Welcome to our Koukounaries hotels and information page. Koukounaries is located in Skiathos, Greece. If you wish to search for available hotels in Koukounaries please use the form on the left to check accommodation on your chosen travel dates. Koukounaries is also known as Maratha. Koukounaries (meaning 'pine cones after the trees surrounding the beach), is a site on the island Skiathos (part of the Sporades), 16 kilometres south west of Skiathos Town. Koukounaries was once known as Maratha. Koukounaries is well known for Koukounaries Beach, also known as 'Chrisi Ammos (meaning 'golden sand') since the sand there is extremely fine. Until 1964 when Skiathos was designated by the Greek National Tourism Organisation as a development zone for tourism, Skiathos Town was the only settlement on the island. Following the GNTO's decision a coast road connecting Skiathos town to Koukounaries was built. At the same time the first large scale hotel on the island was built in Koukounaries. Currently, Koukounaries is a popular tourist destination during the summer. There is a variety of hotels, hostels, camping sites, tavernas, restaurants, bars, 'ouzeri, and cafes.

The beach in Koukounaries is run by the Municipality of Skiathos. The beach is fully equipped with beach bars, toilets, showers, water sport facilities, lifeguard towers and a marina. It is approximately one and a half kilometres long, a 15 minute walk from one end to the other. Between the beach and the main coastal road, there is the lagoon of Strofylia which together with the forest of Koukounaries form a rare aquatic natural habitat and are protected under the supervision of the Municipality of Skiathos.

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