The island’s natural beauty blossoms with spring, creating a picture-perfect backdrop for the most poignant holiday on the Orthodox calendar. Poros sparkles in the spring, as light infuses the sea with reflections from the pines covering its slopes. It’s the…
Culture
Poros is filled with many interesting landmarks! Around every corner you’ll find a slice of the island’s history.
Mythical wedding on the olive farm
Recently a dream became reality; we had the first wedding ever on my olive farm! The Scandinavian couple Oddney and Tore said their vows next to the sea as their guests watched while sitting on hay bales with Poros town…
Koulourakia Paschalina: Easter cookies
By Katerina’s Kouzina The most important religious holiday of the year in Greece is almost here: Easter! At midnight fireworks start the Easter Sunday full of dancing, singing and especially: eating! Since Greek Orthodox Easter – due to a different…
Apokries tradition in Poros
Successive generations of Poriotes are bound by an irrepressible sense of humor and zest for life which can be seen in their daily activities and interactions but comes out strongest perhaps during the weeks of carnival or apokries. Locals’ wit…
Boating Traditions
With a maritime tradition rooted in antiquity, it’s hardly surprising to see the diversity in Greek boatbuilding as the shape of bow and stern and number of masts were determined by the types of sea in which the boats sailed…