Hydra, Greece
International tourists tend to hop on a ferry and head way out into the deep Cyclades to islands like Santorini, Paros and Mykonos – but Athenians know better. Just an hour offshore is Hydra, its horseshoe-shaped port surrounded by 18th-century mariners’ mansions and donkeys, which transport suitcases to hotels in the absence of cars.
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