Daily Archives: June 10, 2013

Famous Skopelos Cheese Pie in Loutraki, Moorage in Panormos

We set sail from Skiathos for Skopelos on a hot and sunny day at our brisk swim on Tsoungria.

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After a few hours we pulled into our fist port on Skopelos to a small port town called Loutraki to take lunch at a small family run taverna where I had my first taste of the famous Skopelos Cheese Pie (which is feta cheese rolled in phyllo pastry and then deep fried!).

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From Loutraki we headed down the coast to anchor for the night in Panormos. Panormos is a striking anchorage, with a very protected cove and crystal clear waters. A few tavernas on a nearby secluded beach provided us dinner for the night.

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Dragon’s Schism

Sailing the western coast of Skopelos today we passed the Dragon’s Schism where according to local legend: “…a homicidal dragon, which had been terrorizing people on the island, was preached to death by the island’s patron saint. Apparently Saint Riginos’ sermons were so boring that in order to avoid them, the dragon fled to the cliffs east of Cape Velona with the preacher following close behind. There, to escape any more sermons, the dragon threw itself off the mountain to it’s death, whence the cliff split apart. The dragon’s soul is said to rest in the abyss.

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