Arts & Culture
A world-class art foundation, an open-air cinema since 1953, historic mansions and the island museum — Hydra has drawn artists for generations.
Hydra Art Walk
An island-wide augmented-reality art exhibition: posters hidden around Hydra come alive on your phone with painting, sculpture, poetry and music — no app needed. Runs all summer (Edition III: 21 June – 15 October 2026).
Wilhelmina's
Contemporary art gallery in a historic Mandraki shipyard, showing young and mid-career artists between the rocks and the sea, May–September.
Historical Archive – Museum of Hydra (IAMY)
The Historical Archive – Museum of Hydra (IAMY) receives a large number of Greek and foreign visitors daily , which exhibits important 19th-century paintings and numerous…
Cine Gardenia — Open-Air Cinema
Hydra's beloved open-air cinema, screening under the stars since 1953 — run with love by the volunteers of the Hydra Cinema Club.
DESTE Project Space — The Slaughterhouse
A former slaughterhouse on the coastal path turned world-famous contemporary art space — every summer a leading international artist creates a show here.
Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion
The house of the Hydra nobleman Lazaros Kountouriotis, built during the island’s naval heyday, dominates the western side of Hydra’s harbor. In the mansion of this prominent…
Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion
The historic home of Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis — naval hero and President of Greece — above the western bastions, open as a museum.
The Windmill — Boy on a Dolphin
The restored windmill from the 1957 Sophia Loren film, on the rocks west of the harbour — a bronze boy on a dolphin and the island's favourite sunset photo spot.