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…
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’,…
Love Bay is Poros’s romantic beach—and many idylls have begun in the emerald embrace of this snug, pine-shaded cove with the clear, teal waters with a diminutive stone church perched over one end. Equally popular among young couples and singles,…
This cozy cove sits in a bend on the road to Neorio, at the foot of a pine woods less than 100 meters from the celebrated Villa Galini, favorite retreat of luminaries like the actress Greta Garbo, the painter Marc…
Kalypso is situated just after Xenia Poros Image Hotel and before Megalo Neorio. It is a small yet really beautiful, pine-shaded, sandy beach, ideal for a late afternoon swim. Kalypso used to be very popular in the 80s as there…
