The “Ganges” of Greece
A Hellenic History
Should any Shipmates be holidaying in Athens and fancy a bit of Naval history on nearby Poros island (only an hour on the fast boats from Piraeus), a visit to ‘K.E. Poros Training Centre’ provides an interesting link with British Naval history and something to combine with maybe a pleasant lunch and wander round picturesque Poros town.
The Centre serves as both a holiday resort for Warrant Officers and Petty Officers of the Hellenic (Greek) Navy, and as a training base for conscripts & volunteers. Providing a base for holidays is something of a tradition, since what is now the Administration building use to be the summer palace of King Otto and Queen Amalia in the mid-1800s.