Many people are looking for more in a Greek island holiday than lying on the beach and sipping cold beer in a taverna. Now a Skopelos holiday company Aegean Escapes is pulling in active holiday visitors with popular courses in sea kayaking. Holidays on Skopelos, with its uncrowded beaches, rugged cliffs, impressive sea caves and uninhabited offshore islets, is the perfect location for exploring on guided sea kayaking holidays.

It had to happen I suppose, but the wonder is it has lasted so long. Visitors on a Skopelos holiday can still hardly escape the Greek island's links with the hit musical movie 'Mamma Mia' Released in 2008, the romantic comedy musical was mostly filmed on the Greek island of Skopelos and, obviously, the locals cashed in on what became the UK's highest grossing film ever. Four years later, Skopelos is still making the most of the ABBA-based musical with local travel agents Madro Travel leading the way.

Skopelos is one of my favourite Greek holiday island hideaways. It was unfortunate that one of its best the beaches was used for so much filming in the hit movie musical Mamma Mia. Hardly surprising that the island has cashed in on the connection and that the notoriety has brought in the crowds. Nevertheless, I have visited Skopelos beaches many times and will continue to do so.