Dafni () is a small settlement on

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...

. It is located on the southern coast of the Athonite peninsula between

Xeropotamou Monastery Xeropotamou monastery () is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, in the middle side of peninsula. The monastery ranks eighth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. It was founded in the 10th century ...

and

Simonopetra Monastery Simonopetra Monastery (, literally: "Simon's Rock"), also Monastery of Simonos Petra (), is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It ranks 13th in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. It is on the sou ...

. It is used mainly as a port and an entry point to the Athonite monastic state, with daily ferries from the town of

Ouranoupoli Ouranoupoli (, formerly ''Ouranopolis'') is an ancient city and a modern village in Chalcidice, Greece. It is part of the municipality Aristotelis. Location The village of Ouranoupoli is situated on the coastline in the northwest part (the ver ...

Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; , alternatively Halkidiki), also known as Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos reg ...

. There are also domestic ferries from Dafni to other parts of the peninsula, including the port of

Kafsokalyvia Kafsokalyvia () is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on Mount Athos. It is located at the southern edge of the Athos peninsula. Kafsokalyvia is named after Maximos Kausokalybites ("Maximos the Hut Burner"), a 14th-century Christian herm ...

and various individual monasteries. The 2001 Greek national census reported a population of 38 inhabitants.

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