Bratsera Hotel

A sponge factory turned hotel

Nikolaos Verveniotis founded a sponge factory here in 1860, when Hydra's fishermen went out in fleets to look for them. The building was restored respecting its architecture and today is a boutique hotel. Its name, bratsera, was that of the mother ship of the sponge-fishing fleets.

The rooms

Whitewashed stone walls, wooden beams, plank floors and windows onto courtyards: superior double rooms and junior suites, sober and of good size. At the centre, a courtyard with a pool and the open-air restaurant.

Who it is for

For one or two nights in Hydra with a pool, something scarce in the town, a few minutes' walk from the harbour. Tell them your boat: a donkey can carry the suitcase.