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Hydra Town: The Harbour Capital of the Car-Free Island

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Hydra Town rising around its harbour, the car-free capital of Hydra

Hydra Town, known to Greeks as Chora, is the island’s capital and only real town, and one of the most beautiful island ports in the whole of Greece. Rising in a stone amphitheatre around a perfect horseshoe harbour, it is a place of grand captains’ mansions, marble-paved lanes, cafes and galleries, and it is entirely … Read more

Spetses Day Trip from Athens

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Spetses day trip from Athens

A Spetses day trip from Athens reaches an elegant, car-light Saronic island of grand neoclassical mansions, horse-drawn carriages and pretty pine-backed beaches by ferry from Piraeus. Make it effortless with ferry tickets or a guided cruise from My Greece Tours and enjoy more of your day on the island. This refined island escape is a … Read more