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Agios Petros sits above its namesake beach in northern Skyros, reached by a rough approach through pine country. Meat drives the meal: goat, lamb and charcoal cuts arrive with Skyrian recipes, giving beachgoers a lunch built around the island's interior rather than another fish display.
Barba Giannis kai Maritsa keeps a small table in central Skyros Town, serving a short list that reads like a household lunch. Fava, meatballs, fried bread, strapatsada, imam and tomato salad arrive without elaborate plating or a harbour surcharge.
Mouries spreads tables beneath mature mulberry trees on the road south of Chora, beside fields where Skyrian ponies graze. The kitchen centres goat, lamb and island pies rather than beach seafood, feeding families and riders from large earthen dishes.
