The Hydra cats are one of the most beloved and photographed features of this beautiful car-free island. A large community of friendly felines who greet visitors along the harbour and doze in the sun in the stone lanes. With no cars, motorbikes or bicycles to threaten them, the cats of Hydra are famously relaxed and … Read more
The Hydra donkeys, mules and horses are the beating heart of daily life on the only Greek island where cars are banned. With no vehicles, no scooters and not even bicycles allowed, these hard-working animals. Along with water taxis and people’s own two feet, carry everything and everyone that moves around the island. From the … Read more
The best things to do in Hydra revolve around one rare quality: this is a Greek island with no cars. No scooters and no bicycles, where donkeys, water taxis and your own feet are the only way to get around. Just a short ferry from Athens in the Saronic Gulf, Hydra keeps a timeless, elegant … Read more
Spetses travel tips begin with one defining fact: this Saronic island restricts private cars, so you plan every movement around bikes, water taxis, scooters, horse carriages and your own feet. Understanding that shapes what you pack, how you book and how you budget. My Greece Tours gathers the practical know-how here so your first visit … Read more
A Spetses honeymoon trades resort crowds for quiet elegance on a car-free island only a short hydrofoil ride from Athens. This My Greece Tours guide shows couples how to combine mansion-hotel stays, sunset walks, private coves and candlelit seafood dinners into a few unhurried romantic days. Spetses keeps its pine forest, stone archontika and horse … Read more
Spetses with kids works beautifully because the island is car-free, and families quickly discover that the biggest risk on the waterfront is a passing bicycle rather than a speeding vehicle. My Greece Tours treats Spetses as one of the gentlest Greek islands for young children, with horse-drawn carriages, shallow organised beaches and short boat trips … Read more
The horse carriages of Spetses, known locally as fiacres, are the signature image of this car-free island in the Argo-Saronic Gulf. On Spetses private cars stay banned inside the town, so the decorated horses and their painted carriages remain a genuine means of transport rather than a mere photo prop. My Greece Tours explains here … Read more
A Spetses itinerary rewards travellers who let the car-free island set the pace instead of racing through it, and My Greece Tours builds every plan around that gentle rhythm. Spetses sits in the Saronic Gulf near the Peloponnese, close enough for a weekend from Athens yet distinct enough to feel like a real escape. On … Read more
Cycling Spetses is the signature way to explore this car-free Saronic island, where private cars are restricted and the flat waterfront belongs to bicycles rather than engines. A paved coastal ring road circles the whole island, linking beach after beach through fragrant pine forest, and My Greece Tours treats two wheels as the natural pace … Read more
Ligoneri is the nearest proper beach to Spetses Town, a shaded pebble bay a short way west of the harbour that arrivals choose for their first swim. Trees lean right down to the water’s edge, the sea stays calm and clear, and a taverna sits close by. This My Greece Tours guide explains what to … Read more