Press
Skyros has been the subject of numerous features in the British and foreign press over the years. The very short extracts on this page represent only a tiny sample of the vast publicity given to an organisation, which does not even have a PR department.
"Skyros holidays are among the very few that an intelligent single person can thoroughly enjoy without either feeling out of place or compelled to play the mating game. A few romances did develop, but Atsitsa's great achievement lies in its ability to create a climate that makes possible a meeting of minds in which the barriers of age and gender dissolve and people experience that rarest of treats - simply being valued for who they really are, with no strings attached."
"I can't recommend the holidays enough - they revitalised my approach to life."
May 2001
"To mark National Poetry Day the Arts Council of England is currently running a promotion of Contemporary Poetry in selected bookshops that features books by 10 of the finest British poets writing today. But there's a further cause for poetic celebration. Independent readers can win a holiday and writing course on the Greek island of Skyros next spring. Skyros, Europe's first alternative holiday centre and world leader in the field, offers the winner a prize of two weeks' holiday."
September 2000
"Half an hour later, my budding authors were in business, perspiring but eager. They had written pages. It was all fresh and good and entertaining."
July 2000
"We were led through a forest of lush tropical plants to the air-conditioned wooden bungalows that would be home for the next two weeks... I danced and hugged and sobbed and laughed like a schoolgirl. By the end of the week, I was hooked."
July 2000
"The staff quickly revealed themselves to be very gifted, charismatic and witty group who gave of themselves well beyond the call of duty. The food was delicious local cuisine, both veggie and non. On the last morning of our trip, as the ferry pulled away from Skyros and as we looked back at the island and sang Amazing Grace, many shed a few tears."
December 1999
"Lesley Garner of The Sunday Telegraph summed up Skyros like this: ‘People go to Club Med to forget themselves – here they hope to find themselves’. I want to join Skyros in all their events and activities."
November 1999
"In the evenings, we got together in the bar to discuss our personal triumphs and insights with a renewed enthusiasm for life."
November 1999
"I rediscovered the fun-loving, caring and most of all uncynical side of myself."
April 1999
"If you think you really have a great novel inside you, you can find out in Skyros in the company of authors such as Sue Townsend, Rachel Billington or Hanif Kureishi."
April 1999
"A relaxed and genuine atmosphere of mutual encouragement, laughter and learning which provides a haven for creativity and self-awareness."
April 1999