Skopelos boat tours leave from the harbour at Skopelos Town and the bay of Agnontas, opening a coast that the road never reaches. A pine-covered island in the Northern Sporades, Skopelos hides remote north-coast beaches, sea caves and a protected marine zone offshore. Traditional caiques and larger day boats run the routes, mixing sightseeing with … Read more
Skopelos is the greenest island in the Northern Sporades, cloaked in pine forest and washed by a Mediterranean climate that shapes when to visit. The best time to visit Skopelos falls in May, June and September, when the sea is warm, the heat stays comfortable and the crowds thin. This month-by-month guide sets out the … Read more
Kastani Beach sits on the southwest coast of Skopelos, a pine-covered island in the Northern Sporades. The bay mixes fine pebbles with patches of sand, backed by a slope of Aleppo pine that reaches close to the shoreline. Kastani beach earned worldwide recognition as the main beach filming location for the ABBA-musical film Mamma Mia!. … Read more
The Skopelos Mamma Mia trail gathers the real filming locations from the musical film Mamma Mia! into a single island route. Skopelos, the green heart of the Sporades. Supplied the two most recognised settings: the clifftop chapel of Agios Ioannis Kastri near Glossa and the pine-fringed sweep of Kastani beach on the southwest coast, where … Read more
Agios Ioannis Kastri is a small whitewashed chapel that sits on top of a tall rock pinnacle on the north coast of Skopelos, near the village of Glossa. About 110 carved steps climb the rock to the chapel and its courtyard. The site drew worldwide attention as the clifftop wedding church in the film Mamma … Read more
Skopelos is the greenest island in the Sporades, cloaked in Aleppo pine that reaches almost to the sea. Things to do in Skopelos combine swimming at pine-backed beaches such as Kastani and Milia, walking the alleys of the Venetian Kastro. Climbing to the Mamma Mia wedding church at Agios Ioannis Kastri. Tasting the island’s spiral … Read more