Alonnisos Island Things to Do

In the area of Alonissos-N.sporades, have been established in 1992, the first National Marine Park of Greece, that includes extensive islands and sea regions, of the broadness island complex of Alonissos, with particular natural, morphological and geographical characteristics.

The purpose of the National Marine Park of Alonissos-N.Sporades mainly is:

* The protection, the maintaintion and management of nature and landscape, as a natural and valuable inheritance into extensive wasteland and Marine districts of North Sporades.
* The protection one of the most important and endangered specie, the Meditteranean seal or Monachus-Monachus, that unfortunately is at the top on the list with other species, which are threaten with disappearence in Europe and the entire world.
* The protection of other rare and threatened species of the Flora and Fauna of the island.
* The development of the area with the right use of the natural resources. The Park is not a shut area. It is an extensive, protectable area of a size of 2.200km about. The philosophy of the Park is the actual protection of the eco-system along with the growth of Alonissos, which is the only inhabitable island of the Park with out any violent intervensions.

Rescue-Medical Care

In Alonissos operates the center of Medical care of Seals and their safe return to their natural environment. The team is always in presence, in order to give the first-aid and if there is a need to carry out any other kind of animal that need's care, in to the center.

The return of the healthy animamls to their environment increase the hopes of the survival of their kind.

The many empires that ruled Alonissos, such as the Byzantine, the Venetian and the Ottoman left their traces on the island, and those manifestations, although they call for a specific History museum, are shown at the Folklore Museum. The establishment displays a series of folk objects, great exponents of Alonissos Art and everyday life.

The Folklore Museum, which was established at 2000, depicts how life used to be before the terrible earthquake in 1965 that torn down most buildings on Alonissos. It displays olive and wine presses from the years before the blight killed the grapes in the area, and tools related to different activities performed in the place in those times, such as fishing, farming, or blacksmith tools. One of the most interesting objects shown at the Folklore Museum are the photographs of people and buildings dating from the beginning of the 20th century, along with some old maps.

Although the museum is the result of the private effort of a family which had been collecting artefacts, pictures, ornaments, naval warfare items, and other objects for years, it displays a fantastic overview of Alonissos culture.

It is a very nice sandy beach between Marpounta and Megalos Mourtias. The easiest way to get there is by boat and it is always quiet and peaceful. Don't forget to take some water and snacks with you, because there is no tavern or snack bar.

It is a very nice beach which you find on the way to Chrissi Milia with both pebble and sand, and blue water. You can go by car or bike about 2 km away from Patitiri or by boat in 15 minutes from the harbor.

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It is a small beach with sand and pebbles south west of the island. You can get there leaving from the cemetery to the old village (this part of the road is not very good) or by boat. It was used until the middle '70s as a small port of the old village for the boat making daily trips to Skopelos. As there is no tavern there, it is recommended to take water or supplies with you. It is a very silent and peaceful place so don't be surprised if you meet some nude swimmers there.

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A very nice pebble beach, with clear blue-green water, on the south west of the island, next to Vithisma. You can go by car or bike, leaving from the old village. There are three taverns, where you can enjoy lunch or drinks. It is a very populated beach because of its beauty, calm, clear sea and because it is near old Alonissos and Patitiri.

The beach of Megali Ammos has an interesting contradiction, since its name means ‘Big sand’, despite the fact of being small and pebbled. However, visitors usually do not get disappointed from this beach, no matter what its name indicates. In fact, not only Megali Ammos, but also the region where it belongs to is wild and unspoiled areas with an incredibly natural beauty that transmits immensity. This in part may explain the name of the beach. Megali Ammos beach is placed on the west coast of Alonissos, at 5 km from Patitiri.

At six kilometres northeast of Patitiri lays a beautiful bay forming the amazing beach of Leftos Yialos. Its pure white sand, its crystalline turquoise waters and the verdant trees surrounding the place make this beach one of the most beautiful beaches of Alonissos, a real paradise on earth.