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…
Beach Bars
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…
Vayionia Bay
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…
Russian Bay
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…
The taverna tradition in Poros
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’,…