Agios Nikolaos islet
The rocky islet off the western tip, seen from the beach of the same name.
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Bisti and Agios Nikolaos, the far coves
Two pine-fringed coves on the far south-west tip, reached by boat across water of a startling turquoise
Bisti & the south-west tip · Hydra
About Bisti & Agios Nikolaos
At the western end of Hydra the bare ridge drops into two of the island's loveliest coves, Bisti and Agios Nikolaos, a short way apart. Bisti is a narrow inlet sheltered by pines, with white pebbles and water so clear it looks shallow when it is not; Agios Nikolaos, next door, is a wider curve of pebbles below a little chapel, looking out to a rocky islet. There are no houses, only a summer canteen and sunbeds, and no road or easy path: the beach boats and water taxis from the harbour are the way in.
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Around Bisti & Agios Nikolaos
Good to know
Before you go to Bisti & Agios Nikolaos
Getting there
By the summer beach boats from the harbour, which leave in the morning and come back in the late afternoon, or by water taxi at any time.
When to go
June to September. Check the time of the last boat back before you settle in.
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