This sand beach is located on a small cove in the bend between Mikro Neorio and Megalo Neorio. There’s a beach bar and restaurant with both organized and free areas. Kalypso is shaded by thick pines that reach the tide line and has a great view of Neorio.
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This sand beach is located on a small cove in the bend between Mikro Neorio and Megalo Neorio. There’s a beach bar and restaurant with both organized and free areas. Kalypso is shaded by thick pines that reach the tide line and has a great view of Neorio.
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Vayionia, on the island’s north coast with a full view of Attica’s coast, forms the base of a deep cove ringed by a pine forest. Amenities include beach bar and sun beds. Good snorkeling around the ruins of a sunken ancient city. A rock at the beach’s west end is popular a natural diving board.
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Askeli is Poros’s most popular beach thanks to its fine sand and sparkling water. It is located on the northeastern shore of Kalaureia and is the island’s main beach resort. Amenities include life guard, beach volley court, water sports and ski school, toilets, changing cabins, and showers. There are numerous cafes and tavernas off the beach.
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Alyki is located on the Peloponnese mainland. This sandy strip abuts the Alyki lagoon and is especially popular among bathers who prefer shallow water. Amenities include beach bar and sunbeds, with water sports facilities and tavernas near by.
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The Dana Lighthouse standing at the mouth of the Poros channel was built in 1870 by the French Society of Ottoman Lighthouses. It is one of the prettiest stone-built square lighthouses in Greece and a monument of modern maritime history. The lighthouse rises to nine meters and its focal length reaches 32 meters.
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The iconic Poros clock tower (roloi) was built in 1927 with a donation by Ioannis H. Papadopoulos, a member of Parliament representing Trizina. His gift included the clock mechanism, which was made in America in 1915.
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The Russian Naval Base (Rossikos) was built amphitheatrically along a picturesque bay west of the island’s harbor. After the end of the Russo-Turkish war, Poros’s sheltered harbor served as the Russian fleet’s supply station where the Russian built an infrastructure that included kitchens for baking ship's biscuits and warehouses for storing coal and other supplies.
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The cathedral of Agios Georgios marks the center of Poros Town’s upper sector. The oldest surviving written reference to the church is in the 1828 census under Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias, who lived briefly on the island. The church is widely known for its hagiography which is the work of one of the most important modern Greek artists, Konstantinos Parthenis.
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The 18th-century Monastery of Zoodohos Pigi, or means life-giving spring, is located about four kilometers from Poros Town on a pine-covered slope and is a unique example of island monastery architecture. Its name derives from the island’s only spring, which is lauded in local tradition for its healing properties.