Hotel Mato in Skiathos Town

This accommodation should come with a BIG warning because there is no vehicular access. Access is via about twenty steep steps, a trail of narrow paths, or a steep hill. Either way, anyone with luggage will struggle. My kind taxi driver helped me when I arrived, on my departure, a jolly man from Manchester heaved my bag to the top of the hill. I was lucky. The hotel itself is unusual. Think of visiting the home of someone who has not bought any new furniture for the last fifty years but has collected knick-knacks and you are on the right track. However, the bedroom was clean and the bed linen was of a high quality. Breakfast is served from 8.00 in the morning and it was delicious. A pot of coffee, decent orange juice, greek yoghurt with honey and walnuts, mini croissants, toasts, fresh bread and cake. There was also cereal if you wanted it. Lots of cats seem to live there but were all outside when I visited. Mine was a last-minute booking for one night because of weather problems affecting the ferries. I'm not sure I would want to stay there for any length of time.