HYDRA | The Greek Island Where Cars Are Banned
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
- A fun day of exploring on the lovely Greek island of Hydra, where cars are banned as well as motorbikes and even bicycles. Luckily they let me get away with riding the bike, as long as I didn't ride it in town.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
The ultimate life goal, no cars, no insurance, no stress , peaceful and beautiful ♥️ 🏝
Yes! And the thing about spending quality time on the islands is that you stay in great shape. I have never felt such vitality after swimming, hiking, socializing (or living more hermetically), and then eating a consistently delicious Mediterranean diet.
@@ryanpatrickprestonyes 💯 🙏
same with me.....want to live like that; hopefully achieve it
Yes🌞
Currently working towards this and Gabriel has been a massive role model and inspiration to me without even knowing it I feel like if you want freedom to travel the world in this modern age Gabriel’s hit the nail on the head with the RUclips channel 👌
Was in Athens Greece, 2022, planned a day trip to 3 Greek Islands, Hydra, Poras and Athena, the cruise provided a lunch and Greek dancers, Hydra was beautiful
The name of the island 'Hydra' does not differ from the Greek Ydra. The ancient Greek silent H was dropped and replaced by the apostrophe grammatical sign. They kept the initial H in the translation. The same is with Heraklion / Iraklion . The H is gone. Santorini (although it is called with this name in modern Greek) is from the Venetian name of the island (Santa Irene) . The original Greek name is Thera as you said. When people in Greece say where are you going this summer the response is Santorini 99% of the time and not Thera
Very interesting to know. Thank you!
the ancient Greek "H" was a breathing, so it was pronounced, otherwise it would be meaningless to have ever written it. The breathing was not written in ancient inscriptions (such as in stone), or in the manuscripts (such as parchment), it was 'understood' to be there. Writing of it is a relatively modern invention to make it clear where it was and was not pronounced.
@@MyMy-tv7fd Thats very true! 💯👍🏻Languages are organic & living & change with time. The Greek language is probably one of the oldest (if not oldest) living continuously spoken & documented languages on our great planet Earth, with 3,500 Years documented if you include Linear B. Dropped breathing, dropped digammas & Qoppas, dropped iotacisms…it happens! 😃
Not thera but ...thira !!!! Hunter in english....
It’s also important to note that Santa or Santo is the Latin word for Saint (as opposed to the Greek: Agia & Agios).
Eirini or Irini (Irene…which means Peace in Greek) is the name of a Church found in Perissa Town on the island of Thera that probably gave the name of the current island: Agia Irini = Santa+Irini = Santorini
Some info I found online about the Church:
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At the northern end of the village of Perissa, at the foot of the peak of Mesa Vouno (365 m), there are unique archaeological excavations - the ruins of the church of St Irene from the 13th - 9th centuries AD. It is probably from it that the island of Santorini takes its name. During research work in 1992, it turned out that under the foundations of the church there is an even older monument - an early Christian basilica from the 5th-6th centuries AD.
Hope that helps people that were wondering about the name! 👍🏻
2:30 that's actually not quite true. All of these islands are written and pronounced with the "s" in Greek, just only in the nominative case. Modern Greek has four cases for nouns (forms that nouns take). So f.e. Naxos = nominative (who/what), Naxou = genitive (whose), Naxo = accusative (whom/where) and Naxo = vocative (when we call someone/ address something).
All true, but for foreigners let's make it easy, let's assume that when someone says I want to go to Paros, in Greece it will be (I want to go to) Paro, or : thelo na pao stin Paro, so in English you are correct, in Greek you are not, but you don't speak Greek.
Leonard Cohen's house would be nice to visit if you can, I think it has become a museum if I'm not mistaken.Cohen has completely identified with the culture of the island to the point that he has become an integral part of the hydra's cultural heritage.
No the house still belongs to Leonard's son. Its a private property of Adam Cohen
Isn't there a Memorial in addition to the house?
@@petearmstrong2778 i remember a bench dedicated to him but not a memorial. But its been ages since i went in these islands, probably im wrong. I live in west side of Greece
Democracy is coming… to the USA
There are pictures of Leonard with his friends sitting on a bench around a tree that I assume is near the port. Does anyone know if this is still here?
