The second biggest island in the Argosaronic Gulf, Aegina, has a unique ambience. It takes you back in time, it generously offers its extraordinary beauty and it relaxes you so much, that you forget you are just a stone's throw away from the capital city, Athens.
31/10/2018
The second biggest island in the Argosaronic Gulf, Aegina, has a unique ambience. It takes you back in time, it generously offers its extraordinary beauty and it relaxes you so much, that you forget you are just a stone's throw away from the capital city, Athens.
19/10/2018
It goes without saying that the main tourist attractions in the city of Athens are the sacred Rock of the Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum.
19/10/2018
If you ever visit Sounio, you will soon realize the true meaning of expressions like "outstanding beauty", "majestic panoramic view", "breathtaking sunset".
09/10/2018
The cultivation of olives is dating since ancient times, in the broader northeastern Peloponnese and the islands of the Saronic Gulf. Indicative is the reference made by ancient traveler Pausanias.
09/10/2018
One of the most traditional products of Greece is considered to be the jam-like “Spoon sweets”. This way the housewives, were preserving fruits and nuts left-overs from harvests, by keeping them for long time into the syrup. Since Poros is known for its citrus, spoon sweets made with bitter orange and mainly lemon, are local products of the island.
08/10/2018
Konstantinos Parthenis is ranked among the 20th century’s most distinguished Greek painters. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1878, Parthenis first visited Poros in 1903 and returned to the island on several occasions.
08/10/2018
The first governor of the newly established Greek State. In January of 1828 he arrived in Poros and temporarily established his temporary government, staying in the Kolokouvaros family house.
08/10/2018
Antiquity’s most famed orator, Demosthenes was born in Athens in 384 B.C. and opposed Philip of Macedon’s expansionism in southern Greece. Demosthenes sought with his Philippic orations to persuade the Athenians to fight to preserve their independence, but this policy failed and Athens fell to Philip in the 338 B.C. Battle of Chaeronea.
08/10/2018
George Seferis, a Nobel laureate poet and one of the most distinguished figures in modern Greek literature, has strong links to Poros. His work Kichli (The Thrush, 1947) was inspired by a small shipwreck at Daskalio islet which he witnessed during his stay at Villa Galini.