Skopelos Village Hotel & Apartments Reviews

Stayed here in an apartment ( sleeps 2-4) in August 2008. Excellent accomodation .Scrupulously clean. Daily maid service. 2 pools.One for the kids and a quieter shaded area for us oldies ! Rooms are spacious with TV hairdryer cooking facilities. 1 ( rather expensive restuaraunt on site ) . Breakfast was 10 euros but all you could eat.Ok if you have a huge morning appetite. They also do dinner at a price but it is quite upmarket.!

Situated in a quieter end of Skopelos town but within easy walking distance of the centre. During the daytime the harbour area was OK but at night it was absolutely manic !! You can eat & drink until 1-2 am in the morning so dont worry if you are arriving on the late ferry as we did. (22.30 ). Have a walk around some of the side streets.We found a taverna called the owl where the food is home-cooked and delicious. ( well as far as greek food goes anyway). The most economical drinks were the home made white or red wine.. 500mls for 2.80 euros or 200mls of ouzo for 6 euros..add some water or lemonade ( 1.50 euros a bottle) and you are away !

Now, the downside. Hence my rating. The allegedly pedestrianised area at the harbour did not seem to apply to mopeds. !

The travel arrangements with Olympic were tenuous to say the very least ! We just about made the last ferry across from Skiathos.The return arrangements were even tougher. The flying cat 6 was taken out of service on the day of our return.So, our 13.00 pick up was changed to 0950am with an hours coach journey to Glossa.Ferried to Skiathos arriving at 12.00. The flight home was at 2040 so a rather long day hanging around skiathos.The flight was delayed by one hour so we arrived back in Manchester at 2315 pm. ( 2 hour time difference would have made it 0115 am in Greece). So from 0950 to 0015 is an awful long time from Skiathos to Manchester !! It could have been worse...the week before the Olympic travellers had to leave at 0700am for the same 2040 flight home !

Overall if I had to go to Skopelos again I would choose the same accomodation without a doubt. If you want a quiet relaxing time..skopelos is NOT the place to go in August.However, it has a certain charm, that, with a bit of exploring the back lanes, quickly grows on the traveller who is prepared to climb up some pretty long inclines .

I hope this review is useful. xxxx