We are on holidays in Skiathos and I was just talking with my husband, saying 'I wonder where Gabriel is now, I bet he is going to Greece' and boom... that night I saw your video from Greece! 😊😊
That was Fort of Mandraki you discovered I enjoy when you find all kinds of stuff. The Mandraki Fort consists of two parts on either side of Mandraki Bay, the Naval base was built in the 16th Century during the Venetian occupation and reinforced at the time of the Greek revolution. The remaining structures are more pronounced on the Eastern side of the bay and have recently been renovated (2009
As long as he was away from site downtown it's fine. We Greeks are not paranoid with law, We practice some times common sense. Although this most of the times is being taken advantage of and creates a bit of a chaotic society and a bit of over relaxed sensation in some cases where we shouldn't be over relaxed.. I studied there for 4 years to get my first degree of Ship's Captain. The oldest merchant marine academy in the world is on the island and you passed it....100 m from where you parked your bike.
Greece soothes the soul 🙏 the peace and quite is so inviting. Am definitely adding here to my bucket list 💜🇬🇷💜
Gabe, thanks for taking us with you on your journey! I love the Greek music 😊
I’m glad your in my favourite place in the world too! Love your work and passion for Greece - keep those vids coming! ❤️🇬🇷
Hydra, Spetses, Psarra and some other few Greek islands formed the Greek Navy during the Greek war of indepedence. Without their ships the Greek revolution had 0 chance of success.
Post-1453 Greek history is so underrated.
And their gunpowder families. I've read that the Spiliotopoulos family that hailed from Hydra produced good and plentiful gunpowder in or near Dimitsana for the Greek War of Independence. In fact, I am related to their direct ancestors (my first cousins)!
There was a fire under ur butt from Spain to go to Greece!! You are a Different person when you’re in Greece. The laid back culture is perfect relaxation. Happy and safe travels my friend
Hey Gabriel! Regarding the endings of greek island names that u mentioned... In greek language all nouns are inflected by gender, by plural and by case. U may not be familiar with the term cause u don't do that in English.
We say for example:
NAXOS is beautiful
I'm going to NAXO
the beaches of NAXOU are nice
That's why u here it without the S sometimes
I've made the same point, but you've explained it better than me.
Good point. One might also add that all islands (to my knowledge) are feminine despite many having apparently masculine endings. An exception would be Thira (i.e., Santorini) but the others Skiathos, Naxos, Mylos, etc. have masculine endings but are nevertheless feminine nouns.
In other words, it's complicating.
@@ryanpatrickpreston well, not all, Kastelorizo for example is neuter
@@djoker3915 💯👍🏻
To Kastelorizo
To Meganisi
All small island names that end with nisi (island)
Etc
A beautiful island with lots of lovely walking tracks. It is a big island. I love the Greek food, wholesome and delicious
im greek and you are a true traveler my friend. love your vlogs
Ohhh welcome again in Greece
Always looking forward to the Greek islands series!🏝️
Thanks for taking us to paradise Gabriel 🎉
Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Welcome back to your favorite place Grabliel!
12:56 You say the Greek islands are the ultimate place in the world for you. I literally say that all the time. It's just plain paradise. Feeling loquacious today. Meal recommendation = Fava w/ Chorta. You will feel like popeye after that.
Hydra looks like a very pleasant and peaceful island!
Yes at 11:43 you're looking at the Peloponnese which I highly recommend you visit sometime. Places like Nafplion, Sparta (and nearby Mystras), Monemvasia and the Mani are all AMAZING.
Sparta is awesome!
@@eugeniastravels8954 Fun fact. I saw the film 300 there at an outdoor cinema. The modern-day Spartans were fired up!
I love Mystras so much that I went to Sparta 3 times!
@@annechung2341 Yes! I used to lead US college students on tours around Greece and I would be mightily stoked each time we visited Sparta-Mystras. I can't think of another place in Greece where so many Byzantine ruins are in such great shape - all right there on the sloping hills.
A few summers ago, my wife and I spent a very pleasant four days in Hydra.
Since we grew up with Leonard Cohen, for us this was "his island" so to speak. We went to his home in upper Hydra but it was closed. We also spent a little time in the Pirate Bar/Cafe in the harbor which he frequented. He lived in Hydra with Marianne Ihlen who inspired him to write "So Long Marianne". For anyone interested in this period on Hydra I recommend the book edited by Helle G. Goldman "When We Were Almost Young".
