Mikros Gialos

Poros in Lefkada: The Hillside Village Above Mikros Gialos

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The green flowered hills of south-east Lefkada around the village of Poros

Poros is a traditional village on the south-east side of Lefkada, an Ionian island in Greece. It stands amphitheatrically on a green hillside above the sea, roughly 3.5 kilometres up from the coast, between Nydri and Vasiliki. Stone houses with yellow-tiled roofs, flower-filled courtyards and narrow paved alleys give it an old rural character. Below … Read more

Mikros Gialos in Lefkada: The Sheltered Pebble Bay near Poros

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The sheltered wooded bay of Mikros Gialos near Poros on the south-east coast of Lefkada

Mikros Gialos is a sheltered pebble bay on the south-east coast of Lefkada, below the village of Poros and about 15 km south of Nydri. Its name means the small bay, and the shore is a curve of white pebbles washed by clear, calm water that shades from turquoise to emerald. The beach sits between … Read more