TRAVELER’S DIARY: HYDRA BY ART-Part IΙI

Tsagaris House of Almonds, Hydra Island, GreeceOn the occasion of the exhibition “AWE” curated by Dimitris Antonitsis in the context of Hydra School Project’s, we are making a visual tour in the narrow streets and the alleys of Hydra Island for the different spaces that he choose to presents artworks of the exhibition, on the occasion of the 20th edition of Hydra School Project’s. Explaining to our readers the history and the usage of each space, on an island whose every corner is intertwined with art and architecture, music and poetry. So after the Merchant Marine Academy that is on show the main body of the works, we are heading to the Island’s pastry shops  where the combination of art and the sugar is the most desirable. On one of the cobblestone streetς of Hydra, that heads from the port to the central market, is “Tsagaris House of Almonds”, the most famous and oldest pastry shop, there you will find delicious oven baked sweets and the Traditional Hydra macaroons, which has been produced there since 1930. Then we are heading to Tsagaris Bakery; Anemoni, the second older pastry shop and we end our tour to Karamela just off the harbor,the most recent nouvoeu pastry shop on the island that brought new aura to confectionery (!)-Efi Michalarou

Tsagaris House of Almonds, Hydra Island, Greece
Tsagaris House of Almonds, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Karamela, Hydra Island, Greece
Karamela, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Karamela, Hydra Island, Greece
Karamela, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Karamela, Hydra Island, Greece
Karamela, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Tsagaris Bakery, Hydra Island, Greece
Tsagaris Bakery, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Tsagaris Bakery, Hydra Island, Greece
Tsagaris Bakery, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Anemoni, Hydra Island, Greece
Anemoni, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Anemoni, Hydra Island, Greece
Anemoni, Hydra Island, Greece

 

 

Anemoni, Hydra Island, Greece
Anemoni, Hydra Island, Greece