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Luggage Transfers on Hydra Island

However you travel, you will arrive on Hydra right in the hustle and bustle of the harbour. First-timers can find it a bit daunting to get off a flying dolphin, cat or one of the passenger ferries with their luggage to be faced with crowds of people, mules, carts but not a signpost in sight! Hopefully you will have told the owner/manager of the house you are staying at of your arrival time so they will be there to meet you. And if you are staying at a hotel, they normally send their handcart operator to help you. So the options for getting your luggage to your accommodation are mule, handcart or carry it yourself!
Hand cart operators on Hydra Island Greece for luggage transfers to accommodation

Handcarts

If you are staying in Hydra Town at accommodation that does not have street steps to negotiate, then the quickest and cheapest method of getting your luggage from the port to your accommodation is to use the services of one of the men who operate hand carts. (Check with your accommodation to see if the cost is included in your booking.)

 

All hand carts are a fixed size and can take much bigger loads than horses or mules.


A hand cart luggage transfer will cost €15 +, regardless of the number of bags in the cart.

 

Generally a hand cart can take up to 4 suitcases and 4 pieces of hand-luggage.


Most hand cart men will take your bags along the streets to the start of any steps to your accommodation. However, SOME are extra helpful and will carry your bags up short flights of steps and into the accommodation entrance courtyard. It is of course at your discretion as to whether you tip above the standard fee if someone goes that extra 'step' for you!


Handcart operators are also available to transfer goods or items for weddings, film production etc. Just stop one in the port and negotiate a price.

Luggage transfers to accommodation by mule on Hydra Island Greece

Mules

If you are staying in accommodation where you need to go up steps, then you will need a mule. House owners/managers will have arranged for their preferred muleteer to be available but only if you have told them in advance what time you will arrive!


If however you are not being met and you need to get your bags to a hotel, you will have to walk to the corner of the harbour and hire a mule (if your bags are too heavy to carry or you don't know where the accommodation is).


Prices for mule hire vary depending upon the zone you want to go to.

 

Basically you will pay between €10 (Zone A, covering most places in town without more than 20 steps along the way) or €20 per mule (Zone B) for most places. Find the sign on the board behind the bins opposite the Alpha Bank. Please note that even though the sign says 4 pieces of luggage, it actually means 2 suitcases and 2 pieces of hand-luggage. So if there are four of you, most likely you will need 2 mules.

 

Anything higher or further out of the town will cost slightly more and you should check the price before you set out.


Price list for mule hire on Hydra Island Greece.
When you book your accommodation it is a good idea to 1) let the owner/manager know what time and how you will be arriving and 2) ask if the handcart or mule will be there to meet you and 3) ask if that is included in the price of your accommodation. Some of the house rentals include the cost, others will make arrangements but you will have to pay the muleteer or handcart operator in cash.

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