The only way to get to this beach is by boat. But there is a wide range of boat trips. It is great competition between the boat owners from Skiathos Harbour. They all want to carry as many passengers as possible to Lalaria. The beach is almost at the north end of the Island.

Many people have seen photos of this beach without realising that they are taken at Lalaria. The beach is a very popular motive for photographers. The reason is very simple. The beach has a number of rocks sticking out into the sea at the south end. There is a big hole in the rocks. The hole is partly beneath the surface of the water and is big enough for the boats to pass through. An incredible lot of photos are taken of it every day during the tourist season.

It is also very popular to swim through this hole. Not many people know that there is in fact another hole next to it. But this is beneath the surface of the water, just outside the one you can see. For a reasonably good under water swimmer it is no problem to swim through this hole as well.

Lalaria is a pebbled beach and it is not easy to walk without shoes. The stones are slippery and round and in a light grey colour with many nice shades. We would not deny that we have a few stones taken from here in our goldfish bowl at home.

A tough Italian trying to show off how good he is at jumping from high cliffs.

 

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Lalaria is a long beach. The cliffs go strait up from the beach. Therefore it is shady early in the afternoon.