So you're in Athens Greece and you're looking for the best day trip island.
Which one to choose? We head to the port city of Piraeus where we board a ferry
to the best island getaway we're going to an island called Hydra (Ydra) since we have
a short time in Greece we decided to visit an island that's only an hour and
a half off the coast of Athens
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luckily the island that we're going to is car free okay no crosswalks in this
town so this is our boat for the Hedra
this is the port
we're leaving Athens heading to Hydra
we have landed in there's no cars on this
and they also have sea taxis and lots of cats.
In Hydra, you'll find cats everywhere and they're well taken care of by the local community
Hydra has a long and rich history which makes exploring the island that
much more interesting at one time the island was even part of Venice today the
island has a population of about 2,000 people stone alleyways climbing up these
steps in Hydra
here you can see all the boats coming into the harbor and from Athens there's
boats departing every hour and a half or so this place doesn't even look real
renaming this island "incredible"
if you love the color of this water as much as we do hit the thumbs-up button
down below
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we just got a rocket salad, and a Greek salad, a cappuccino. In Greece they have community cats in community
companies kidding food right before our eyes are leftover souvlaki was stolen by
a local cat
a hair game. Guess who used to come here?
Sophia Loren came to Hedra in 1957 to film "a boy on a dolphin"
she has since named the island one of the most beautiful places in the world
and we couldn't agree more between the weather the beautiful water
the charming cobblestone streets the narrow alleyways and the historic
churches Hydra you can stay overnight in Hydra there are no chain hotels or you
can do a day trip like us
and with that we head back on the 2:30 ferry which stopped in Poros on the way
to Athens if you're looking for a short island hop getaway from Athens
definitely check out Hedra and Kouros that being said there's over 6,000
islands in Greece and over 200 are inhabited so there's much more to
explore
yeah is Mykonos the party island
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