GoSkopelos.com Team very often will present you a Hot list of things to do & pay attention, while you’re on the island.
Walk @Hora (Skopelos Town)
Beautiful paved alleys, narrow paths, flower gardens and stone built houses on an uphill town… is what you will enjoy if you like to walk!
Fortunately, the town has been honored designated as pas a Traditional Settlement of outstanding beauty (by Presidential Decree 594,13/11/78). You may start from the port and climb up (use the steps from the church of Panagia or Panagitsa) to the castle (a 13th century Vetetian) that was built on the ruins of an ancient acropolis.
There are around 120 churches and chapels almost at every corner! Stop for a coffee or a desert (avgato, hamalia, rozedes) and the unique skopelitian cheese-pie.
Then continue to visit the Local Folklore Museum a building furnished in the local style with aim is to recreate a typical Skopelitan household.
The basement has a collection of agricultural implements, the ground floor has a sitting room, the first floor has a bedroom and living room, and the second floor is the studio of Yiannis Lemonis, a local craftsman. His specialty was tiny ornamental knives. And afterwards, just hang around until the night falls to go for some fine Skopelitan wine at the local tavernas…
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Palio Klima Sunsets (in your way from Skopelos to Glossa/Loutraki)
Enchanting & one of the best parts of the island is the Palio Klima sunsets. Any time of the year a different ‘painting’, a different picture of nature; either after the rain, or after a summer day.
