Skopelos is home to many stunning beaches. A trio of family favourites accessible by road include Limnonari, Stafylos and Panormos – perhaps more for the ease of local restaurants that allow us to spend entire days in the sunshine. Other beaches include Milia and of course, Kastani Beach made famous by the movie ‘Mamma Mia’.
One of the nicest ways to enjoy the beaches around the island is to charter a boat. Hovolo and Ftelia/Neraki are pristine quiet beaches with Panormos offering an idyllic lunch spot in the shelter of the Bay.
Fine sandy beach and gentle swimming out into the bay, surrounded by verdant hills. The beachfront restaurant serves a range of local dishes.
Excellent for snorkelling, kayaking or paddle boarding with a large stretch of open water. The restaurant at the top of the stairway is wonderful and a favoured place to eat.
Crystal clear turquoise waters stretch along a pebbled beach here for over a kilometre. Many different restaurants to choose.
A Greek island is nothing without its beaches, and, while those on Skopelos are largely shingle or pebble, they are picturesque, backed by rocky green hills, and quiet...the best are found on the west coast. Limnonari, on the coastal road north from Agnontas, hemmed in by rocky headland, is as close to a truly sandy beach as you’ll find. Kastani, a key Mamma Mia! location, is equally pretty – but is the only place on the entire island that gets overcrowded. For real solitude, rent a motorboat from Panormos, and head north – you’ll find beautiful spots all the way up the coast (such as Hovolo, Ftelia and Neraki) that are inaccessible to cars and subsequently occupied only by other couples who have rented motorboats, and the occasional determined German naturist.