View down from the hillside walk near SpiliaLayers of houses blend into layers of boats at Hydra PortA series of deckchairs lead down to a swimming platform, accessed by a stack of stone steps
A short flight to Athens, a bus ride to the historic port of Piraeus and just over an hour’s crossing of the Saronic Gulf by Catamaran and I was on the idyllic island of Ydra (also known as Hydra) last week, taking a few days out from autumnal England, to get a dose of summer sun.
There were hundreds of characterful boats, in all shapes and sizes, and it brought to mind Kenneth Grahame’s quote from The Wind in the Willows: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Five-layered boat ‘cake’ at Agios NikolaosConstant movement on the waterway ensures that Hydra Port looks different, every time you lookBoats leaving Hydra Port
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Thank you very much for your great response-much appreciated. I plan to do a photo journal of my recent trip with loads more photos, in due course. Thanks again! 😀
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oh my God….it is so picturesque….thanks for sharing…..
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Thank you very much for your great response-much appreciated. I plan to do a photo journal of my recent trip with loads more photos, in due course. Thanks again! 😀
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Oh….that would be great….waiting for that….regards….
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