text: In the northern Aegean are three more disparate islands Thasos , Limnos , and Samothraki while southwest of these , closer to Athens , are the Sporades islands of Skiathos , Skopelos , Alonissos , and Skyros until recently the exclusive playground of the Greek jet set .
  
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  Rich Greeks like to go to the Sporades islands because the resorts are the best .