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Bigger, more rugged and better cultivated than Skiathos, Skopelos is almost as busy, but its concessions to tourism are lower key and in better taste than in Skiathos. Most of the larger beaches have sunbeds, umbrellas and some watersports, though smaller, secluded coves do exist. Inland, the island is a well-watered place, growing olives, plums, pears and almonds. Glossa and Skopelos , its two main towns, are also among the prettiest in the Sporades, clambering uphill along paved steps, their houses distinguished by attractive wooden balconies and grey slate roofs. A number of nationalities have occupied the island at various stages of its history, among them the Romans, Persians, Venetians, French and, of course, the Ottomans. The Ottoman pirate-admiral Barbarossa (Redbeard) - actually a Greek renegade from Lesvos - had the entire population of the island slaughtered in the sixteenth century.
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