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| About
the island: Alonissos, Greece |
Alonissos, Alonnisos,Ikos, Liodromia, Heliodromia
– in the course of the centuries the island often
changed it's name, but it still keeps it's very own
character.
Pine forests, in which a lot of rare birds
nest, lonely beaches, little harbours, tiny chapels,
grottos are just a small part of all the beauty this
paradise offers.
The Aegean island belongs to the Northern
Sporades, is 62 km² large and is home to about
4.000 inhabitants. Alonissos also is part of the NMPANS
(= National Marine Park of Alonnisos and the Northern
Sporades), an unique example of ecological acting in
Greece.
The richness and variety of wildlife
and beautiful scenery justly characterise the PARK: The
area is an important habitat for many species of fish,
birds, reptiles and also mammals – even dolphins
may me seen in the region.
The many-sided flora with its different herbs - which
are especially liked by Greeks for the production of phytopharmaca,
traditional sweets and liqueurs, for teas or just for
cooking - will fill the hiker with entuhusiasm.
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