Photo spot in Paxos & Antipaxos
Loggos harbour
A harbour barely wider than a courtyard, ringed by tavernas and pastel houses, with a disused soap factory closing one end.
About Loggos harbour
Get directionsLoggos is ten minutes north of Gaios and about a tenth of its size. The harbour is a tight semicircle of water with a stone quay running round it, tables at the edge, and small boats tied bow-to a metre from where people are eating. At the northern end stands the shell of an old olive-soap factory, a long stone building that gives the bay its one strong industrial line.
For photographs the scale is the point: everything is within one lens. Stand on the quay opposite the tavernas and the whole village fits a normal frame; drop to water level and the moored boats give you a foreground that changes with every step. A short walk up the hill behind gives a clean overhead of the harbour with the sea beyond.
The bay faces east-north-east, so the light comes over the water at sunrise, the quay stays warm until mid-morning, and the whole village is in shade by late afternoon. There is very little parking and the road along the quay is single-track — leave the car above the village and walk down. It is small enough that a session here should be quiet and quick rather than sprawling.
Best time to shoot
Sunrise to mid-morning, when the light comes in over the water and the quay is still empty
Tips
Park above the village and walk down; the quay road is one lane and the tavernas need it. Tables start filling around eight in the evening. The hill path behind the harbour takes ten minutes and gives the only high view.
Other spots in Paxos & Antipaxos
The Gaios channel and the Panagia islet
A Venetian waterfront facing a wooded islet across a strip of still green water, with boats moored down the middle of it.
The Erimitis cliffs at sunset
A wall of pale cliff on the west coast, dropping into deep blue water and facing the sunset square on.
Vrika and Voutoumi on Antipaxos
Two short beaches on a one-kilometre island, over water so clear that moored boats appear to hang above their own shadows.
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Our concierge team will hand-pick 2-3 photographers who know Loggos harbour — free of charge.
