Walking through the north-facing, lower of three entrances, this property for sale on Hydra is organized into three definite built areas. From the lower entrance, you look up over the garden rooms to the front facade of the main two-floor house. Going right, there is the main terrace with a water feature.

Stunning views of both Hydra and Kamini harbors arise in front of you, framed by lush green pine trees. The main double entrance doors open to this primary terrace from the west. Steps cut through dark red mountain stone lead to the breakfast terrace which is shaded from the morning sun.

The ground floor of the main house serves as the property’s interior hub. It offers an open-plan living room with sea views, a hand-crafted, fitted kitchen with a double marble sink, a concealed dishwasher, an electric oven, and a hob. Double doors to the kitchen dining terrace and a traditional fireplace are ideal for cozy winter evenings.

At the far end of the living room, there is a deep entrance cut through the wall of what used to be a cisterna. This quaintly shaped room is used as a TV chill-out room or a bedroom when needed. Behind the living room, off the entrance hall, there is the family bathroom, with a small bath and shower over it, next to wooden stairs to the top floor.

The principal bedroom occupies the entire top floor, designed in the style of a Virani. This traditional room style is used by the principal owner of the house not only as a bedroom but also as a personal living space and office. Currently, this room includes a sitting area and plenty of bookshelves along the solid stone walls. It has wooden flooring and it’s open to the rafters. The bedroom, positioned in the back corner on a raised stone platform one step higher than the rest of the room, allows you to check the weather through the window without getting out of bed.

The Virani room comes with a north, sea-facing Juliet balcony and access to the top-floor terrace. This terrace offers the most tremendous, unobstructed 180° views of the island below, the sea stretching to the mainland, and Dokos Island to the west. From here, you can enjoy the sunrise, but also the spectacular sunset. From the east top terrace, you can walk around the back of the house, passing a sunken garden, and continue up to the third east entrance.

The guest house is a separate, flat-roofed building located to the west of the main house. It can be accessed either from the breakfast terrace or through the main house’s back garden. The studio-style room features a bed platform at one end, with a part of the living space raised and including a small fitted kitchen. The small shower room is off the lower side of the living space. Opposite the entrance, at the far end of the room, the studio opens to its private terrace, shaded by pine trees and set against the backdrop of a disused stone chapel.

The flat roof terrace above the studio is a magnificent place to organize a dinner party. With plenty of wall lights and a sky as your ceiling adorned with twinkling stars, the evening and night-time views are stunning. Based on my personal experience, the roof terrace can comfortably host twenty guests for dinner. And if you want more of a party, there’s an easy flow between terraces for guests to mingle and socialize.

Steps from the roof terrace lead down to the breakfast terrace and easily continue the flow down to the main water-feature terrace. If you enjoy entertaining, hosting a party for around a hundred guests is very doable at this spacious real estate on Hydra. It’s equally practical for accommodating occasional guests while maintaining privacy.

From the breakfast terrace, you can walk to the front elevation to reach the kitchen terrace. The ground floor living room and kitchen of the main house are open to this terrace, making it an ideal spot for family meals when you prefer not to dine indoors. Steps down from the kitchen terrace bring you back to the lower street entrance and the third built area of the property, the garden rooms.

In the lower garden, there is a terrace shaded by pine trees. Here, you’ll find a small bedroom that serves as the garden furniture storage room in winter. Adjacent to it is a bathroom that also functions as a utility room and laundry. At the top of the entrance steps, there is a large outdoor brick-built oven.