Skiathos
A small Sporades island known for more than sixty beaches, among them the long sandy Koukounaries. The main town has a harbour, old streets and the home of the writer Alexandros Papadiamantis.
- Where
- Thessaly, Greece
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 39.1690, 23.4568
Get the Skiathos stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Skiathos. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Thessaly volume with your photos and a note.
Near Skiathos
Skopelos 22 km
A green Sporades island with pine forests, plum orchards and many small chapels. Parts of the film Mamma Mia! were shot here, including the white chapel of Agios Ioannis on a rock.
Alonnisos 39 km
A quiet Sporades island at the edge of the National Marine Park of Alonnisos, a protected area for rare Mediterranean marine life and nesting birds. Its old hilltop village was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1965, and the new port at Patitiri is the main base.
Pelion 46 km
A forested mountain peninsula in Thessaly with stone villages, orchards and beaches on the Aegean side. In myth it was the home of the centaurs, and a narrow gauge railway runs from Ano Lechonia.
Thermopylae 90 km
A narrow coastal pass where King Leonidas and his Spartans held back the Persian army in 480 BC. A bronze statue of Leonidas and a hill with a memorial mark the spot, beside hot sulphur springs.
Mount Parnassus 101 km
A limestone massif above Delphi that peaks at 2,457 metres. In myth it was sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and today it has ski slopes and hiking trails inside a national park.
Hosios Loukas 106 km
A walled monastery near Mount Helicon, founded in the 10th century around the tomb of a local hermit. Its church has fine gold mosaics and is one of the main examples of Middle Byzantine art, listed by UNESCO.
Vale of Tempe 111 km
A narrow, steep sided gorge cut by the Pineios river between Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa. It is about 10 km long and was praised by ancient poets as a sacred place of Apollo.
Temple of Apollo in Delphi 113 km
The ruins of the temple where the priestess Pythia gave oracles on behalf of Apollo, at the centre of the sanctuary of Delphi. The surviving columns date from the 4th century BC and sit high above the valley of the Pleistos river.
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Questions
Where is Skiathos?
Skiathos is in Thessaly, Greece. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Skopelos (22 km), Alonnisos (39 km), Pelion (46 km).
How do I get the Skiathos stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Skiathos and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Thessaly volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Skiathos before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Thessaly volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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