Also, I would highly recommend taking the full day boat sail around the island. The captain gave a nice explanation of the island as we sailed completely around it. We anchored in a few coves and had some lovely swims and the crew prepared a lovely fish lunch. Great day.
Looks like an introvert paradise!:D
Thanks for sharing your lovely visit with us. Great music choices, and great video as always!
As a Greek I love your content. Many of the islands you have been to I've never been to. Thanks for showing us.
Thanks a lot Gabriel, your videos just make me HAPPY! And i love to see you happy back at Greece! 🏖❤
We ate at the restaurant toward the end of your video. The food was excellent. Thank you for taking me down memory lane.
Love the Greek islands, the views, the music, the hike, and the amazing food. You deserved that hearty meal! Good filming Gabriel! Thanks for your adventures!
Wait until you visit the peninsula.
I got my wife hooked your videos.
Great. 👍
My favourite Greek Island
I love how enthusiastic you get about..."an old wall" 😃 I'm back into Greek mythology again, so loving the vibe here. Maybe we'll sync up on the birthplace of Apollo or something 😊
If those walls could only talk! 🤗💖🇬🇷
As ever Gab, your Greek vlogs always a must see. I reckon you should stay 1 even 2 more nights on Hydra, so much still to see.
Hello there !
The way a name of an island is changing is because of Greek grammar. When the name is the object in the sentence it has the s in the end like Paros, Naxos etc. When the name is the subject in the sentence it hasn't got the s and transfers in Paro, Naxo etc.
Example: Paros is a beautiful island.
Greek: Ee(article) Paros eene oreo nisi. But : I'll go to Paros tomorrow
Greek: Tha pao stin Paro avrio.
Love the videos of the Greek islands
Very much like Chalki (Halki) in the look around the harbour area. Love to see these places. One day I will get to see them all for real. No motor vehicles makes for an amazing atmosphere. I plan to go over to Chalki when we are in Rhodes next week.
Talk about .. synchronisity..I was looking for RUclips videos on Hydra yesterday.I got married there years ago..Thanks for this video.😊👌💛
Gorgeous island - no cars makes it way more attractive, too. I wish more places would do this. Porto Santo Island in Portugal would be a good place to start. We spent a couple weeks there with just bikes and it was more than enough to explore the entire island.
You should get your Portugal D7 , and get permanent access to Europe for your videos! ❤
Great idea. Did you use a service?
Swimming spot you mention around 30:00 is really nice. Deep water. The nearby restaurant is solid as well.
What about Hurghada?
Beautiful and amazing footage Gabriel! thanks SO much for sharing it with us. Looks incredible! so look so forward to all that is ahead!!!
Thank you for sharing this experience of Hydra. Iv'e yet to go but yourr video has moved it further up my Greek bucket list! 🤗
Wow, glad it’s not all uphill for you. You certainly are not 😮out of shape. You walk more than other travelers. I also enjoy that image of the 🌞 😊❤
Thanks Gab for your introduction exploring Hydra. For the first time I'll be there for a week in early June - has been on my "bucket" list forever!
We just spent a couple of weeks roaming Greece. This was our 3rd trip there. LOVE everything about Greece! Enjoyed seeing another island... Thank You!
P.S. Did you find out what was seeping into the water?
I'm curious as well. What was coming out of that pipe and being spewed into the sea?
Love it and to think it’s just the beginning of your amazing journey I will be following it with great anticipation 👏👏👍
Excellent video, location & vibe.
Cheers man
Visited Hydra in 2016. Incredible place.
No Gabriel, we pronounce the s at the end when speaking in the nominative and vocative case, but the s goes away in the accusative case. eg: in the nominative "Naxos", in the general case "Naxou", in the accusative "Naxo" and the vocative "Naxos". I know the Greek language is difficult, but it has dynamics and describes exactly everything.
I'll be going there in September, nice to see you showing an appetizer of what I will be seeing.
Now I'm getting an appetite for horiatiki (the standard greek salad).
