Alonnisos – general
Alonnisos Alonnisos has a stronger scent of pine and wild oregano in its air than almost any other island. Its waters are limpid, its forests intact, and its coastline—indented with enchanting [...]
Alonnisos – history
History Some of the earliest evidence found so far of human presence in the Aegean area, dating from c. 10,000 bc, has been unearthed in the ‘Cave of the Cyclops’ on the island of Gioura to the [...]
Alonnisos – PATITIRI
Patitiri The name of the island’s main harbour reveals something of the history of the island. A ‘patitirion’ is a place where grapes are trodden. Like its larger neighbour, Skopelos, on which [...]
Alonnisos – Chora and environs
Alonnisos – Chora and environs A severe earthquake in March 1965, of magnitude 6.3, damaged over 80 per cent of the buildings on Alonnisos: it caused seismic waves in the sea which were [...]
Alonnisos – AROUND THE ISLAND – from Patitiri to the West Coast
From Patitiri to the West Coast Patitiri is the westernmost of a series of three intimate coves in the protected southeast corner of the island: its area of habitation now spreads east behind [...]
Alonnisos – AROUND THE ISLAND – the east Coast
The east Coast The site of Ancient Ikos is on the point at Kokkinokastro (6km), a long peninsula projecting into the sea in the middle of the lower eastern half of the island, defining two [...]