Stepping off the catamaran onto Hydra’s ancient harbour feels like entering a living painting – an island caught between myth and a Mediterranean daydream. Unlike the high-energy crowds of Santorini ...

Hydra is at first glance no different from its neighbors. Like other islands in the Aegean Sea, it has white-washed streets, fragrant jasmine-filled air and breathtaking vistas of the shimmering blue ...

Art collector Dakis Joannou’s DESTE Project Space Slaughterhouse on Hydra is topped with a sculpture by Jeff Koons. Photo by Catherine Panchout/ Sygma via Getty Images For the past many years, the ...

Travelers to the Greek island of Hydra should pack light. After all, what you bring, you’ll be carrying—or loading onto a mule. No motor vehicles are permitted on the small car-free island, though you ...

With hundreds of islands, it can be slightly overwhelming to know which of the picturesque Greek paradises to spend your precious annual leave at. However, after spending a week on the calm, sunny and ...

Looming into view, as the ferry from Athens approaches its harbour, Hydra seems like any other island at first. Fluttering Greek flags wave me into port, white houses gleam in the sunshine, all of ...

Just over an hour from Athens, this Saronic Island idyll offers all the charm of its Cycladic cousins with fewer visitors, says Rebecca Hall ...