Agnontas

Agnontas is a small, deep bay on the south coast, about 8 km from Skopelos town, with a pebble beach, fishing boats and a few fish tavernas whose tables stand almost in the sea, under pines that grow down to the water. It is named after Agnon of Peparethos, who won the stadion race at Olympia in the 6th century BC. For decades it was the island's main port for the boats from Volos, and the fast boats still come here when a northerly closes the harbour in town. A road and a path lead on to the sandy cove of Limnonari.