Sailing tour Greece – Hydra one of our favourite islands
Arriving for the very first time in Hydra, it’s hard not to feel the chic vibe and elegance of this cosmopolitan harbor town. You wouldn’t be far wrong if you imagined you had arrived on the movie set of a charming love story as this boutique island is well-known for its romantic past. Hydra is where “Boy on a Dolphin”, starring Sophia Loren, was filmed, where Elizabeth Taylor is rumored to have had a home and where Leonard Cohen was inspired to write many of his touching lyrics and music. Cohen’s “Bird On The Wire” creation came from the poet’s time in the ’60s living on Hydra, where he witnessed the construction of telephone poles and the birds on the wire ignited the songwriter’s imagination. “So Long Marianne”, dedicated to Cohen’s girlfriend also played out in the quiet laneways of Hydra after Cohen met Marianne and said she was most beautiful woman he had ever met. Aristotle Onassis, Maria Callas and Eric Clapton all chose to spend time on this hideaway of the rich and famous. But what is it that beguiles the unknowing traveler on their first visit to make it a place they want to return to again and again?
