine trees (and is therefore quite shady) to arrive at a main track. The path continues on the other side of the track, go left at a path junction - the path soon arrives at the Mandraki Beach track - go right and walk on down to the beach.
Koukonaries to Mandraki Beach. Route 2. This starts
from Bus Stop 24 by the Koukonaries supermarket. Head inland on a surfaced track
- this winds round to the right passing holiday accommodation then soon bears
left and continues as a wide sandy track via the pine trees. Stay on this sandy
track until you arrive at a quite open area and a gate, go slightly right and
then left again soon passing a taverna and then arriving at the dirt coastal
road. The track opposite is clearly marked to Mandraki Beach - though watch out
for cars and jeeps thinking they are on safari...
There is a taverna on this beach plus you can hire sunbeds and umbrellas.
Koukonaries to Elias Bay. This is around 1.5km and again
quite flat. Start from Bus Stop 23. Take the tarmac road going inland which soon
changes to a sandy track - this time just stay on the track going through pine
trees and eventually ending up at the main coastal dirt road. Go straight across
and walk on down to the beach at Elias Bay - again this beach has a taverna and
umbrellas and beach chairs.
(from the above 3 descriptions you can see it is easy to
get to these beaches and by using the dirt coastal road quite straight forward
to perhaps walk over to one of the beaches on one route and enjoy a walk back a
different way.
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Please see our Main Skiathos page for lots more items on this excellent Greek Holiday Island - other Skiathos Walks are at Skiathos Monastery Walks and Skiathos Coastal Walks
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