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15 INLAND KALÝVIA
SKÓPELOS Skópelos’s interior is
covered with beautiful
kalývia (farmhouses).
ΣΚΌΠΕΛΌΣ Some of these tradi -
tio nal stone buildings
g @ Skopelos town n Harbourfront, Skópelos; www. are occupied year
round, while others
EXPERIENCE The Sporádes and Évvia celebrated as the main filming location for the movie They all have distinc-
skopelos.gr
are used as weekend
Skópelos has a gorgeous main town, many good
retreats only around
important holidays.
beaches and a lush interior. It has recently been
tive outdoor prune-
Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep. You can visit the
drying ovens – a legacy
idyllic beaches and wedding chapel from the film on
from the days when
the island, which, until recently, has flown somewhat
Skópelos prunes were
under the radar compared to nearby Skiáthos.
widely exported. The
kalývia provide a rare
insight into a rural life-
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tially disappeared.
Museum. Housed in a 19th­
Skópelos Town
century mansion, it exhibits
This charming town proudly harbour sits the Folklore style that has essen-
embroidery, local weaving
reveals its rich history with and costumes. Timíou Prodrómou suffered
over 120 churches, many fine At the top of town is the badly in the 1965 earth quake
mansion houses and myriad kástro, the oldest and highest but musters three nuns. The
shops selling local delicacies quarter. Here, the remains of last monastery, deserted
such as honey and prunes. the 13th­century Venetian Taxiarhón, is reached by a
Among the churches, Panagía Ghisi castle were erected atop tough hike up the mountain.
Papameletíou (Kímisis tis the 5th­century BC acropolis
Theotókou), built in the of ancient Skópelos.
cruciform style in 1662, is 3
particularly splendid, with a
carved altar screen by crafts­ 2 Stáfylos
man Andonios Agorastos. The ⌂ 4 km (2 miles) S of
landmark Panagía tou Pýrgou Mount Paloúki Skópelos town
church, with its glinting fish­ Monasteries
scale roof, overlooks the old ⌂ 7 km (4 miles) SE of The main road traverses the Skiáthos, Vólos
harbour. Follow the winding Skópelos town island, and is the easiest way 0 kilometres 3 N
cobbled streets, covered with to reach the beaches on the 0 miles 3
intricate designs made from On Mount Paloúki, across the developed southern coast.
sea pebbles and shells, up bay from Skópelos town, are Stáfylos, a one­taverna beach
from the waterfront. several monas teries. Most just south of Skópelos town,
Just behind the have immaculate churches can get a bit cramped and is
with carved altar screens and sometimes windy. Velanió, a Glóssa Ágios Ioánnis Kastrí
icons. Evangelistrías, the short walk east from here Loutráki
lowest, was built in 1712 and (there is no road access), is a
is one of the largest on the long stretch of pebbles
island, but it is now home favoured by naturists. It has a Klima
to just two elderly nuns. sometimes noisy bar. Mount Délfi Glystéri
Beach
Continue up the road to Skiáthos 680 m (2,230 ft)
Metamórfosis tou Sotíros, Elios
one of the oldest 4 Moní Timíou
monasteries on Skópelos. Kastáni Prodrómou Moní Metamórfosis
Built in the 1500s, it is now Agnóndas Dassía Beach Skópelos tou Sotíros
Town
Moní
inhabited by a solitary monk. Miliá Evangelistrías Mount Paloúki Alónnisos
⌂ 8 km (5 miles) SW of Beach Monasteries
Skópelos town Adrína Pánormos Moní
Beach
Mount Paloúki Taxiarhón
Agnóndas is the alternative 385 m (1,260 ft)
The statue that stands at commercial port of Skópelos, Skópelos Limnonári
the end of the old harbour and is used when storms close Beach
in Skópelos town the town harbour. People Stáfylos Velanió
Beach
Agnóndas Stáfylos
Beach
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