Alonnisos
A quiet Sporades island at the edge of the National Marine Park of Alonnisos, a protected area for rare Mediterranean marine life and nesting birds. Its old hilltop village was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1965, and the new port at Patitiri is the main base.
- Where
- Thessaly, Greece
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 39.2106, 23.9086
Get the Alonnisos stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Alonnisos. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Thessaly volume with your photos and a note.
Near Alonnisos
Skopelos 21 km
A green Sporades island with pine forests, plum orchards and many small chapels. Parts of the film Mamma Mia! were shot here, including the white chapel of Agios Ioannis on a rock.
Skiathos 39 km
A small Sporades island known for more than sixty beaches, among them the long sandy Koukounaries. The main town has a harbour, old streets and the home of the writer Alexandros Papadiamantis.
Pelion 78 km
A forested mountain peninsula in Thessaly with stone villages, orchards and beaches on the Aegean side. In myth it was the home of the centaurs, and a narrow gauge railway runs from Ano Lechonia.
Mount Athos 111 km
A peninsula in northern Greece that holds a self governed community of twenty Orthodox monasteries, active for more than a thousand years. Only men may enter, with a permit, and it is a UNESCO site.
Hilandar 127 km
A Serbian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, founded in 1198 by Stefan Nemanja and his son Saint Sava. It holds a notable library of manuscripts and is among the twenty ruling monasteries of the peninsula.
Thermopylae 127 km
A narrow coastal pass where King Leonidas and his Spartans held back the Persian army in 480 BC. A bronze statue of Leonidas and a hill with a memorial mark the spot, beside hot sulphur springs.
Mount Parnassus 135 km
A limestone massif above Delphi that peaks at 2,457 metres. In myth it was sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and today it has ski slopes and hiking trails inside a national park.
Daphni Monastery 135 km
A Byzantine monastery west of Athens, built in the 11th century on the site of an older sanctuary. Its church is known for glittering mosaics, including a stern Christ Pantocrator in the dome, and is a UNESCO site.
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Questions
Where is Alonnisos?
Alonnisos is in Thessaly, Greece. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Skopelos (21 km), Skiathos (39 km), Pelion (78 km).
How do I get the Alonnisos stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Alonnisos and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Thessaly volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Alonnisos before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Thessaly volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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