One of the more remote islands in the Sporades chain this is a tranquil, soporific place with all the charm of old-world Greek. Nightlife is what brochure writers term 'low key' - so there isn't any. The island has so far escaped the charms of the package tourist industry, though there are signs of change. Alonissos has little in the way of ancient ruins and much traditional housing was buried in the 1965 earthquake, replaced by even more traditional breeze-block.
Beaches are few and difficult to find but walkers have a lot to crow about.
Green, fertile and heavily wooded, some and jaw-dropping scenery awaits the footloose. But visitors must beware bizarre sign posting and local maps so misleading they would have Magellan going round the globe.