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SAILING
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Sailing
in Skiathos island
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If
you decide to go on sailing holidays
in the Sporades complex then the
prime starting point will be Skiathos
island. Skiathos is a wooded island
located 2,5 NM from Magnesia prefecture.
It has a small airport and the only
one with all prime ferries connections.
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The
capital of the island is Skiathos
town on the south east coast. The
island is famous for it's olive
oil (it has more than 620.000 olive
trees), the sandy bays and the clean
beaches. It is a popular tourist
destination especially among the
Greeks. In Skiathos you will find
the ruins of its medieval capital,
Kastro, that are located along the
west coast on an impregnable crag. |
The
History of Skiathos shows
us that the island was not
so important in ancient times.
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Sailing
in Skopelos island
Like
all the islands in Sporades, Skopelos
is a wooded island with a lot of
hills and sandy beaches. There are
some well known anchrages for your
sailing holidays like
Stafylos bay, Agnondas and
Panormos. The island has
a lot of Springs and streams coming
from the Pelion mountain nearby.
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Skopelos
has inhabitants since the neolithic
period and the ancient city of
perarethos, which was the previous
name of the island, was said to
have been founded by the son of
Dionysos and Ariadne, Stafylos.
As
you see the names of villages
are directly connected with the
Greek Mythology.
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If
you feel the need to have
a glimpse to the past then
you should visit the Volos
museum that has Minoan double
axes, jewellery, idols e.t.c.
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Sailing
in Alonisos island
If
you prefer remote places to have
your sailing holidays in
Greece then Alonisos is
an ideal place for you. Alonisos
island is a rocky and remote island
with few inhabitants and will be
probably the best choice for distant
vacations. The north west coast
is not so hospitable but the sout
east has a lot of sheltered bays
and anchorages.
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On
the south side of the island you
will find the ports of Patitiri
and the Chora of Alonisos that
is the capital town of the island.
An earthquake in 1965 forced most
of the people to Abandon the town
and nowdays few citizens live
there.
Just
next to Alonisos there is a smaller
island called Peristera with a
lot of anchorages and bays like
Vasiliko bay and Klima bay. You
can start a sailing day to Peristera
from the ports of Steni Vala and
Patitiri.
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Near
Tzortzi bay you will find
remains of town walls and
tombs and at Agios Dimitris
you will see ruins of an unknown
ancient city.
Finally
Agios Petros has a Byzantine
ship that sunk during the
Byzantine empire.
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