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Population: Unkown
Latitude: 23.4134616831
Longitude: 39.149632097
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Koukounaries is a location and a beach in the southwest part of the island of Skiathos in Greece. It is 16 km southwest of the main town on the island. Skiathos is part of the Sporades group of islands in the Northern Aegean Sea.
Koukounaries (Greek: Κουκουναριές), means 'Stone Pines' in Greek. At Koukounaries there is a lagoon and a wooded peninsula with a Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) forest separating the lagoon from the Aegean Sea. On the seaward side of the penisnula there is a popular fine-textured beach called 'Koukounaries Beach' or "Chrisi Ammos" (Greek: Χρυσή Άμμος, meaning 'golden sand'). This is one of the few locations in Greece where a Stone Pine forest still exists.
Koukounaries was once known as Maratha (Μάραθα). Until 1964, when Skiathos was designated by the Greek National Tourism Organisation as a special development zone for tourism, the Town of Skiathos was the only settlement on the island. Following the GNTO's zoning, a paved road along the coast connected the Town of Skiathos to Koukounaries. Around the same time, the first large scale resort development on the island was built in Koukounaries. Koukounaries is the last stop of the bus route from Skiathos Town.
Currently, Koukounaries is a popular tourist destination during summer with numerous hotels, hostels, camping sites, tavernas, restaurants, bars, "ouzeri", and cafes.
Koukounaries beach, July 2005
Koukounaries beach, October 2008
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