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The
town which is the centre of the whole island, is built amphitheatrically,
around the port. It looks glamorous like an art-paint, with grey,
white and blue colours above the blue of the sea, an exemplar
of architectonics and aesthetics. Right and left from the entrance
of the port, there are the parapets with the canons, which protected
the city.
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At
the left side of the port, after the statue of A. Miaoulis, there
is the Port Authority, which is lodged in the old, stonebuilt
gunpowder dump. Next, there is the marble building of the files
of Hydra and follows the house of Tsamados family, where is lodged
the famous Captain School. The road leads to the gym and the pine-clad
area of the abbey of Saint Fotini. The road which begins from
the middle of the port, leads to the Good Wells. Continuing, it
ascends to the abbey of prophet Elias (1815) and the abbey of
Saint Eutaksy (1821).
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In the
center of the port is located the cathedral which was built in 1648
and reconstructed in 1774. Aforetime operated as the abbey of the
Assumption. Today, in the abbey, is located the headquarters of
the Town Hall and the ecclesiastic museum. Right of the abbey of
the Assumption, begins a tight, paved, ascending road, which leads
to the old city, Kiafa. The road passes through the nursing home
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On
the right side of the port, the beachside road under the main
of Koudouriotis, the Mills reaches Kamini and abuts to Vlihos.
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Main
point type of Hydra is that there are no wheeled vehicles and
the transfers are being made only by donkeys, a thing that makes
it even more graphic. The port of Hydra submerges daily from little
and big yachts, boats and cruisers.
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On
the island you will enjoy romantic walk in the narrows, graphical,
paved alleys. Generally, Hydra is famous for the calm life is
offers to the visitors in the day, but also for the intense, cosmopolitan
life, in the night. Bar, pub, disco, with foreign-Greek music
and reverly till the morning.
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Hydra
with the continuous offering in tourism and cultural life of our
country, remains the adornment of the saronic gulf and one of
the most important resorts of Greece. Hydra is the headquarter
of the Cathedral of Hydra - Spetses - Poros - Aigina. From 1967,
Metropolite is the Venerable Ierotheos Tsantilis.
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Developed and
Maintained
by Empneusis
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