Skopelos
Top Attractions / Top Sights
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CHORA
Picturesque Places
It is built in its North-Eastern part and rises on the slopes of 3 hills from its port to the Acropolis (Castle) of ancient Peparithos. It has been characterized as a traditional settlement and preserves a large part of the traditional Skopelos architecture. It is enough to walk around its cobbled …»
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MONASTERY OF SAINT JOHN OF KASTRI
Monastery
The Monastery of Ai Giannis in Kastri which is located on the top of a 100 m high rock that juts out of the sea, and you need to climb 200 steps carved on the rock, to reach its top, where your eyes face the small church of, a magnificent landscape and a wonderful view. Tradition says that a …»
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VAKRATSA FOLKLORE MUSEUM
Museum
The mansion of the doctor Antigoni Vakratsa was inaugurated in May 2009. The house together with its contents is a donation (in 1995) by her to the Municipality of Skopelos to function as a Museum under the name "Old Skopelos Mansion". It is an urban residence of the mid-19th century, decorated and …»
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FOLKLORE MUSEUM OF CHORA
Museum
It has been operating since 1992 and is housed in a three-story building from 1765. The building is a donation to the Municipality from the historic Hatzistamati - Nikolaidis family. On the ground floor the large panels of the Museum will inform you about the history of Skopelos, its customs and …»
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SAINT BARBARA MONASTERY
Monastery
The Monastery of Agia Varvara, is the oldest Monastery in Skopelos, it must have been built in 1648, it is surrounded by a thick and high wall reminiscent of a medieval fortress and its iconostasis is the oldest in Skopelos (15th century), It is located near the women's monastery of the Holy …»