Skopelos
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.
- Where
- Thessaly, Greece
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 39.1167, 23.7000
Get the Skopelos stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Skopelos. 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 Skopelos
Alonnisos 21 km
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.
Skiathos 22 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 66 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.
Thermopylae 107 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 114 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.
Hosios Loukas 115 km
A walled monastery near Mount Helicon, founded in the 10th century around the tomb of a local hermit. Its church has fine gold mosaics and is one of the main examples of Middle Byzantine art, listed by UNESCO.
Daphni Monastery 123 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.
Platonic Academy 125 km
The place where Plato founded his school around 387 BC, in a park northwest of the centre of Athens. Visitors can see foundations of ancient buildings among the trees, and the school kept teaching here for nearly nine centuries.
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Questions
Where is Skopelos?
Skopelos is in Thessaly, Greece. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Alonnisos (21 km), Skiathos (22 km), Pelion (66 km).
How do I get the Skopelos stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Skopelos 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 Skopelos 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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