We write them from the Pounta hillside, which changes the arithmetic. The old port is thirteen minutes by car and forty-one on foot, and the drive is the longer of the two in kilometres because the road goes around the bay and the runway while the footpath cuts across. Every distance in these guides is measured from here, not from the town square, because that is the number you actually need when you are deciding whether to go out again after dinner.<\/p>
If you are reading these to work out where to sleep rather than where to go, the Family Suite<\/a> takes four and the Classic Suite<\/a> takes two, and both of them look at the same water as everything described here.<\/p>","gt_why_body_source":{"label":"Second section, the rest","type":"textarea","formatted_value":" We write them from the Pounta hillside, which changes the arithmetic. The old port is thirteen minutes by car and forty-one on foot, and the drive is the longer of the two in kilometres because the road goes around the bay and the runway while the footpath cuts across. Every distance in these guides is measured from here, not from the town square, because that is the number you actually need when you are deciding whether to go out again after dinner.<\/p> If you are reading these to work out where to sleep rather than where to go, the Family Suite<\/a> takes four and the Classic Suite<\/a> takes two, and both of them look at the same water as everything described here.<\/p>"},"gt_list_h":"Places.","gt_list_h_source":{"label":"Guide list heading","type":"text","formatted_value":"Places."},"gt_list_note":"4 guides in this topic.","gt_list_note_source":{"label":"Guide list note","type":"text","formatted_value":"4 guides in this topic."},"gt_list_cta":"Read the guide","gt_list_cta_source":{"label":"Guide card link words","type":"text","formatted_value":"Read the guide"},"gt_extra":null,"gt_extra_source":{"label":"Cards added after the guides","type":"repeater","formatted_value":false},"gt_topics_h":"The other topics.","gt_topics_h_source":{"label":"Other topics heading","type":"text","formatted_value":"The other topics."},"gt_topics_note":"The rest of the island guide.","gt_topics_note_source":{"label":"Other topics note","type":"text","formatted_value":"The rest of the island guide."},"gt_topics_cta":"See the topic","gt_topics_cta_source":{"label":"Other topics link words","type":"text","formatted_value":"See the topic"},"gt_tile_title":"Places","gt_tile_title_source":{"label":"Card headline used on the other two archives","type":"text","formatted_value":"Places"},"gt_tile_summary":"Four guides to the places on Skiathos worth the drive from Pounta: the beaches, the town across the bay, Skopelos for a \u2026","gt_tile_summary_source":{"label":"Card summary","type":"textarea","formatted_value":"Four guides to the places on Skiathos worth the drive from Pounta: the beaches, the town across the bay, Skopelos for a \u2026"},"gt_tile_src":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/core-assets\/town.webp","gt_tile_src_source":{"label":"Card photograph","type":"text","formatted_value":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/core-assets\/town.webp"},"gt_tile_alt":"Skiathos Town across the water at sunset, seen from the garden steps at CORE","gt_tile_alt_source":{"label":"Card photograph description","type":"text","formatted_value":"Skiathos Town across the water at sunset, seen from the garden steps at CORE"},"gt_order":1,"gt_order_source":{"label":"Order among the topics","type":"number","formatted_value":"1"},"gt_faq_id":"places-faq","gt_faq_id_source":{"label":"Questions anchor","type":"text","formatted_value":"places-faq"},"gt_faq_h":"Questions about where to go","gt_faq_h_source":{"label":"Questions heading","type":"text","formatted_value":"Questions about where to go"},"gt_faq_lead":"Five questions about the places, answered at greater length in the four guides below.","gt_faq_lead_source":{"label":"Questions lead","type":"textarea","formatted_value":"Five questions about the places, answered at greater length in the four guides below."},"gt_faq":[{"question":"What is worth seeing on Skiathos?","answer":"The old town and its five small museums, the beaches along the south coast, the medieval Kastro on the north coast, and Skopelos across the water. 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