Congrats looks like you found the sewage treatment plant of Hydra 😎
Or the non treated sewage,
I dare you to swim there.
yay, back to Greece, I am in for this one
Hi Gabe, thank you for shewing us beautiful island, we are waiting next video. be safe. Chaos
Beautiful what a gorgeous place
I had a feeling you were going to post soon Thank you Gabe
Hi Gabriel, It's a tough grind to get around but you get a chance to see what the island offers in terms of food and beaches. The island has a rocky terrain and is very hilly similar to some of the other islands a big reason for the mules. There are so many islands to visit they all seem so peaceful most people from these locations are very laid back and these islands come alive during tourist invasions otherwise their extremely quiet.
Hi Wilfredo, what is your favorite Spanish language channel on youtube that you recommend?
Along with the islands having different names, Greece itself is Hellas to them. A brother and a sister of mine had high school graduation ceremonies from the American Community School in Athens held in Piraeus. I was still in middle school in those days. Great to make a vicarious trip back to the country. Great job as usual.
Thank you, that was highly enjoyable. 🙏
great views as always! your a true fan of Greece! seen your older videos too!.....njoy!
I'm surprised (and relieved) that your bike wasn't impounded, immobilized or otherwise tampered with by authorities while you were away from it. That friendly lenient police officer you met upon your arrival may not always be the one on duty!
As long as he was away from site downtown it's fine. We Greeks are not paranoid with law, We practice some times common sense. Although this most of the times is being taken advantage of and creates a bit of a chaotic society and a bit of over relaxed sensation in some cases where we shouldn't be over relaxed..
How many people have been influenced by Gabriel to go to the Greek isles? If they're smart, the Greek authorities should let him use the bike.
Great island to relax and enjoy. Spent some summers as a child there, loved the place!
You deserve to live there Big Gabe. Why would you leave those islands? Is there a way you can live off your youtube royalties full time? I’m sure you can dial down an affordable spot full time. That place is literally like your personal playground.
I make a living from youtube so that isn't a problem, but there's the issue of the 90 days limit in the Schengen zone of Europe. Only 90 days allowed in all of western Europe and I want to visit other countries this summer. Plus the fact I just like to hop around and experience different places.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos yeah life in the states is so different. As smart as you are there’s literally no way you can get stuck in the nationalism of the USA…things will always inherently improve yet America violently sucked everyone into its conformity for the military pharmaceutical industrial complex, and there were always those like you who chose to think for yourself. There’s no one else as persistent as you, a modern global Jesus from the Cali hills! Unreal dude 🙏💪🔥🙌
@@GabrielTravelerVideos and wouldnt it also be that your audience expects international content or content from various different places around the world? I remember you saying that if you stay home for too long with your family and friends your views on youtube tend to go down which may be a problem as well. So moving around like this from country to country has become like a job for you in order to sustain the channel/views. What could be a solution to this? What if you decide to get a house someplace nice and make videos about your life there or from your home in california? Something like Jonna Jinton does, she very rarely travels. Her content is mostly about her life in the north of sweden with her dog, husband, family, friends and doing artistic things. But the thing is her audience expects such content and wants it. There are many other youtubers doing similar things, get a place somewhere and make videos about what its like to be there. Have you considered such a change in your youtube work/content in order to life a different kind of life? Could that be doable or how?
Man that must be so nice not listening to cars and bikes all day long.
Clean fresh air.
That’s why they live so long.
Enjoy :)
as always great music. welcome to your ithaka gabriel.
That big sun sign thing at 11:00 is the DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse (?)
it is said to be a 'very interesting art display'
I can't believe how gigantic Hydra is!
I think people would probably need a month there. Lol 😅
Gabe, Maybe you should invest in a small home on one of the less touristy islands and keep it as your bolt hole, as the Brit’s say.
Reminds me of Mackinac Island in Michigan where no cars are allowed, but bicycles are allowed.
we say the "s", when we say "this island is called Milos", but we skip it when we say " we are going to Milo". That doesn't happen in english. And if use the genitive case we say "we are going to the island of Milou"
Would you say Greece is your favorite country? It seems to be on your top 3 atleast. Thanks for giving your audience such great travel ideas! Now I'm considering buying a bike and going to random greek islands 😅
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❤ thanks so much for correctly pronounce the names, and educating us. 🎉 saludos
The sun of Apollo god is part of the exhibition of American artist Jeff Koons whoch is being held at the old Slaughter house. Such a beautiful small traditional island, totally different than the Aegean and Ionian islands! I am heading there in less than a week😊
You had to be wondering, with the every pedal push, if somebody was going to stop you. I was anxious just watching.
