Accommodation

Participants stay in rooms close to the Centre that combine modern comforts with a Skyrian ambience. Most are ensuite rooms or small apartments, with a touch of luxury; some are charming rooms within traditional houses. All have air conditioning, refrigerators and tea and coffee making facilities. Participants normally share a twin room. Single rooms are bookable in advance at £245 per session in low season and £295 in the high season (21 July to 31 August). During the months of June and September, when the Skyros Centre programme is run in Atsitsa, accommodation will be in our spacious stone villa or in two person bamboo huts situated in the midst of lush gardens and shaded by pine and fruit trees. Some single huts are available at a supplement of £175 per session. Shared twin rooms in the house carry a supplement of £75 per session.

‘Skyros is different because it is opening up participants to possibilities. What you take back from this island is more than you get from a typical holiday.’ Jewish Chronicle

Food

Adapted from the villagers’ traditional diet, meals are based on fresh fruit and vegetables, natural yoghurt, grains and cheese. They are eaten on the Centre’s terrace which enjoys a panoramic view over the sea. Food is prepared by Vasso, about whom writer Michèle Roberts wrote, ‘Where is heaven? Here on earth, in Skyros, in Vasso’s kitchen’. The Centre is half board (usually breakfast and lunch). In the evenings there are plenty of options to choose from in the village, from traditional tavernas to sophisticated restaurants serving modern Greek cuisine (£7 - £12). When the Skyros Centre programme is held in Atsitsa, full board is provided.

‘If you like a challenge, go for the Life Choices programme. It will help you rethink your career, health and relationships.’ Bella

Daily life

The day starts with gentle yoga followed by breakfast. The main course is held between 10.30am and 1.30pm. After lunch one can stroll down to the sea or have a siesta. Late afternoons are reserved for the Music & Art sessions that range from singing and comedy improvisation to drawing and film making, walks in the countryside or a visit to the local museum. Timings may differ when the Skyros Centre courses are held in Atsitsa.

Every session offers the traditional Skyros structures of demos (community affairs), co-listening (meeting a partner daily to share feelings and ideas) and light community work such as vegetable chopping or watering the plants.

One-to-one sessions such as massage treatments are bookable on site.

'To read Skyros press coverage is to choke on cliched words like 'life changing', 'transforming'. Yet at the end of two weeks, Skyros has been all of these.' The Observer

Nightlife

Skyros nightlife is relaxed yet with much to offer. There are bars with live music that are open until the early hours and tavernas with delicious food and inexpensive drinks. In the village‘s nightclubs one can dance the night away.

‘Skyros isn’t "unreal". In fact, it’s a hell of a lot more real than most people are used to’. The Sunday Telegraph