Viewed from a slight distance, Poros Town has been compared to a giant snail sitting at water’s edge—and, indeed, the clock tower might be mistaken for the mollusk’s antenna as it rises over the jumble of houses arrayed on the…
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Poros’s Café Sidelines
The traditional kafeneion, or coffeehouse, with its rigid chairs and small marble-topped butcher-block tables seems to have little in common with its modern-day evolution, the kafeteria with plump-cushioned sofas and blaring music, yet beneath the décor, Greece’s deep-rooted café culture…
Monastiri beach
Popular with families, Monastiri beach extends along a loosely cupped bay at the foot of the Monastery of Zoodohos Pigi. It’s a good place to spend the day, alternately dips in the cool, clear water with a light meal at…
Aliki beach
Aliki is a gorgeous beach with sand inside and out which winds up in a lagoon. It has shallow water and Bourtzi is right across where anyone can swim to. Located at the entrance of Poros’ waterway, as we come…
Koryzis Square: Shade Trees and Antiquities
It’s quiet. It’s handkerchief-sized. It’s unlike any other plateia, or quad, in the town. To many people it’s known simply as the «museum square» but its formal name is Plateia Koryzi. Concealed among shade trees and flowers, it is framed…