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Spétses, Póros
Metohi Cape
Zoúrva
Ýdra
Town Mandraki Geníseos tis
Theotókou Monastery
Kamíni
Vlyhós
Dokos Moni Ágiou Limnioniza Ýdra
Plákes Vlyhoú Agía Nikólaos Beach
Evpraxía Profítis Ilías
Kivotos Palamidas
Molos Eros
590 m (1,936 ft)
Petasi
Episkopí
Bísti
Ágios Nikólaos 0 kilometres 3 N
0 miles 3

Further south along
the coast from
Kamíni, the village
of Vlyhós has a grace­
ful 19th­century
bridge, two tavernas
and a pebble beach

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Kamíni
⌂ 1 km (0.5 mile) S
of Ýdra town
Visitors must walk, cycle or
take a boat anywhere beyond The gold interior of Profítis Ilías
Ýdra's town centre. Kamíni, a monastery near Ýdra town
15-minute walk south west
along the shore track, is a
picturesque fishing port. coves are five minutes' walk and a basic snack bar; in
Shingly Avláki and Kastéllo from the port. A short stroll season boats call regularly.
further south along the coast Nearby Ágios Nikólaos has
from Kamíni, the lovely village less frequent boat service, but
of Vlyhós has two tavernas, a the southfacing shore and
graceful 19th-century bridge water are better than at Bísti.
and a pebble beach with a few
amenities. Continue south for
another 15 minutes to Plákes 4
Vlyhoú. Its pebble cove has a
taverna and sunbeds. Cape Zoúrva
⌂ 8 km (5 miles) NE of Ýdra
town
3 At the northeastern end of
Bísti and Ágios Ýdra, Cape Zoúrva is usually
Nikólaos reached by hired boat to
Lédeza dock, 636 stone steps
⌂ 8 km (5 miles) S of Ýdra
town below the isolated Geníseos
tis Theotókou monastery.
Near Ýdra’s southwestern tip, From there, keen hikers have a
Bísti is considered its prettiest tough, often shadeless, four-
beach, with pines just inland hour hike back to town.
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