Arco Skiathos

... every day.<br><br>It is amazing that many of my hobbies came into my life just by chance. This was the case with horse-back riding as well. Though as a rider I&#8217;m next to nothing, I do my best not to miss a chance to have a ride on vacation. <br><br>Skiathos riding centre was just the right thing to brighten my beach holyday. It was a nice experience to ride a horse along the coast and through the wooden paths, enjoying spectacular views.<br><br>Another ...

... by car and to have more time for walking there enjoying the view, as it offers quite a lot to see.<br> <br> We stopped for lunch in K. Georgi, a fishing village on the mainland, which turned out to be a very nice and picturesque place. To many of our British fellow travelers it was the first time on the mainland in Greece. <br> <br>

... of &#8220;driving&#8221; a boat. This was nearly the same as having a yacht of your own, but without taking care of it. <br>Time flies unbelievably quickly!<br><br>The conclusion is that it must be tried at least once, after that you become addicted. Sailing can&#8217;t be compared to anything. <br><br>You can find Peter in the New Port. He is a most charming person and a very responsible and experienced sailor. Look for the smallest boat. It is the best one.<br>

... else. Actually it turned out that my friend&#8217;s view is the most frequent and it was quite difficult to find something informative about Skiathos even on the Internet until I was lucky to find the website of Geof and Lida Baldry, the Europeans, who have been resident in Skiathos for nearly 35 years by now. We agreed about an excursion to the most interesting places of the island via e-mail and on the agreed day Lida picked us ...

... Winner Takes It All" was filmed. Church on an outcropping and a rocky beach in the middle of nowhere. Pretty cool. A repeat of the dessert/sunset thing after dinner...this time with ouzo and lemons courtesy of a tree growing on the property.<br><br>Day three: Two beaches. The second was my favorite of the whole trip -- you could swim out a ways and work your way down the rocky coast ...

... therefore quiet) and only about a 15 minute walk to the main drag.<br><br>Plus she stuck a bottle of wine in the fridge for us.<br><br>The first day was spent exploring the town. Both of us were in bed by, like, ten.<br><br>Day two was spent between two beaches on the other side of the island... The second was a bit of a hike and hidden. Dinner that evening was phenomenal and included free ...

... I mention the food.... Marilyn you really should have come, we've been thinking of you and Con! Thick, rich yogurt with honey and walnuts, the best, most flaky and creamy spinach pie you've ever tasted - thick, dense breads, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, - and the olives and feta... and the sagnaki!! I could go on and on.... but suffice to say it's incredibly delicious.... and the warm sea air makes it taste even better! So, as you can tell we're having a ...

... was inverted it meant the woman who lived there was a widow and wanted to remarry. Back into the jeeps and off to climb further into the hillside and what spectular views of the bay below. Saw some awesome 1000 yr old trees (cant remember what they were called), also saw some castle ruins and mosques etc. Back down the hillside and through a little village, some of the road signs were hard case they were like our stop signs but said DUR presume this ...

<ul>"How simple a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness, is a simple heart." from Zorba the Greek I am reading a book called "Zorba the Greek" (thank you Sam, from DC). Fantastic description of Greece and life and feeling - even if it is a translation of the original. I highly recommend it for anyone coming to Greece. Today, was another ...

We move on from Meteroa down to the Pelion Coast and back to the beach. Getting here was a real mission and we nearly ran out of petrol which was very worrying. To get to the coast we had to drive up and over a moutain. But it was worth the drive. This is the place where the locals come for their holidays. We arrived on a Sunday and the beach was packed with day trippers. The beach is very long and ...