Skopelos (http://www.goscopellos.com) is the largest island in the Northern Sporades Islands. The island is located east of mainland Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea and is part of the Prefecture of Magnesias in the Periphery of Thessaly. Skopelos is also the name of the main port and the municipal center of the island. The other communities of the island are Glossa and Neo Klima Elios. The geography of Skopelos includes two mountains over 500 meters; Delphi 681 meters in the center of the island, and Palouki 546 meters in the southeast. With an area of 95 km² 36.6 mi² Skopelos is slightly larger than Mykonos 85 km² and Santorini 73 km². The nearest inhabited islands are Skiathos to the west and Alonissos to the east.
Skopelos is one of the greenest islands in the Aegean Sea. The island has a wide range of flowers, trees and shrubs. The local vegetation is chiefly made up of forests of Aleppo Pines, Kermes Oaks, a small forest of Holm Oaks, fruit trees and olive groves.
