Plaže na Alikias

This is our second year visiting and the hotel is definitely worth a visit, especially because of the friendly staff. The beach has pebbles and the water is crystal clear. We stayed at the Adriana Beach hotel, which is built on a hillside. It can be a bit challenging to walk back to the rooms, but they do have a golf buggy available for those who prefer an easier option. It's worth considering taking the water taxi from skiathos port, although it is a bit expensive at 150 euros each way. However, if there are four of you, it's more cost-effective than taking the flying dolphin ferry and a taxi. The food choices at the hotel were acceptable, but they leaned more towards international cuisine rather than Greek. If you're looking for some excellent tavernas, there are a few on Panorma Beach, which is just a ten-minute walk from the hotel. The only disappointment was that, considering it's a family-run hotel, the family themselves were not very visible. Despite that, we definitely plan on going back. 😎👍🥂

This is a great place to stay in Skopelos. It's a very nice place in a fantastic location. It's only a one-minute walk from the main riviera and a one-minute walk to the beach. There's also a shop right across the street. If you need to rent a scooter or ATV, there's a nearby rental place called Magicars and they are fair. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to use the pool because it's closed in the afternoons when we had free time. Additionally, there's currently no bar service at the pool, most likely due to the pandemic. The room was even nicer than it looked in the pictures and it had air conditioning, a small balcony, and a fridge. The bathroom was spacious and clean and it even had a bathtub. The flush in the toilet was broken, but they were able to fix it the same day. The staff was extremely friendly, but that's generally the case with Greeks. Breakfast is available for 5 euros and it's a basic continental breakfast with pastries, cereal, fruit, yogurt, ham, and cheese. One inconvenience we experienced was that you can't precool the air conditioning by leaving it on while you're not in the room. It only runs when you're in the room, which was especially inconvenient during the recent heatwave in Greece, which was the worst in the last 30 years.

Po prihodu z izletniškim čolnom, ki je obiskal več otokov, smo naleteli na skriti dragulj plaže, ki se nahaja v majhni zalivu. Plaža je imela ležalnike in peščene odseke, obdane s kristalno čistimi vodami, ki so vabile k osvežujočemu kopanju. Čeprav je bil na voljo plažni bar, so bile cene precej visoke, hrana pa je bila precej običajna in brez navdiha. Kljub temu je ta plaža še vedno priljubljena destinacija, predvsem zaradi svoje vloge v priljubljenem filmu Mama Mia.

Ta plaža je vrhunec! Nahaja se zelo priročno, le skok, preskok in skok stran od ceste, v bližini pa je tudi tržnica, kjer lahko dobite osvežilno poceni pijačo. Voda je kristalno čista, kamni na morskem dnu pa nudijo prijetno mesto za poležavanje in sončenje. A prava češnja na vrhu? Brezplačne ležalniki in senčniki, ki jih ponuja taverna Rigas (le poskrbite, da naročite kaj, saj je to le vljudno). Če pa potrebujete stranišče ali svežo vodo, sta na voljo tudi na sami plaži. Za dodatno varnost pa skrbi reševalec na plaži. Pet zvezdic ni dovolj, ta plaža si zasluži šest!

Na prvi pogled se ta obmorska destinacija zdi precej prijetna s svojimi vabljivimi vodami. Vendar pa lahko ob natančnejšem pregledu opazimo, da je plaža prekrita s kamenčki in preplavljena s sitnimi muhami in čebelami podnevi, sledi pa jim roj komarjev zvečer. Čeprav bi bilo to sprejemljivo, če bi šlo za javni prostor, pa ni tako. Lastniki zaračunavajo visoke cene pijač, predvajajo glasno glasbo in so na splošno neprijazni.

Ta osupljiva plaža se nahaja le kratek 10-15 minutni vožnji od Chore, kar jo naredi popolno mesto za osvežujočo kopel po prihodu na otok. Kristalno čista voda je nedotaknjena in vabljiva, zagotavljajoč mirno oazo za sprostitev in obnovo. Čeprav je v bližini še ena plaža imenovana Velanio, je po mojem osebnem mnenju Stafylos nadrejena izbira zaradi svoje neprimerljive lepote in miru.