Skopelos is the filming location of 2008’s Mamma Mia! (Picture: Sophie Williams) Seventeen years ago, Hollywood plucked a tiny Greek island from obscurity and put it on the map. But it hasn’t ...

But Skopelos is rather different. Although it has immaculate mythological and literary credentials – the local council could ask the god Dionysos and the playwright Sophocles for endorsements ...

Not every Greek island lets you rent a boat and potter about at will, but Skopelos does. It's the difference between a good holiday and an adventurously good holiday - with some embarrassment ...

Skopelos — the name of an island and its principal town in the Sporades archipelago of the Aegean — is not so much unspoilt as never improved. My wife and I have been enjoying its rough charm ...

When planning a trip to Greece, look just north of tourist hot spots Mykonos and Santorini to the more remote destination of Skopelos. Unlike its trendier neighbors, the second largest of the Sporades ...

But Skopelos is rather different. Although it has immaculate mythological and literary credentials – the local council could ask the god Dionysos and the playwright Sophocles for endorsements ...