Le film est un succès au box-office, récoltant un peu plus de 615,7 millions de dollars dans le monde, pour … The pretty white-washed chapel of Agios Ioannis looks every bit as perfect as it did in the phenomenally successful movie hit Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia!, ou Mamma Mia! but appearances are deceptive.The chapel of Agios Ioannis perches 100 metres above the sea on a rock outcrop in the north-east coast of the Sporades island of Skopelos in the north-east Aegean.Once visited only a few times a year, the picturesque chapel is now the pilgrimage of choice for thousands of Mamma Mia!
The space around the chapel is fantastic to just relax, gaze out to the infinite open sea and watch the world go by. Vis Town has a nice waterfront promenade and is the island's first village, while picturesque Komiža is a fishing village on a little bay.
Mamma Mia Meilleurs moments 2 avis Notre journée commence à 09h00 en voiture sur la magnifique côte ouest de l'île, puis en direction de la magnifique chapelle Ag.Ioannis, également connue sous le nom d'église de mariage MAMMA MIA. Eventually the locals took the hint and carved steps to the top of the rock and erected a chapel to house the icon.The full name of the chapel is Agios Ioannis sto Kastri, which suggests there may originally have been a small castle or lookout post sited there, but no remains have survived.It certainly commands extensive views over the sea and the coastline and to the small pebble and shingle beach below where a small beach cantina opens in the high summer season.The chapel is now not only a target for film fans but seems to have generated a Greek wedding industry as couples hope to recapture the magic of the movie setting.Skopelos island firms offer couples the chance to "make your life long commitment outside the famous chapel which features in the famous Mama Mia! Despite the fact Skopelos can be reached only by a 50-minute ferry ride from Skiathos, visitor numbers have soared.In the wake of the movie's release hotels were booked up months in advance, bars were buzzing and taverna taking were impressive.Things have settle down since then but this is still a much more popular Greek Island holiday destination than it once was and the fact is reflected in skyrocketing prices for property.It is not only the movie link, the island's trump card, which was played to perfection in the film, is the gorgeous scenery of pine-fringed beaches, traditional tavernas and tiny whitewashed chapels.And just as the moviemakers saw Skopelos as the archetypical Greek Island so it appears in the eyes of the holidaymakers who return here year after year with the picturesque chapel of Agios Ioannis a jewel in the crown.
At the very top, and as you pass through the arched entrance, you can feel proud of yourselves, having climbed all the way up, taken the same steps and passed through the very same arch that some of the top Hollywood actors have passed. There are a lot of hair pin turns on this road, and the traffic has significantly increased ever since the filming of Mamma Mia.
But the interior was shot on the set of Pinewood Studios in the UK.No-one is certain of when the actual Agios Ioannis chapel was built. "Outside is the operative word. Much of the set was put together for the movie so, although Vis is beautiful, … le film au Québec, est un film musical américano-britannico-allemand réalisé par Phyllida Lloyd et sorti en 2008. took place on Skopelos and the romantic chapel wedding was a high spot in the movie. This location is fairly easy to find. There's only one simple hotel on the island so the movie stars were housed on yachts and in rental villas like Villa Serena which can be booked through VisVillas.com.