Visit the Manor of Lazaros Kountoyriotis, which houses a division of the National Historic Museum as well as the Museum of Byzantium Art and History and the Auditorium “Melina Merkouri”, which displays paintings of famous artists. Try also the Museum of History, which runs daily and has got important relics, archives and also a library. Finally, a very nice sight is the Bastions with the cannons that protected the city from the harbor’s edges.

The Christian Orthodox Church played a tremendous role in the liberation of Greeks from The Turks. Visiting the churches and monasteries feels like visiting a living testimony of history. Start off your tour from the twin Monasteries of Saint Eupraxia and Prophet Elias, where some of the heroes of the Greek Revolution were imprisoned in 1825, amongst them, the Greek General Theodore Kolokotronis in 1825. Noteworthy are the monasteries of Saint Trinity, of Saint Matrona, of Saint Nikolaos, of Virgin Mary of Zoubra and the Church of dormition, with the Byzantine and Ecclesiastic Museum. Also, you have to visit the Churches of Hypapante and St. John the abstinent, with the wonderful wall paintings of the 18th century.  

Hydra Island attracted growing attention after WWII, when Sophia Lauren starred in the first ever American movie shot in Greece, “Boy on Dolphin”, following the footsteps of the intellectual elite who started flocking in. The island’s authenticity and picturesque architectural character won more and more followers and loyal travelers, who reclaimed old abandoned mansions and gave them new life. Ever since, it is continually attracting international visitors and Athenian, long weekenders.