Mamma Mia Movie Locations Picture Gallery
This list will evolve as more movie details become known, but here are some of the general locations where the film was shot in Greece.Pelion Region - Damouchari Here's a brief English-language description of the Mamma Mia shoot in Damouchari, and a Greek version with some candid photos from the Mamma Mia set. Some of the Damouchari footage was used at the beginning of Mamma Mia when Christine Baranski and Julie Walters arrive on the island and are met by Meryl Streep. It was combined with images shot on Skopelos.
On Skopelos - Mamma Mia was shot at Kastani Bay and beach, where "Does Your Mother Know" was performed, Agios Ioannis Prodromos Monastery for the wedding chapel, Amarantos, Nisi, and the beach and cliffs above Glisteri (Glysteri). The producers say a "mountainous peninsula" near Glisteri was used as the filming location where the bride leaves for her wedding. A cliff on this same peninsula was used for the cliff jumping scene with Sophie and her potential fathers.
Skiathos - Some fine-sand beaches on Skiathos were used for some scenes in Mamma Mia.
Corfu (Kerkyra) - Agios Ioannis Chapel. This Mamma Mia location has been reported in several sources, but I didn't see any Corfu in the film. Write to me if you saw a Mamma Mia location on Corfu. The chapel seen in the movie is definitely on Skopelos.
Villa Donna was placed on the cliffs above Glysteri Beach. But when the dancers go through olive groves, those groves are a long way off - they were shot at Douchari in the Mouresi area of Greece, along the Pelion Coast outside of Volos.
Mamma Mia Movie Locations Picture Gallery - See the stars on location in Greece.
Yiannis Chatzitrakosas at Skopelos Web has provided me with some more details on Mamma Mia film locations:
"Kalokairi is Skopelos! The opening "Mailbox Scene" in Mamma Mia is a composite shot. It's shot at the entrance of Skiathos village. The post letter box on the bottom half of the screen with the white stone and the back view is from Skopelos village and the sea view is from Skiathos! The island at the back is the beautiful small island of Tsougrias which has great beaches accessible from Skiathos, which is the island that the Beatles wanted to buy in the 1970's."
"The three actors' first appearance in Mamma Mia is from the Nisi area near Glisteri beach and in back you can see Sarres beach Area on Skopelos, Ai Giorgis, and Alonissos island."
Thanks, Yiannis.
The port where the three father meet for the first time is the Old Port on Skiathos.
Belinda "Bill" Farmer, who lives and blogs on Corfu says that the Mamma Mia producers scouted locations on Corfu, but did not use them. She also has an inside source: Julie Walters, who told her that no Corfu locations were used in Mamma Mia.
And if you're interested in the aftermath of Mamma Mia on Skopelos - especially if you are planning a trip there - be sure to read this Mamma Mia article from the Daily Mail.Want Mamma Mia wallpaper from Skopelos? You can download Skopelos imagery and read Yiannis Chatzitrakosas' Mamma Mia Production Blog
You can also purchase Mamma Mia Movie Ringtones.
More details on the film locations of Mamma Mia! can be found at the Internet Movie Data Base Mamma Mia Page.
This article has some entertaining details about the locations on Skopelos, including where Meryl Streep should have had an ouzo: Telegraph: Unfazed by the Fuss in Skopelos
Want more great movies shot in Greece? My suggestion is to rent or buy Summer Lovers and High Season or other movies shot in Greece.
By the way, Kalokairi, the island's fictional name in the movie, means "Summer" in Greek.
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