Hydra Island

Hydra is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Gulf. 
 

It is separated from the Peloponnese by narrow strip of water.
In ancient times, the island was known as Hydrea (Υδρέα, derived from the Greek word for "water"), which was a reference to the springs on the island. 




Rubbish trucks are the only motor vehicles on the island, as cars or motorcycles are not allowed by law. Donkeys, and water taxis provide public transportation. The inhabited area, however, is so compact that most people walk everywhere.

There is one main town, known simply as "Hydra port" .
It consists of a crescent-shaped harbour, around which is centered a strand  shops, markets, and galleries that cater to tourists and locals .

                                                                    Fruits ...........

                                                                            Grocery

 Restaurants ,Taverns ...

Steep stone streets lead up and outwards from the harbor area. Most of the local residences, as well as the hostelries on the island are located on these streets. 

Other small villages or hamlets on the island include Mandraki , Kamini, Vlychos , Palamidas, Episkopi, and Molos

                                              Panaghia Episkopi  oldest church on the island'

Famous movies filmed on Hydra

A Girl in Black Greek

Film by the Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis starring Dimitris Horn and Ellie Lambeti.

It was one of the first Greek films to achieve international recognition (Golden Globe award).








Boy on a Dolphin (1957). Hydra was the setting for this Sophia Loren hit movie.
 
20th Century Fox romantic film set in Greece and shot in CinemaScope. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Dwight Taylor, based on the novel by David Divine.

The film is noteworthy as Sophia Loren's English language debut,although it is also notable for her singing "T'in'afto pou to lene agapi" (What is this they call love) in Modern Greek.

 
 Phaedra (1962)
Phaedra (Greek: Φαίδρα) was a 1962 motion picture directed by Jules Dassin
Starring Melina Mercouri
Anthony Perkins


  








Out of the Shadows (film)

Out of the Shadows is a 2012 documentary produced by Sullivan Entertainment. The documentary features Dr. Joris Dik as he works toward re-attributing ‘Portrait of an Old Man with a Beard’ as a Rembrandt painting. The results of the process documented in the film were announced on December 2, 2011 as the Rembrandt Research Project classified the ‘Old Man’ as a Rembrandt The film is narrated by Donald Sutherland.



  

Fugitive Pieces (2007)
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film directed by Jeremy Podeswa, who also adapted the film from the award-winning novel of the same name written by Anne Michaels. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, who is orphaned in Poland during World War II and is saved by a Greek archeologist. The film premiered 6 September 2007 as the opening film of that year's Toronto Film Festival.





                                                                 
                                                                Hydra festivals 

Hydra has many Festivals the bigest is Miaoulia held in late June to commemorate Admiral Andreas Miaoulis, an important Hydriot naval commander in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1827),The ten-day festival consists of a series of celebratory events, including boat races, folk dancing, athletic, artistic, and other cultural exhibitions, concerts, and the like. Miaoulia closes with its highlight: “the Happening,” a reenactment of the sinking by Miaoulis’s men of the Turkish flagship, featuring the siege and burning of an actual boat in the harbor and culminating in a spectacular fireworks display.

Hydra is well connected via the port of Piraeus. High speed hydrofoils and catamarans from Piraeus 
The journey takes approximately 1 hour & 30 minutes by hydrofoil. Hydrofoils to Hydra run daily.
Also  daily island ferry boats.
You can always arrive by your private boat or taxi.
The island also has ferries to Aegina, Poros, Spetses, Nafplion and Monemvasia.
Enjoy