Sunbeds crammed inches apart, identical souvenirs in every shop window and inflated prices for food, drink and accommodation. These are just some of the reasons travellers choose to avoid Greece’s ...

The Greek island of Skiathos is a special sort of place. My childhood holidays there were filled with walks along parched tracks, views of the Aegean, figs bursting with sweetness still warm from the ...

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 been ...

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TELL anyone that the beautiful Greek island of Skiathos is only a stone’s throw from the mainland and you’d be dead right – sort of. It’s actually about 40 miles from the nearest port, Volos, but that ...

The greeting surprised me. “Hello, Emma,” said the smiling Scottish couple. Thousands of miles from home on the Greek island of Skiathos, I was puzzled how I could bump into someone I knew. A split ...

MAMMA Mia is a family favourite film, featuring a young girl intent on finding her father before her own wedding. However, fans of the show may wonder where it was filmed - and thankfully it isn't too ...

Sunbeds crammed inches apart, identical souvenirs in every shop window and inflated prices for food, drink and accommodation.