I rode a donkey up to the monastery but my butt couldn’t stay on without slipping. I dismissed the donkey and decided to hike up! Hydra is small but quite pretty!
Hi i keep following your travel videos, they are amazing..cheers from India
The terminal s is omitted when you are using a proposition such as I went to Paros, but the rule differs when are you saying for instance I like Paros.
❤ nice video thanks so much ❤ saludos 🎉
Greece is different - like nowhere else....you said it buddy - reminiscing about the times when you were on 10 euro a day budget, back in the day.....30 euro's for dinner .....you earned it buddy...🙂
A blessed good day sir Gabe Nice beautiful 🤩 Island of Hydra in Greece 🇬🇷😍 I love this beautiful trails, lovely wonderful ,Roads, and walking trails so Quiet Place 😍 Very Relaxing Island, and Nice Bicycle Ride, thank u so much sir Gabe for your wonderful walk around Bicycle Ride tour Stay safe and Godbless from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Marvin 👏👏👏👏🙏🙂👍❤️
man you balling gabe.. i've been traveling around for about $25 a day
Whereabouts?
Hydra has the right idea! I wish my city would ban bikes too. Then, i wouldn't have to contend with all these thoughtless jerks almost running menover when they come from behind menon the sidewalk without giving any limd of heads up. The island looks gorgeous too! It must be so relaxing to travel around the town and not have to worry about traffic and the noise snd pollution they create?
🎉🎉🎉 and the clean smells,too, full of the sun, 🎉
Paradise 😎☀️🌊❤
The "s" in the end of names is only pronounced in nominative. In accusative/dative/ablative, the final "s" gets removed. So for example: "Αυτή είναι η Τήνος (This is Tinos)" BUT "Πάω στην Τήνο (i'm going to Τinos)". The reason you get justifiably confused is because in English there is no real difference between the cases, as there is in Greek.
Gabriel it is the conjugation of verbs in Greek language, that eliminates the ending -s. It is Amorgos in nominative case but when using the word in accusative is Amorgo.
In Greek you can put a sort of comma symbol on the first letter of a word , an aspirated consonant to be precise, that replaces the letter "H".
haha good thing you seen that sewer before u jumped in, that food looks so good that salad looked Awesome.
You need to sail the Greek islands
What is going on!! :-) You have really been improving your cinemtography and editing!!! Loving it! :-)
Fascinating Island! Wonder if you can hike the longest trail and camp, Was there any restrictions ?
looks like a sad place to leave . thanks food looks really good
Highly recomend the Fira to Oia Hike in Santorini best Hike ive ever done
I've been wanting to do it for years. When I was there last year I planned to, but didn't get around to it. Next time.
Gabriel, how come you never do livestreams?
Gabriel hello,
The nouns in Greek are conjugated also so if nominative case is used then we add an S at the end of tge word,if possessive case then we drop S at the end. That's why sometimes we pronounce the S at the end like Paros,Naxos etc and other times when we say 'of Paros' we drop the S.
Keep on traveling!!!!
Thank you 😊🥰
WOW Beautyfull HYDRA!
I must say the place you stayed looks very nice. The island itself looks quaint and quiet without cars and motorcycles. You are definitely going to get a good workout with that bike. Nice view from that castle/fort. Yup looks like sewerage drains out into the sea, I wouldn’t be swimming there…. That meal looks pretty awesome at the end of your day. 😃👍
Yes the hotel must have been an old mansion made a hotel
Brilliant.👍😊🇬🇷
I liked Harold Baldr's latest yammering about you, " High Roller Gabriel Traveler Mode". You are on his mind! I thought it was hilarious myself. Best Travels to you Gabriel.
Harald said Gabe's name I think 3 times in his Video
I'll have to check it out.
I would register this as protected: ' High Roller Gabriel Traveler Mode' - you can use it for any kind of merchandising, anytime you want. Also, it's highest compliment one high class/high end ( as you like😘 )traveler can make to another🤛👍👏👏👏
Bicycles are easy to put on plane with you. Box it up. And it's your through your trip