Best Anchorages in the Sporades

Panormos is consistently cited as one of the two or three best anchorages in the Northern Sporades.

Steni Vala is the de facto hub of the Alonnisos National Marine Park — a small fishing village and seasonal yacht destination on the mid-east coast of Alonnisos, facing Peristera Island across a 0.

Patitiri is the main port and only sizeable town on Alonnisos, built on the hillside above a small natural harbour on the island's southern tip.

Peristera is a largely uninhabited island directly east of Alonnisos, separated by a 0.

Loutraki is the small ferry port serving Glossa, Skopelos's second village perched dramatically on a hilltop 330m above the harbour.

Koukounaries hosts what is frequently voted the most beautiful beach in Greece — a 1.

Ormos Kastro is the bay on Skiathos's north coast beneath the dramatic headland fortress of Kastro — the island's medieval fortified capital, abandoned in 1829 when the population moved to the current Skiathos Town.

Agios Ioannis is a small bay on Skopelos's NW coast, overlooked by one of Greece's most photographed landmarks: the chapel of Agios Ioannis Kastri, perched on an isolated 100m rock pinnacle accessible only by 103 carved stone steps.

Kyra Panagia is one of the most remote and rewarding overnight anchorages in the Sporades — a virtually uninhabited island (home only to a small community of Athonite monks who tend the Byzantine monastery and goat herds) located in the NMPANS Zone B, 10nm north of Steni Vala.

Gioura (sometimes called Youra or Planitis on older charts) is the most remote and restricted island in the National Marine Park of Alonnisos and Northern Sporades — a virtually inaccessible Zone A island lying 20nm NNE of Steni Vala.