28 Jun 2013
Social holidays, such as Skyros, that offer a community atmosphere and creative environment, are the ideal place for both solo and group travellers to explore, relax and meet a variety of new and interesting people. Many of those you meet will become life-long friends. Find out more at www.Skyros.com
Friends are more important than a flat in Knightsbridge or a Porsche in your garage! Thinking otherwise, Euripides tells us, is nothing less than 'madness'. For, 'when joy comes, it's good to have a friend to share it with. And if sorrow comes - God forbid - the deepest comfort is to see it reflected in the eyes of a friend'.
Having someone who will be ready to walk in when the whole world seems to walk out of your life is a blessing. Dependable as a parachute, he or she will give you exactly what you most need at the moment: understanding, support, encouragement and help.
But friends don't come easily when we work hard to earn the money to buy what we 'need' except that, by the way, what we really need is so often beyond all our efforts. Capitalism is still far away from ensuring the mass consumption of happiness if the latter is disassociated from what is displayed in its cathedrals!
Yet, we need one or two people who know all about ourselves and still adore us! We need, actually, a network of friends.
But what do you do and where can you go to find such friends?
Social holidays, such as Skyros, that offer a community atmosphere and creative environment, are the ideal place for both solo and group travellers to explore, relax and meet a variety of new and interesting people. Many of those you meet will become life-long friends.
People abandon in Skyros the land of superficiality, sign off the roles their professional or social standing is believed to require and stop playing the old games. The latter, just as Agamemnon, as described by his wife, Clytemnestra, are just like a net, full of holes! They allow, instead, their true selves to emerge and this in the certainty they would still be loved, valued and respected for what they really are. Concern, care and love for people rests in the foundations of it all as much as truth, honesty and trust. And this is what real and lasting friendships are based on.
The freedom to be who you are is a truly liberating experience. It's also beneficial, not only in the short, but in the long term, too. Skyros is, indeed, the holiday you can take home with you - together with your new friends, often friends for life.
The latter will be there to make sure that you no longer need to worry if, for example, you are ageing, taking, in other words, this vital step to a long life, or if you can't exactly handle the fact that your body is no longer comfortable in your jeans! They will be there, more seriously, if and when you really need them to join you in joy or when you find yourself in a space where pain is the host.
And this is far more valuable than a Stefano Canturi diamond necklace or a Porsche in your garage!
Skyros is the alternative to our commercialised world, the full-blooded dream of a life that makes sense. Don't miss it. Join it now. You can do so even from your bed as long as the telephone or the WiFi is within reach!
For press information please contact:
Yannis Andricopoulos
Tel: +44 (0)1983 86 55 66
Email: yannis@skyros.com
Skyros is the leading provider of community-based, social holidays in Greece, Thailand, Cambodia, Cuba and the UK. You'll find a wide range of courses including yoga, windsurfing, sailing, life coaching, creative writing, music, salsa and so much more. Skyros attracts mostly solo holiday-makers from all over the world. A huge majority - over 80 per cent - report the Skyros experience had a lasting positive effect on their lives. Nearly a third come back again and again - even after they have said that Skyros was the 'holiday of a lifetime'. Good food, inspiring courses, beautiful location and great company - it's a winning combination!
Forthcoming holidays for this summer run on the idyllic island of Skyros in Greece from June until late September. The two main centres are Atsitsa Bay and the Skyros Centre:
Atsitsa Bay, on the island's pine-forested western coast, offers a wide range of activities including windsurfing, yoga, art and music. Try something new, discover new talents and meet a wonderful variety of interesting people. Atsitsa's main stone villa commands a supreme position in the bay. Its huts, in which most of the participants and staff choose to live, are situated in lush gardens and are shaded by pine and fruit trees.
The Skyros Centre, home to the Writers' Lab, the Life Choices programme and, new this year, the Art Studio, nestles on the hillside at the edge of Skyros village. Built high up to evade the clutches of Mediterranean pirates, the village is accessible only by foot through narrow, cobblestoned streets. The long, sandy beach is a pleasant ten-minute walk away. The Centre's courtyard, shaded by fig and pomegranate trees, has a panoramic view of the valley and the Aegean.
Prices range from £595 to £695 for a one week holiday, and £995 - £1,245 for a two week holiday and include twin share accommodation, half board meals at the Skyros Centre and full board meals at Atsitsa Bay, plus courses and activities.
If you would like to find out more, please visit our website and get in touch for photos and more by emailing Laura at holidays@skyros.com or call us on 01983 865566. www.Skyros.com
