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Panormos

Panormos is a wide bay on the west coast, about 15 km from Skopelos town, sheltered from the north wind, with a long pebble beach, a little harbour for yachts, pine-covered islets offshore and a scatter of tavernas, rooms and hotels. Above the bay stand the walls of an ancient citadel. It is the island's biggest beach resort and still small, and the best base for the beaches of the west coast: Milia and Kastani, the Mamma Mia! beach, are a few minutes away.

Where to stay

A wide, sheltered bay of pines and pebbles, with Milia and Kastani just up the coast

The story of Panormos

The name means 'all-harbour', a safe anchorage in any wind, and Panormos was one of the cities of ancient Peparethos, with the walls of its acropolis on the hill above the bay. In his book Gates of the Wind (1965), the Anglo-Irish writer Michael Carroll told how he came to Panormos bay and built a house here.

Where to stay

Where you'll wake up in Panormos

Where to eat

Tables we love in Panormos

Beach taverna
Linarakia

Panormos · Panormos & the west coast

An all-day taverna on Panormos beach, with a terrace over the bay and tables on the pebbles by the water: Greek cooking, grilled meat, fish and seafood, and an ouzo in the afternoon.

Good to know

Before you go to Panormos

Getting there

On the main road and the bus route between Skopelos town and Glossa.

When to go

June and September, when the bay is calm and the beaches are quiet; any evening for the sunset.

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