Luxury holidays in Hydra

When to go

Try to avoid the holidaying crowds and time your trip before things shut up for the season by booking from August to September.

Getting there

• Planes

  There’s no airport on the island, so touch down at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport then travel down to Piraeus port to catch the ferry to the island.

• Automobiles

  No cars allowed – charmingly, this means horses, donkeys and mules mill about the place.