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Skópelos
The Green and Blue Island
Where its rambunctious neighbour Skiáthos has given its all to tourism, Skópelos, with its beautiful pine forests growing down to the sea and mostly pebbly beaches, remains an oasis of blue green serenity and calm–the lure for a new wave of upmarket tourists, because of (or in spite of!) its star turn in the film Mamma Mia!.
It’s also exceptionally beautiful, with dramatic scenery, dense pine forests, plum orchards and two pretty towns, Skópelos and Glóssa. It is a lovely island for long walks, especially outside of the heatstroke months of July and August.
In 2017, the Telegraph in the UK published an article called The island that tourism forgot: ‘Skopelos, they say, is not so much unspoilt as never improved’ which is true. The islanders like it the way it is.
Images by CL, dronepicr, Herbert wie, IOnia, John Karakatsanis, Jon Corelis, lluis Cabarrocas Ribas, Marco Verch, needpix, Skopelos News, Skopelos-slim at English Wikipedia, The photo editors, Μη, Myself and Ei