{"id":5436,"date":"2025-04-22T10:54:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:54:45","slug":"poros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/22\/poros\/","title":{"rendered":"Poros"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poros is a small town on the southeast side of Kefalonia. It\u2019s really beautiful here and we\u2019ve had very nice weather\u2026warm in the day with mild sea breezes in the evening. We are staying at Blue Sky Apartments right across from the sea and ferry port. Several times a day the large ferry (yellow and blue ship below) goes from here to Kyllini on the mainland.<\/p>\n

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Seaside in Poros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The area around Poros is distinguished by thick green Mediterranean vegetation, deep canyons, white pebble beaches and natural springs.<\/p>\n

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Rocky Cliffs of Poros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One local business, Remetzo, took advantage of the setting and created a coffee shop in a cave.<\/p>\n

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Remetzo Cafe and Coffee Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the view of the rocky sea is from the cafe is spectacular.<\/p>\n

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A Rocky Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday we had another travel kerfuffle\u2026on the way back from the nearby town Skala, we had a flat tire – on a narrow road too far from town to walk for assistance.<\/p>\n

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Flat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The jack was oddly designed and difficult to position. A local man and his wife stopped to help but he gave it his best effort but had no luck and left. To our great fortune, a man and woman from the U.K. on a hike with their two small children walked by, and the husband was a mechanical whiz. It took him just a few minutes to position the jack, remove the tire, replace it with the spare and we were all on our merry way! We were so grateful! The tire has been repaired by a local gas station and the cost was only 5 Euro! We were very lucky. People here have been consistently kind and helpful.<\/p>\n

Today we followed a rocky path to a UNESCO site, the Waterfalls of Gradou.<\/p>\n

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Path to Waterfalls of Gradoe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The vegetation along the way was pretty and varied.<\/p>\n

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Spring Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s about 1.4 kilometers to hike and the path is rocky and steep but worth the effort. When we arrived, there were a few people there swimming in the deep pools of water at the base of the falls.<\/p>\n

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Waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We\u2019re having a relaxed stay here and the people are so kind. A little known fact about Larry is that he loves kumquats. As just one example of Greek hospitality, we woke up this morning and found a bowl of kumquats on our window sill.\u00a0 The Mom of our host left these!<\/p>\n

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A Kumquat Surprise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Poros is a small town on the southeast side of Kefalonia. It\u2019s really beautiful here and we\u2019ve had very nice weather\u2026warm in the day with mild sea breezes in the evening. We are staying at Blue Sky Apartments right across from the sea and ferry port. Several times a day the large ferry (yellow and … <\/p>\n

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