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excellent for swimming. On the island's northeast coast, serene
Perivoliou Beach
is a
25-minute drive from Glossa.
Tours
If you can't tell a twin-tailed pascha butterfly from a leopard orchid, join one of Heather
hour Panormos walk follows a centuries-old path across the island, ending at a beach tav-
erna, with wonderful views to Alonnisos and Evia along the way. Her book,
Skopelos
Trails,
has graded trail descriptions. Heather also offers
Mamma Mia! jeep tours
to sev-
eral of the movie's filming locations.
Sleeping & Eating
There are small hotels, domatia, tavernas and beach canteens at Stafylos, Agnontas, Lim-
nonari, Panormos, Andrines and Milia.
Limnonari Rooms & Taverna
APARTMENT $
( 24240 23046;
www.skopelos.net/limnonari
rooms; Limnonari Beach; d/tr/ste from €35/60/
80; )
This cluster of well-equipped apartments faces beautiful and sandy Lim-
nonari Bay. The family's garden taverna serves vegetarian
mousakas,
fish and meat
grills, along with owner Kostas' homemade olives and feta.
Mando Rooms
APARTMENT $$$
( 24240 23917;
www.skopelos.cc/mando
;
Stafy- los; d/tr/f incl breakfast from €60/80/100;
)
Having its own cove on Stafylos Bay is a good start at this well-managed family-
oriented lodging, with private verandahs, communal kitchen, satellite TV and a solid
platform over the rocks to enter the sea for swimming and snorkelling.
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AlonnisosΑλόννησος
POP 2700
Alonnisos rises from the sea in a mountain of greenery, with thick stands of aleppo pine
and kermes oak, mastic and arbutus bushes, vineyards, olive and fruit trees, threaded
with perfumy patches of wild oregano, sage and thyme. The west and north coasts are
mostly steep and rocky, but the east coast is speckled with small bays and pebble-and-
sand beaches.
