HTSI Travel

High culture meets hedonism on Hydra

A tour of the Greek island where books, beatniks and buzz collide

By Josh Hickey

July 3, 2024

Take Me To Hydra: Why This Greek Island Is Our Go-To This Summer

Follow in the footsteps of the literary jet set of the 60s on the go-slow Greek island of Hydra – the inspiration behind London perfumer Miller Harris’ heady, planet-friendly new fragrance Hydra Figue


INSPIRATION

A Local’s Guide to Hydra, Greece

Producer Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld on his love of the Greek island.

BY RACHEL HOWARD

September 1, 2021

Long Lunches and Leonard Cohen: Hydra, Greece

For SUITCASE Volume 21: The Islands Issue, Dolly Alderton embarked on a musically inspired pilgrimage to Hydra, where she discovered an island suspended in time.

06 AUGUST, 2021


Hydra, the Greek island for dreamers

The author of a new novel inspired by the heady days of Leonard Cohen and his bohemian set longs to return to the island of vivid colours and stories

Polly Samson

23 May 2020

Beyond the Sea

The sun-soaked island of Hydra has long inspired artists and intellectuals from Henry Miller to Leonard Cohen, and even today with the influx of art stars and yachting billionaires, its unspoiled charm remains intact.

By Lawrence Osborne

March 21, 2014