Four Seasons Hydra Luxury Suites & Restaurant

Many times the name of a company gives prestige, but it may not best reflect its character and identity. Somehow, when you get to Four Seasons Hydra Luxury Suites & Restaurant in Hydra, at Slabs, a picturesque beach with pebbles and crystal clear waters, in addition to the mansion and its tasteful and high level equipment but also its reputation, will meet an extremely sweet and friendly atmosphere.

Fifteen minutes walk from nearby Vlychos and forty five from Hydra, in Plakes you will feel the absolute calm, serenity but also a family history. Those who often give more importance to things.

A old mansion of a sponge merchant from 1890 at some point (1950) was donated to the monastery of Agia Eupraxia. The church rented the time-worn mansion to families who wanted it as a holiday home, in order to secure some basic income. The Rambia family was vacationing there, and there he spent the unforgettable summers of his youth. Antonis Rambias his current businessman Four Seasons Hydra Luxury Suites & Restaurant.

At one point the mansion could not stand it, the building aged and ceased to be inhabited in 1990. The years passed and when an auction was held in 2002, Antonis first and best - already a successful businessman with the Sunset restaurant above the Cave - took it more for emotional reasons. Stone-by-stone, with personal effort and stubbornness, he takes the half-ruined building and turns it into a beautiful mansion. Along the way he wanted to share his memories but also his joys with others and so he decided to make a hostel. A mansion with very elegant suites and a restaurant with refined Mediterranean cuisine, but also traditional recipes. In 2008 the Four Seasons Hydra Luxury Suites & Restaurant was inaugurated and very quickly became sought after.

Antonis's mother, the Mrs. Tasia, for ten years she is there with her son and supports him.

Mrs. Tasia, 8 years old at work - with a widowed mother with 7 children - learned to cook in rich houses as a domestic helper, and after working for 50 whole years at the Lazaros Koundouriotis Museum in Hydra, she is in the mansion all day and takes care of it. And her son listens to her every word.

Sure Mrs. Tasia will also make her mark in the kitchen. Either in the mornings or at meals, in the covered courtyard that is located on the sea shore, one can try Greek flavors, such as fresh cream cheese with honey, strapatsada, taco with nut with anise from Tragea and of course Mrs. Tasia's spinach pie for breakfast and wonderful salads, homemade appetizers and fresh fish caught by her fishermen.

Five minutes by boat from the beautiful and relatively busy Hydra, you will find in Plakes a small paradise with a long history.