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Organized beaches in Skiathos
15 beaches in Skiathos with facilities: a mapped beach resort, or bars and tavernas close by with toilets or parking. Ranked live for today's wind.
An organized beach here is mapped as a beach resort, or has at least 2 bars, cafés or tavernas within 300 m together with toilets or a car park. This is what the map shows. Sunbeds and umbrellas are not mapped, so ask on arrival what is rented and what is free.
All 15 organized beaches on Skiathos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koukounaries Beach | south | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Big Banana Beach | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Small Banana Beach | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Troulos Beach | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Mandraki Beach | north-west | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Achladies Beach | south-east | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Big Aselinos | north | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Mandraki Elias Beach | north | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Agia Paraskevi | south | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Agistros Beach | north | – | Beach resort | |||||
| Tzaneira Beach | east | Sand | Beach resort | |||||
| Kolios Beach | south-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Megali Ammos | south-east | – | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Mystique beach | south | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Lygharies beach | north-west | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
Skiathos: how busy is it, month by month
Skiathos is busiest in August. In May, June, September, and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and September.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Thessaly region (Eurostat, average of 2023–2025), compared with its busiest month. They show when the area is busy, not how many people are on a given beach.
Frequently asked questions
Which beaches in Skiathos are organized?
15 of the 32 mapped beaches on Skiathos have a beach resort, or bars and tavernas with toilets or parking close by. Among them: Koukounaries Beach, Big Banana Beach, and Small Banana Beach.
Do organized beaches have sunbeds and umbrellas?
Often, but the map data does not list sunbeds, so we cannot promise it. Check on arrival what is rented and what is free.
How do you know which beaches are sheltered?
For every beach we measured how much open sea lies in each of 16 compass directions, using OpenStreetMap coastlines. Waves build over open water, so a beach with land close by in the direction the wind comes from is sheltered. Today's wind forecast from MET Norway is then applied, and the result is refreshed every 2 hours.
Are the forecasts reliable?
They are estimates. The model does not include swell from distant storms, and local gusts can be stronger than forecast. Always follow lifeguard flags and local warnings.