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Monastiri beach

By: | November 17th, 2014 | 0 Comment

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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…

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Aliki beach

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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…

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Vayionia Bay

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Vayionia extends at the base of a deep, almost rectangular inlet on the island’s northern coast, about eight kilometers from Poros Town, with a view towards Aegina and the Attica coastline. The beach is pebble, coarse sand, and shingle with…

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Russian Bay

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From a distance, the derelict facade at Russia Bay is sometimes mistaken for ancient ruins, but are in fact what remains of an early 19th-century base built for the Russian Navy. The ruins add an exotic note to the bare…

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The taverna tradition in Poros

By: | May 2nd, 2014 | 0 Comment

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Poros’s tavernas today are arrayed along the waterfront, from the marina down to the old harbor district of Pounta. This was not always the case. In the 1950s and 1960s, they were clustered inside the town along the ‘Yahni sokaki’,…