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Sporades Islands are maintaining their authentic island characteristics and unchanged local traditions. These islands have beautiful landscapes, fertile valleys and superb beaches and hotels.

Major North Sporades Islands : Alonissos, Skíathos, Skopelos, Skyros.

Smaller islands Northern Sporades.

Southern Sporades / Dodecanese : a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands off the southwest coast of Turkey.


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Camping

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI International Camping Guide

Holiday Homes / Apartments

  Holiday-rentals.uk   -   Skiathos, Skopelos

Hotels Sporades Islands

   -   Hotels in Greece
Ebookers is a leading pan-European online travel agency specialising in worldwide travel.

  Booking  -  Hotels in Greece
Brochures of the hotels, room rates, hotel packages, special offers and last minutes, including real-time booking facilities.

  Magnesia Area Hotels Association

National Parks / Marine Park

  National Marine Park of Alonissos-N. Sporades
Alonnisos is the largest island in the Park and encompasses six smaller islands [ Peristera, Kyra Panagia, Gioura, Skantzoura, and Piperi ] together with 22 uninhabited islands and rocky outcrops.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

    

  
Create your perfect trip to Skiathos   -   Flight, Hotel and Car.



  Amathus Holidays   -   Skiathos / Skopelos & Alonissos
  Laskarina Holidays   -   Alonissos and Skopelos
  Skopelos-walks.com
Skopelos Walks offers programmes to suit everyone. Gentle rambles around Skopelos town and its surroundings, to full day hikes in the countryside.
  Travel a la Carte   -   Villa Holidays
TalC offer villa holidays in the Sporades island of Skiathos: to find out more, explore their interactive brochure and see what they have to offer? You can travel from a variety of UK airports or, for those outside the UK, there is the choice of villa rental only.

Travel Guides Sporades Islands / Related books

 

Travel Guides Sporades  [ amazon.co.uk ]

Transport / How do I travel to the Sporades Islands

  Skiathos Airport   -   see HCAA - Alexandros Papadiamantis
  Skyros Airport   -   Skyros Island National Airport [ IATA: SKU, ICAO: LGSY ]

  Aghialos Airport   -   N.Aghialos National Airport [ near Volos, capital of Magnesia Prefecture ]

  Ebookers   -    
Book cheap flights to Athens at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Airline Tickets /  Bargain Flights Skiathos 


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  Alonnisos   -   Alonnisos Island   -   the island where blue mixes with green
Located east of mainland Greece and Magnesia, northeast of Euboea and northwest of the island of Skyros. The Municipality of Alonissos includes the other islands of Adelfopoulo, Gioura, Kyra Panagia, Pelagos, Persitera, Piperi, Psathoura and Skantzoura.
  Skiathos   -  city and a small island and next to Skopelos
Skiathos consists of Skiathos Town [ main town ] and the communities of Koukounaries, Kanapitsa, Vromolimnos and Troullos. Skiathos is the westernmost island in the Sporades group of islands. The mainland of Greece along with Magnesia is to the west.
  Skopelos Island   -   Island of Skopolos
Skopelos is also the name of the main port and the municipal center of the island. The other communities of the island are Glossa and Neo Klima.
  Skyros   -   Skyros Island   -   southernmost island of the North Sporades, southeast of Kimi
The capital of the island is Skyros, which is also called Chora by the locals. It is situated to the north – east of the eastern side of the foot of the mountain Olympus. It is 10 kilometers from Linaria, the main port of the island situated in the center of the western coast. The town of Skyros is built amphitheatrically on the sloaps of a hill under the shadow of a medieval castle and the Byzantine monastery of Saint George of Skyros. It is a typical island city with Agean - style architecture with its own particular color.
Many seaside resorts frame the city of Skyros. The community of "Magazia", which has one of the finest beaches, is nearby. There are also the beaches the beaches of Molos and Para Kambos. The tourist resort of Aspous lies between the town and Linaria. Linaria, apart from being the port of the island is a picturesque, amphitheatrically community which is very popular with the tourists. Near Linaria there are the beaches of Kalamitsa, Acherounes and Pefkos.
Skyros is part of the Euboea Prefecture [ or Negopronte ] the second largest of the Greek Aegean Islands and the second largest Greek island overall in area

Smaller islands

Adelfoi Islets, Agios Georgios Skopelou, Alonnisos, Argos Skiathou, Dasia, Erinia, Gioura, Grammeza, Kyra Panagia, Lekhoussa, Peristera, Piperi, Psathoura, Repio, Rineia Skyrou, Sarakino, Skandili, Skantzoura, Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyropoula, Skyros, Tsougria, Valaxa

History

In 480 BC, the fleet of the Persian king Xerxes was hit by a storm and was badly damaged on the rocks of the Skiathos coast.

  History of Skiathos


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