And after the northern Greece, we continued south, towards Volos, where we took a ferry boat, and after two hours of a very nice and relaxing boat ride, we reached Skiathos. At first we thought we'll find the accommodation easily, after all, everyone was talking about a slow season, economic problems, and similar, so we didn't make any reservations. Big mistake! It was almost the beginning of August, and it seemed like everyone was on this island: lots of tourists from Britain, France, and even lots of Greek families, and especially young people, since, what we learned later, there's a lot of good places to party (clubs, beaches, etc.). So, we started walking and driving around the Skiathos town, and we founds lots of signs for renting apartments, however, we just couldn't find one that's available.
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