WEDDING WEEKEND SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, JULY 4th
Welcome Cocktail Party at Amalour
SUNDAY, JULY 5th
Wedding Ceremony at Dormition of the Mother Lord Hydra and Reception at Spilia
MONDAY, JULY 6th
Organized Beach Day (Recovery Time)
A note on children:
Greece is a wonderful place for a family trip, and we’d be thrilled to see you and your little ones enjoying the island! That said, our wedding in Hydra will be adults-only—but don’t worry, we’ll assist with trusted babysitting options so everyone is well cared for.
More precise details about the wedding weekend will follow, but the dream scenario would be for you to arrive in Hydra on either Thursday July 2nd or Friday July 3rd and depart on Tuesday, July 7th. The more of a buffer you can give yourself to recover from your jetlag and get ready to party, the better!
Pronounced Eid-rah. This relaxed and utterly charming island is an easy 60 - 90-minute ferry ride from Athens' harbor, Piraeus.
In addition to being a known destination for artists, musicians and poets, the island also does not allow cars, which makes it truly magical.
The closest airport to Hydra Island is Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos AIA).
AIA is the largest airport in Greece, and extremely well connected to Europe and major US cities. It is the hub for Aegean Airlines.
If planning a visit to Athens beforehand, the city is about 10km (~30-minute drive) from the airport, and is easily accessible by bus, train (the Athens metro) or taxi.
You will relaxingly drift into Hydra’s port about an hour or so after leaving Athens.
Hellenic Seaways, Alpha Lines and Magic Sea Ferries operate ferries from Piraeus port to Hydra, with 5-8 daily crossings in Summer. The most reliable website to book your ferry tickets, which we suggest you do several months in advance, is Ferry Scanner.
As a rough guide, sailings are often ~8am, 10am, 1pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, with more trips scheduled from Thursday to Sunday.
Some sailings are direct to Hydra (~60 minutes), others have one or two stops at the islands of Aegina and Poros (90-120 minutes). For the super-planners, don't worry if you can't yet see dates and times for next summer; full schedules typically aren't released until a few months beforehand. This is Greece, relaaaax!
If you are planning to catch a ferry the same day you arrive in Athens, we suggest leaving 3 hours between your flight and the ferry departure. If things are looking dicey, you can call Hellenic Seaways/Alpha up to one hour before the sail time and they'll move you to another ferry!
A roundtrip ferry ticket ranges between $70-$90 per person.
Known as the 'museum island' Hydra has retained much of its character and can often make you feel like you’re back in the 1800s (except when you look out at the beautiful yachts floating in the port).
Everything in Hydra is a stunning mix of old meets new. The museums, the captains’ homes turned into hotels, the donkeys (Hydra’s version of cars), the musicians recording in old sea sponge factories, and the luxury yachts moored next to half-sunken fishing boats overflowing with nets and cats.
Due to its relatively small size and one main path around the island's edge, water taxis, muleteers, and kind locals always know which direction to point you in, though we can’t say enough about the joys of allowing yourself to get completely lost and soak it all in!
