The southern Sporade apart — wild ponies, carved interiors and a cubist hilltop Chóra.
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About Skýros
Skýros sits apart from the other Sporades, out in the central Aegean, and keeps its own strong traditions. Its Chóra is a cascade of cubist white houses below a Byzantine castle, the homes famously crammed with…
Highlights
Town & villages
The Chóra
Cubist white houses spilling from a castle rock — quite unlike a typical Cycladic town.
Nature
Skyrian ponies
A rare, small native horse breed that still roams the island’s south.
Things to do
The Carnival
A famous pre-Lenten festival with "Géros" dancers in goat-skins and clanging bells.
Don’t miss
Woodcarving & ceramics
A living craft tradition of carved furniture and painted pottery.
Beaches
Sandy bays
Magaziá and Mólos stretch below the Chóra; quieter coves lie to the south.
Interesting spots
Grave of Rupert Brooke
The English poet is buried in an olive grove in the island’s south.
See it for real
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