Hotel Amalia is situated downtown (in the center), 100 meters from the port and 50 meters from the sea. This provides direct access to all modes of transportation (taxis, buses, boats, ferries, and rental cars), the island's shops, coffees, restaurants, bars. It is ideal for everyone.

Check-in: from 14:00 h
Check-out: until 12:00 h

• 24h Reception at your disposal
• Fax
• Wake up call Service
• Room service (snacks,drinks)
• Lounge with satellite TV
• Restaurant indoors  and outdoors with service of Buffee
• Main Bar-Cafeteria
• Giant Chess
• Swimming pool
• Children’s Pool
• Sitting area at pool
• Free sunbeds around the pool
• Area with table games & Electronic games
• Children’s Playground
• Mini golf
• Ping-pong
• Spacious Free Parking
• Free Mini bus service for transfer from & to Hotel from Rethymno(6 times daily)
• Office with Computer
• Wi-Fi free
• Library
• Doctor service(on request,24h on call)
• Place with shower for the clients for the day of departure
• Cleanliness of rooms every day(except Sundays)
• Change of bed clothing every 3 days.
• Laundry(on request)
• Lift
• Possibility of reservations through electronic mail, fax or/and telephone
• Service for renting cars
• Informations  and reservations for group or Individual excursions and guides
• (Lessons of diving)
• Opportunity Greek & Disco nights
• Service of Baby-sitting(on request)
• Possibility of payment through credit cards(Visa & MasterCard)

Room Facilities:

• Traditional furnishings and decor
• Balcony
• Bathroom (with a continuous supply of hot water)
• Phone
• Mini fridge
• Television
• Hairdryer
• Safety box

Free Wi-Fi in the rooms

Skopelos is the second island of Sporades and belongs to the prefecture of Magnesia.

About 80% of the area is covered by dense pine forests, often described as paradise. Overall it has about 5,000 residents, of whom 3,000 live in the country.

Skopelos as the Archaic period was known as "Peparithos" since, according to legend, the Minoans Peparithos son of Dionysus and Ariadne, the first colonized the island during the Minoan naval. In another version, the first settler was the brother of the grape, which sailed into the bay south of the island and then reigned, where she was discovered and buried.

However, since the second century. BC adopted the current name "Skopelos" by Ptolemy and Hierocles, probably because of apokrimon coast of north-eastern part of the island.

In archaic times Skopelos colonized by Chalcis and flourished from the late 6th century. and early fifth century. BC
In the Byzantine years, Christianity in prominent figure in the 4th century. AD Bishop Riginos, who took part in the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 363 and died during the persecutions of the Emperor Julian. The Riginos canonised and later founded in honor of the basilica located three kilometers south of the city. According to legend, the present church was built in 1728, probably the remains of an older, Byzantine monastery. Cloisters is the sarcophagus of St. Riginos.

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