Skiathos Living

We have just returned from a great stay at Skiathos Living. The staff are extremely friendly and obliging. Our apartment was immaculate and very spacious, overlooking the pool and with a beautiful sea view (room 303). The shower rooms were quite tired but ok. The daily housekeeping was excellent, and breakfast was brought on a tray each morning. There is a lot of bread and pastry! More fruit would have been welcome and perhaps a toaster in the room would have been good to make toast for breakfast with the bread provided. The cooking facilities are basic, just a small hob, so cooking for a family isn’t really possible plus there were only a few plates and cutlery. The pool area is good with lovely views, it is clean and tidy however the cushions on the sun-beds desperately need replacing as they’re dirty (per other reviews) and some were ripped. I was told however that these are being replaced very soon. The Wi-Fi is good, 3mb download and the TV had 2 English speaking channels, Sky News and MTV. The location of Skiathos Living is excellent. Just a very short walk to the bus stop and new port and 10 minute walk to the old port and the Bourtzi peninsula. The old port and old town are beautiful with many shops and restaurants. You can also get a taxi boat from here to a few of the more popular beaches. The taxi boat to Koukounaries is 6 euros pp, and the bus is 3 euros. We really enjoyed our stay and with a few tweaks this hotel could be really wonderful!

Perfect accommodation for our family as centrally located to transport hub for the beautiful beaches. The place had a lovely pool with loungers and towels. We ordered breakfast to be included, which was great and enough for our lunch too. Welcome air conditioning in the rooms and we stayed in an apartment which was over 2 floors, but it had 2 toilets one on each floor and 2 balconies. Staff were all amazing and super friendly. Wouldn't hestitate To recommend this hotel. There are steep steps to property..so wouldn't be suitable for people of limited mobility.

A mixed review. When I booked it was advertised as ‘Skiathos Luxury Living’ when we arrived it has been downgraded to Skiathos Living. The apartment was very basic. Very limited self catering faculties, which meant we then had to eat out for every meal. The apartment furnishing were simple, clean but heavily stained on the sofas and curtains. The beds were uncomfortable. The children had to put duvets on the mattresses so they could not feel the springs. That said, the apartment was cleaned a daily with fresh towels etc. The pool was sufficient, but small with no bar / shop (fine for us but highlighting). Great location to Skiathos town which was perfect for our 16 year old girls. Bus route stop 1, was right outside complex with supermarket and bakery not much further. Small balcony but with a stunning view of Skiathos. Lovely island, great people, very friendly, affordable but very busy and commercial in places. Old town is stunning. Beaches lovely. We hired a small power boat for a couple of days, which was great to escape some of the busier beaches.