Best Anchorages in the Saronic Gulf

Zogeria is widely regarded as the most beautiful anchorage on Spetses — a sweeping bay fringed by fragrant pine trees that run almost to the waterline, with turquoise water over a sandy-weed bottom.

Dokos is widely considered the finest secluded anchorage in the Saronic Gulf and one of the top overnight anchorages in all of Greece.

Porto Heli is one of the best all-weather anchorages in the Saronic Gulf — a near-landlocked lagoon formed by a low-lying headland on the Argolid coast of the Peloponnese.

Perdika is a charming, working fishing village at the SW corner of Aegina — the southernmost settlement on the island.

Agistri is a small pine-covered island just 5nm from Aegina, offering a quieter alternative to the busier Aegina Town.

Vathi, universally known as 'Love Bay' to sailors, is among the most charming overnight anchorages in the Saronic Gulf — a nearly circular bay on the south coast of Poros with a ring of fragrant pine trees coming down to a small sandy beach and crystal-clear turquoise water.

Hydra Town is one of the most photogenic and unique ports in the Mediterranean — an amphitheatre of neoclassical mansions climbing the hillside above a horseshoe harbour, with no cars, motorbikes, or motorised vehicles permitted on the island (except emergency services).

Mandraki is the recommended anchorage for sailors visiting Hydra — just 1nm west of Hydra Town, it offers everything the town quay lacks: excellent clean sand holding, free-swinging room, and a relaxed beach atmosphere, without the ferry wash and berth fees of the main harbour.

Kilada is one of the most sheltered and least visited anchorages in the Saronic Gulf — a deep, fjord-like bay on the Argolid coast of the Peloponnese that provides near-complete protection from all wind directions.

Spetsopoula is a small private island immediately south of Spetses, formerly owned by the Niarchos shipping dynasty and now maintained as a private estate.