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Aegean · May to October
Saronic & Argolic Gulfs
Hydra, Spetses and Poros, an easy day from the Athens marinas where most Greek charters begin.
25 places on the chart: 5 harbour towns and ports, 1 marina or yard, 12 islands and 7 anchorages and bays.
Open Saronic & Argolic Gulfs on the chart
Why the fleet comes here
- Piraeus
- The port of Athens, and where most Greek charters clear in
- Hydra
- No cars and no road; the harbour is the town
- Nafplio
- The first capital of Greece, with the Bourtzi in the harbour mouth
- Aegina
- The nearest island to Athens, and the temple of Aphaia above it
- Spetses
- The Old Harbour and the Spetses Classic Yacht Race
- Poros
- A channel rather than a harbour, a few hundred metres from the Peloponnese
- Sounion
- The temple of Poseidon stands over the anchorage; the classic first or last night of an Aegean cruise
- Porto Heli
- An almost enclosed bay opposite Spetses, and the summer address of Athens
- Vouliagmeni
- The Athenian riviera, and the marina under Astir
- Ermioni
- A peninsula town with anchorages on both sides
Every place in Saronic & Argolic Gulfs