Hydra Island Greece
Greece

80 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Atlas Ocean Voyages (10 Cruises)

Celebrity Cruises (10 Cruises)

CroisiEurope (2 Cruises)

Emerald Waterways (8 Cruises)

Ponant (7 Cruises)

SeaDream Yacht Club (30 Cruises)

Star Clippers (13 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

By tender. Ships anchor off the entrance and passengers land at the exact centre of island life: a horseshoe harbour where the stone mansions of former shipowners rise in tiers.
No, the island bans motor vehicles across almost all its territory. Everything is done on foot, and mules handle deliveries as they always have: the first sound you hear on the quay is hooves on cobbles.
A loop of the harbour and the stepped lanes in the morning, the Lazaros Koundouriotis mansion or the Historical Archives museum, then the coastal path to Kamini and a fish lunch. All on foot, no transport.
West, a flat fifteen-minute walk to the hamlet of Kamini: a few boats hauled up, two tavernas and the Red House, a building from 1786. Stronger walkers continue to the pebble beach at Vlychos.
Yes, though rarely off sand: rock platforms along the coastal path invite a swim in clear water, and Vlychos offers a pebble beach a little further on.
Because they were built by shipowning families during the island's golden age, when its merchant fleet dominated the seas of the Levant. Those captains later put ships and fortunes at the service of the Greek war of independence in the 1820s.
The Lazaros Koundouriotis mansion, with period furniture, costumes and paintings, the Historical Archives museum covering the island's maritime and revolutionary story, and the marble cloister of the Dormition monastery on the harbour itself.
Since the 1950s painters, writers and musicians have taken refuge here, drawn by the island's bare beauty and the absence of engine noise. Leonard Cohen owned a house here for many years. Galleries in the old waterfront warehouses continue that thread.
With reservations. The absence of cars is a real safety advantage, but the town climbs by steps and there is no sandy beach. The short, flat path to Kamini is the best choice with children.
The euro and Greek, with English widely spoken: Hydra has welcomed visitors and artists for decades. Tavernas and galleries take cards; keep cash for smaller places.