Hydra & Spetses from Nafplio

Ship’s facilities

• Snack bar
• Air Condition in the closed lounges
• Cell phone Network
• TV set

Not included

• Food
• Hotel Transfer

Itinerary

• 07:50

  Boarding at the port of Tolo

  Board early because departures are punctual

• 08:30

  Departure for Hydra

  Sailing towards Hydra, we sail around Argolis, the coasts of Porto Helios, the Spetses Strait and Ermionida.

• 11:30

  Arrival in Hydra

  For a 3-hour stay

  100 meters from the port on your left as you get off the ship you can install the Hydra Museum where there are exhibits from the era of the revolution and the Balkan Wars.
  You can visit the Metropolis, a large monastery in the center of the port dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which you will easily find from a tall bell tower clock. There is an ecclesiastical museum and the island's town hall.
  You can wander the stone cobblestone streets to see the three-story mansions of the captains of the revolution, take a short ride with the donkeys and take nice photos of the 2 cannons at the ends of the port.
  Near Pavlos Kountouriotis' house is a bronze statue of a dolphin with a child on its back to commemorate the film that was filmed on the island in the 1950s, "The Child and the Dolphin," starring Sophia Loren.

• 14:30

  Departure from Hydra

  Starting for Spetses, we sail close to the island, admiring the wild nature. Soon the island of Spetses and Spetsopoula, the private island of Stavros Niarchos, come into view.

• 15:30

  Arrival in Spetses

  For a 2-hour stay.

  Above the port is Dapia, the old gun emplacement of the island that hosts most of the cafes and is decorated with pebbles from the surrounding beaches.
  You can visit the mansion of Bouboulina at a distance of about 100 meters from the port. Near the mansion is the neoclassical building of the benefactor of the island, Sotiris Anargyros.
  In Poseidonio Square you can see the first hotel of the island built in 1897 and the statue of Bouboulina gazing at the sea.
  At 200 meters from the port is the sandy beach of Agios Mammas for a refreshing swim.
  600 meters from the port is the monastery of Agios Nikolaos, where the flag of the revolution was raised on the island, and where the film "Jenny Jenny" was filmed, specifically the wedding scene (the classic Mantas and Gortsos).
  About a kilometer away, the old port hosts most of the island's mansions as well as the old shipyards where the ships of the revolution were built. Nearby is the island's large lighthouse and the statue of the arsonist Kosmas Barbatsis who set fire to the Turkish flagship in the naval battle of Spetses on September 8, 1822.
  You can visit the city on foot or by horse-drawn carriages that carry 4-5 people, their starting point is next to the port.
  Departing from Spetses we see the Anargyreio Korgialenio School, one of the many offerings of Anargyros on the island, and the rich pine forest that touches the blue waters.

• 17:30

  Departure from Spetses

  Departure for Tolo

• 19:15

  Arrival in Tolo

  We arrive in Tolo, an opportunity for a panoramic photo of the beach and the island that stands opposite before we say goodbye.