The church of the Virgin Mary of Papameletiou is built on abrupt rock and dates from the 17th century. On the northern side of the church the chapel Agios Anargyron is attached. Within the church are paintings and icons of the 17th, 18th and 19th century.

The church of Agios Nikolaos is built on the site of an older temple and has a carved wooden temple. There are pictures dated from 17th, 18th, and the 19th centuries.

The church of Agios Athanassios of Athos the Enathonas is a building of 9th century and built on ruins of an early Christian chapel located within the Castle of Hora, the ruins of the Venetian fortress. The church of Agios Mihail Synnadon is located close to the Commercial Bank. It is a stone church with a decorated tiled roof. There are 24 painting of the 17th and 18th centuries and there is decorated column arch to the high altar. The Church of Christ is the Metropolitan cathedral and has a carved wooden temple of unique art and value with the forms of the prophets and Apostles gilded in gold dated 1762. In the courtyard are the graves of past bishops.

The church of Agios Dimitrios is a small chapel with murals dated to the 17th century. The church of Agios Georgiou of Kyratsou has gravel laid flooring, its carved wood temple with the 12 Apostles and paintings and icons of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

The Basilica of the Apostles is above the Town Hall and built during the time of Bishop Anastasios. Other appreciable churches are the church of Revelations opposite the Folklore Museum and the church of the Virgin Mary of Eleftherotrias, the church of Agios Nikolaos of the Gardens, the church of the Virgin Mary.

The chapel of Agios Ioannis is on the top of a sea rock at a height of 100 m. There is no record of when it was actually built. Local history says that a resident saw a glow on the top of the rock one evening, at first he did not give particular significance to this, but it was repeated many times and then in a dream he saw a woman who told him to go to the top of the rock with the other residents and search for an icon there, and so there was. The next day the whole community of the island there and he related what had happened. Then they all began to carve steps into the rock to the top. Once there they found the Agios Ioannis icon, which was transported to a nearby chapel.

The next day they discovered that the icon was not in the church, but back where it had originally been found. They decided to build a chapel on the site to house the icon because they believed that the saint wished to be there. There are 105 steps carved into the rock leading to the chapel.

The Monastery of Agios Riginou is located 2 km north-west of the city of Skopelos. The Abbey was built above the ruins of a Byzantine chaple in 1728. In the courtyard of the monastery is the grave of Agios Riginou, which is a small sarcophagus that is dated 4th century AD. Agios Riginos is the patron saint of Skopelos and the first bishop. On the old bridge there is an iconostasis where he was decapitated in 362 AD because he would not change his faith.

The Skopelites celebrate his saints day each year on 25th February. Today the Abbey belongs to the Municipality of Skopelos and in the summer months is open all day for the faithful to pray.

The Byzantium Monastery of Evangelismou is 3.5 km from Hora and belongs to the Abbey Xiropotamou of Agios Oros. It is built on a steep slope of the gorge and has a splendid view of the town. The Abbey was donated by the rich family of Daponte and this is recorded on the plaque on the building. There are many wood carvings and paintings of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

The Abbey of the Honest Precursor is found next to by the monastery of Agia Barbara and close to Hora. It is one of the few inhabited monasteries of the island and the nuns that remain are always willing to guide visitors around the Abbey. The Abbey was rebuilt in 1721 by the Abbot Filareto. Of interest are the paintings dated 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, gilded carved wooden temple with a rich décor of birds, animals and plants and a mural that is in the high altar that has as its theme the foundation of the abbey.

The church of Bishopric is 10 mins from Hora. It is a basilica of the 17th century that is built upon an early Christian chapel, which in turn had been built upon an ancient temple. The all Venetian building was intended to become the seat of the Bishop of Skopelos, but was not completed because of the raids by the pirate Barbarossa.