Poros – general
GeneralFrom across the narrow channel that separates the island from the Peloponnese, Poros still has the appearance, in the early morning light, of a watercolour scene by a 19th century [...]
Poros – history
History and Legend A large Early Helladic II settlement on the northeast coast shows that the island (or peninsula, as it then was) played an important role in the Saronic area as early as the [...]
Poros – Poros town
Poros TownThe elegant town of Poros is an architectural unity of prevailingly neoclassical style: the buildings cascade attractively down a steep hillside overlooking the channel, punctuated at [...]
Poros – AROUND THE ISLAND – general
Around the IslandThe main road north from the western end of the promenade leads past what was the first Naval Training School of the newly formed Greek State. Until the facilities were moved to [...]
Poros – the sanctuAry of Poseidon Kaiaureatas
The Sanctuary of Poseidon‘Kalaureatas’From the junction 1km west of the monastery the road into the interior of the island climbs through pine for ests and crosses the central ridge of the island [...]