# Day Trip to Poros from Athens: Ferry from Piraeus, the Clock Tower, the Boat to Galatas and Askeli Beach

The Piraeus ferry, the village up to the clock tower, the boat to Galatas and its lemon grove, lunch by the sea and the afternoon on Askeli beach.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/poros/itineraries/ferry-from-piraeus-and-askeli · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 07:00 · Salida: 2 h 45 by ferry (Saronic Ferries from Piraeus, with stops at Aegina and Methana; ticket online)
- 10:00 · The clock tower and the upper streets of Poros (Steps from the quay)
  - 5 min on foot
- 11:00 · Poros Archaeological Museum (Korizi Square · €5; Wednesday to Sunday)
  - 5 min by boat
- 11:45 · Crossing to Galatas and the lemon forest (Boat from the quay to Galatas; the grove is about 3 km away)
  - 15 min by taxi, 5 km
- 14:00 · Sirene Blue Luxury Beach Resort (Lunch at the hotel's seaside taverna; ask first whether they serve non-guests) · Sirene Blue Luxury Beach Resort
  - 8 min by taxi, 3 km
- 16:00 · Askeli beach (A swim in calm water)
- 18:30 · Vuelta: 2 h 45 by ferry (Ferry to Piraeus; check the time of the last boat)
  - 30 min by metro
- 21:45 · Electra Roof Garden, en Athens (Late dinner in Plaka; serves dinner until midnight, book) · Electra Roof Garden, €€€

Poros is the island in the Saronic Gulf pressed against the Peloponnese: from the quay you can see Galatas on the other side of a 200-metre channel. In a day from Athens, the ferry takes more than five hours, so this plan makes the most of the time on land: the village and the clock tower as soon as you arrive, the museum, the boat to the Peloponnese for the lemon grove, lunch by the sea and the afternoon on the beach.

## The day, hour by hour

7:00 · Ferry from Piraeus. Metro line 1 to Piraeus and a Saronic Ferries ferry, with stops at Aegina and Methana, about 2 h 40. Buy the ticket online: it arrives by email. The Hellenic Seaways fast boats take less and cost more.

10:00 · The village and the clock tower. From the quay, up the stairs between whitewashed houses to the tower, with the strait and Galatas below.

11:00 · The Archaeological Museum. On Korizi Square, five minutes away. The Mycenaean finds of the district opposite. €5; open Wednesday to Sunday.

11:45 · Galatas and the lemon grove. Boat from the quay to Galatas, five minutes, and a walk or taxi to the Lemonodasos, the lemon grove, about 3 km away. In spring, in blossom.

14:00 · Lunch by the sea. You come back by boat and a taxi takes you to Monastiri bay, where Sirene Blue has its Mediterranean taverna by the water. Call ahead to ask whether they serve non-guests. Next door, the monastery of Zoodochos Pigi.

16:00 · Askeli beach. Calm water and a gently shelving bottom, a few minutes by taxi.

18:30 · Ferry back. Check the time of the last boat carefully. At Piraeus around 21:10.

21:45 · Dinner in Plaka. Metro line 1 to Monastiraki and dinner at the Electra Roof Garden, which serves until midnight, with the Acropolis lit up.

## With one night

Stay at New Aegli, on Askeli beach itself, and see the village at sunset, when it empties. The next morning, the sanctuary of Poseidon at the top of Kalaureia.

## Cómo llegar

### Without a car
Metro to Piraeus and the ferry; on the island, on foot, by boat and by taxi.

### By car
Via Corinth, Epidaurus and Methana to Galatas, about two and a half hours, and the small ferry crosses the strait.

## Consejos

### Return ticket already bought
In season the afternoon boats fill up.

### Museum, not on Monday or Tuesday
It closes on those days.

### Sleep over if you can
Five hours of boat in a day is tiring.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is Poros worth it in a day from Athens?
It can be done, but the boat takes more than five hours. With one night you enjoy it much more.

### How long does the ferry to Poros take?
About 2 h 40 with Saronic Ferries; the fast boats, less.

### Do you need a car on Poros?
No.

### What is there at Galatas?
The Peloponnese village opposite and the lemon grove, five minutes by boat.