Despoina

We have stayed in many hotels in Skiathos town but this is the best. Decent prices, spacious rooms with large balcony and refrigerator. Nice and clean. AC is wonderful. Lovely family that runs it. 5 minutes walk from main street and 3 minutes to bus stop 3 for the bus to the beaches. Highly recommended.Best regards Kjell and Mikael Stockholm

Despoina is a complex of apartments located in a quiet area of the island just outside Skiathos town, city center being just 10 minutes of walk far. Our room was cosy and clean, with essential furniture and no kitchen (to consider if you are looking for a place where cooking meals on your own), yet we found a small fridge to store our stuff. John is a patient host and a good man, he welcomed us with joy and gave precious advice about what to visit and how to move around. He showed us the closest supermarket and bus stop, which are just around the corner and this was a really good point. Our stay in Skiathos lasted 6 days. The island is quite small, and the southern coastline is served by a bus connecting the town with some of the most beautiful beaches of the place. The northern side is wilder, and can be reached by boat or renting mopeds, buggies or cars (roads leading there have no asphalt). We chose to move mainly by bus, boat tripping from the port to reach the northern beaches (Lalaria, Kastro, etc.) and visit the other islands of the Sporades (Skopelos, Alonissos and Tzougrias). We advice you not to rent a car since it could result in a waste of money. On the other hand, wandering around the dust roads of the island on a dune buggy could be really fun. We will try for sure next time we visit. To sum up, we had some great time in Skiathos, and Despoina was the right place to stay. Highly recommended.

We were pleased with everything: - large, clean, good-looking room - two luggage stands - comfortable beds - everything in working order - daily cleaning of room, without being obtrusive - frequent changing of towels and of bed sheets - great location - less than 15 minutes away from the port, 3 minutes away from the beautiful city streets, 5 minutes away from the closest bus station - kind and helpful hosts - fair price Negative point, but not a deal breaker for us (thanks to EU roaming policies): - no Wi-Fi

great location just outside the center reachable on foot in two minutes room cleaned every day linen change every two days jhon and mum always available to give advice free parking in addition through jhon we have also rented the scooter at an extremely convenient amount highly recommend to anyone who wants to come to skiathos Numbers 1 !!!!

Loved the staff!!