Gripioti Farm

Thanasis was a fantastic host and made us feel incredibly welcome! Gripioti Farm was the highlight of our trip to Skopelos because it felt like the only time we got past the tourist filter and got to experience a glimpse of what life looks like on the other side of the island. Highly recommend visiting their restaurant Platanos after touring the farm to round out the experience!

We visited Gripioti Farm with our girls and it was AMAZING! Thanasis welcomed us with his mum and showed us around, letting us taste the plums fresh from the trees and the different stages of prunes. They were so delicious and we loved learning how he made them using more traditional word burning to dry the plums and a more high tech boiler system for others. We also got to taste the delicious sweet plums from a jar – these were like nothing you’ve tasted before – and finished with the plum liqueur. The views from his farm across the bay, including an incredible view of Agios Ioannis Chapel (the Mama Mia church) are worth the visit alone! The drive was a little bumpy on track road cut into the cliff in a small hire car, but an adventure in itself! Would’ve been no problem in our puck up from home, but worth a mention so you know to take your time! On the evening, we visited Thanasis restaurant in Skopelos, Platanos, and had some delicious food in the buzzy little square. Thanasis was also there and greeted us warmly and introduced us to his wife and son. Can highly recommend the lamb kleftiko and goat with plum. If you love traditional food, then a visit here is a must! Thank you Thanasis 🙏

Wonderful experience learning about and tasting delicious plums produced on Skopelos