Alonissos & Skopelos - Greek Travels

One summer I spent a week on the sleepy island of Alonissos, then two weeks on the altogether busier island of Skopelos.

Alonissos

Alonissos has suffered in the past with earthquakes, one of which caused considerable damage to Hora in  1965, most of the inhabitants left the town for other Islands or went to live in Patitiri, the present harbour.

Travelling around the island is not easy, there are no taxis, few busses, and so the best ways to get around are on foot or by boat.

Many of the houses in the old town are being rebuilt by the Germans and English as holiday homes.  It's very picturesque in a kind of ramshackle way.

Skopelos

Skopelos is one of my favourite Greek Islands, it is pretty, lively, and friendly. It is famous for it's many churches, it is said that there is one for each day of the year.  There are many lovely beaches, sometimes the pine trees grow right down onto the beach. Skopelos town tumbles town the hillside towards the harbour in a maze of narrow streets, and whitewashed houses. This is the stuff that picture postcards are made of!

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