Sincere thanks to the owner Stamatis who is a very kind and attentive host and goes above and beyond to help. Stamatis helped us organise a rental car in advance. He met us at the airport, helped us collect the rental car and we then followed him to the villa which was really helpful as we arrived late after dark and Skiathos has some steep, hilly roads. There was water, beer and soft drinks on arrival. Stamatis was flexible with check out times, gave helpful recommendations re places to eat and responded very quickly to any messages we sent while there.
Can’t recommend the villa highly enough. Stayed as a family of 3 with our 15 month old son. The villa is modern, tastefully finished with beautiful artwork. It has the most incredible, panoramic views of the sea which can be enjoyed from nearly every window in the property and from both the upper terrace and the infinity pool/ surrounding greenery on the lower level. The living / dining area and terrace with bbq is on the upper level and you go downstairs to 3 bedrooms which lead out the pool and greenery area.
The runway is close but the planes are quiet, if not silent when landing and are fascinating to watch. You can hear the occasional plane when taking off but these are very infrequent so not an issue at all.
The villa is in a quiet residential area. It’s so private and not overlooked at all but equally doesn’t feel isolated as you can still see a few other neighbouring villas, which are a good distance away, from the terrace.
Skiathos is very small but I think a car is pretty essential. We personally didn’t feel we could walk into town as the roads are steep in places without pavements and definitely not pram friendly. Town is a short 10 minute drive and there’s a large free car park which is handy. There’s a lovely harbour, shops, waterside restaurants and an amazing bar overlooking the sea called Bourtzo.
There’s not many places we would want to stay again as we usually try somewhere new but we would definitely love to stay here again.