Experience the magic of the Marine Park
Sporades Queen I is a cruising boat with a glass bottom and departs daily from Skopelos for cruises to Alonissos and the North Sporades National Marine Park.
1st Cruise: Experience the magic of Marine Park
Departure 10:30 - Return 18:00
We start a wonderful day sailing to Alonissos and the gates of the National Marine Park of Sporades. Our first stop is Patitiri, the port of Alonissos, where we stay for 2 hours. There you can visit the museum of Alonnisos and the information center for the protection of the Mediterranean monk seal. Additionally there is an optional bus trip to the Old Town of the island. It is an amphitheatrical traditional settlement that has been preserved unchanged in time and has emerged as the most beautiful sight of the island. Afterwards, we depart for our second stop, Agios Dimitrios, one of the most beautiful and organized beaches of the island for the first swimming of the day and endless dives from our boat, for 2 hours. Our next stop and stay also 2 hours, we will have in Lefto Gialos. This is another wonderful and organized beach for the second swimming of the day. In Lefto Gialos you will find plenty of fish taverns for food, most of them with homemade Alonissian food as well as fresh fish from the cauldrons of the area. Then take a round to the Marine Park and the other deserts islets, Peristera, Dio Aderfia, Skandzoura, Agios Georgios and other smaller ones where on the shores and steep cliffs are also nesting rare seabirds, such as the Aegean gull, the crucifers, the mussels, the artemis and the emigrant black-eyed peasants, as well as the wild boar of the area. Usually on the way we meet dolphins, which friendly approaching with the boat and playing around it or other times we are competing in speed, sitting beside our bow. During the voyage we will also make short stops for guided tours and photos from the boat in the coastal villages of Alonissos, Kokkinokastro, Votsi, Kalamakia, Rousoum Gialos, in the sea caves and you will admire the sea bottom from our ship’s glass keel.
2nd Cruise: Sunset in Alonissos
Departure 18:00 - Return 22:00
Enjoy our afternoon cruise in Alonissos. A good opportunity to see Alonissos in a mini cruise. We start sailing along the islands and the gates of the National Marine Park of Sporades, where we usually meet dolphins for photos. Our stop is in Patitiri, the port of Alonissos, where we stay for 3 hours. There you can visit the museum of Alonnisos and the information center for the protection of the Mediterranean monk seal. Additionally there is an optional bus trip to the Old Town of the island. It is an amphitheatrical traditional settlement that has been preserved unchanged in time and has emerged as the most beautiful sight of the island. The sunset from Old Town is breathtaking and you can enjoy it by drinking your drink at the traditional cafes and overlooking the Marine Park and the deserted islands.