# Day Trip to Hydra from Athens: the Car-Free Harbour, the Museum, a Swim and Kamini

A fast boat from Piraeus to the island without cars: captains' houses, the 1821 museum, a swim off the rocks at Spilia, lunch by a pool and a walk to Kamini.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/hydra/itineraries/donkey-harbour-and-swim-at-kamini · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 07:30 · Salida: 1 h 45 by boat (Metro to Piraeus and Flying Cat or Flying Dolphin from gate E8)
- 09:45 · Hydra harbour and the captains' houses (The quay, the donkeys and the shipowners' mansions)
  - Carry on on foot
- 11:45 · Hydra Historical Archive and Museum (Figureheads and mementoes of 1821)
  - Carry on on foot
- 12:45 · Swimming from the Spilia rocks and a water taxi to the coves (A swim off the rocks below the cannons)
  - Carry on on foot
- 14:15 · Bratsera restaurant (À la carte by the pool) · Bratsera restaurant, €€€
  - Carry on on foot
- 16:30 · Coastal walk to Kamini and Vlychos (Along the coast to Kamini; back by water taxi)
- 19:00 · Vuelta: 1 h 45 by boat (Boat to Piraeus; in central Athens around 21:30)

Hydra can be seen in a day from Athens with the morning fast boat and the afternoon one. You need nothing else: there are no cars on the island, everything is done on foot along stepped streets or by boat. This plan brings together the harbour and the captains' houses, the island museum, a swim off the rocks, a relaxed lunch and the coastal walk to Kamini.

## The day, hour by hour

7:30 · To Piraeus. Metro line 1 and the Hellenic Seaways fast boat, normally from gate E8: from 1 h 05 to 1 h 45 depending on the stops.

9:45 · The harbour. The donkeys waiting on the quay, the cafés and, up the stairs behind, the shipowners' stone mansions.

11:45 · The museum. The Historical Archive and Museum, in the harbour: figureheads, models and the history of the 1821 fleet.

12:45 · Swim at Spilia. At the west exit of the harbour, below the cannons: ladders into the sea from the rocks. Deep water.

14:15 · Lunch at the Bratsera. The restaurant of the former sponge factory, à la carte around the pool.

16:30 · To Kamini. The coastal path, 20 minutes, to the little fishing harbour. If you have the energy, carry on to Vlychos. Come back by water taxi.

19:00 · Boat back. In Athens around 21:30.

## What if I stay?

When the afternoon boats leave, Hydra goes quiet. The one-night getaway adds dinner at Téchnē and sunrise in the harbour.

## Cómo llegar

### Without a car
It is the only way: metro to Piraeus and a fast boat. On the island, on foot, by donkey or by water taxi.

## Consejos

### Buy the return
In summer the afternoon boat sells out.

### Flat shoes
The stone stairs are slippery.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does it take to get to Hydra?
From 1 h 05 to 1 h 45 by fast boat from Piraeus.

### Can you go by car?
There are no cars on the island.

### Where do you eat?
At the Bratsera at midday; for dinner, Téchnē in season.

### Is there a beach?
Rocks by the town and coves by water taxi.