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Hydra in August
Mixed month: August is outside the recommended season (May – June, September – October). Plan around: Mid-August: Greeks on Holiday. Dekapentavgoustos (the Assumption) can fall this month.
The season opens in September, next month.
2 days in Hydra in August · from ₹31,817 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book August
Closures, crowds and rules at Hydra this month.
Worth knowing
Mid-August: Greeks on Holiday
The week around 15 August (the Assumption) is the peak of the Greek holidays: ferries from Piraeus and Rafina and island rooms are booked out weeks ahead, and prices are the year's highest. Book every boat and bed early, or come in June or September.
What’s on in August
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Dekapentavgoustos (the Assumption)2027: 15 Aug
The feast of the Virgin Mary and the peak of the Greek summer holiday: village festivals (panigiria) with music and food the night before, a great pilgrimage to Paros' Church of a Hundred Doors, and every ferry and island room full in the week around it. Athens empties and many of its shops close.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹31,817 for two
- Room a night₹11,720
- Food a day, each₹4,160
Mid-range
₹67,716 for two
- Room a night₹21,300
- Food a day, each₹9,600
Luxury
₹1,49,256 for two
- Room a night₹42,600
- Food a day, each₹22,400
What August does to prices
- The week around 15 August (the Assumption) is the peak of the Greek holidays: ferries from Piraeus and Rafina and island rooms are booked out weeks ahead, and prices are the year's highest.
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Greece yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Athens (ATH), 74 km away
Then: Ferry · 2h 30m (Hellenic Seaways / Alpha Lines / Magic Sea from Piraeus)
Flights from India: from 8 cities, one way from ₹20,000
Entry rules
Visa needed before you fly for up to 90 days, about ₹11,590
- Apply for a Schengen short-stay (type C) visa at a VFS Global Greece centre in India, 4-8 weeks before you fly, and at least 6 weeks ahead for June to September (no earlier than 6 months). Apply to Greece if it is your only or longest stay in Schengen. The fee is €90 (about ₹9,600; €45 for children 6-11) plus the VFS service charge, and it is not refunded if the visa is refused.
- At the appointment give your fingerprints and photo (skipped if you gave them for a Schengen visa in the last 59 months). The embassy takes up to 15 working days, longer if other Schengen states are consulted, and summer applications often take 3-5 weeks.
- If you have lawfully used two Schengen visas in the last three years, ask for a multiple-entry visa: under the EU's 2024 cascade rules for Indians you can be given a two-year visa, then a five-year one.
- On your first arrival in the Schengen Area your fingerprints and face are scanned at passport control (the EU Entry/Exit System, in full use since April 2026) instead of a stamp. Allow extra time at Athens airport.
Carry: Passport issued within the last 10 years, valid at least 3 months after you leave the Schengen Area, with two blank pages; Completed visa application form and two recent photos (35 x 45 mm); Travel insurance with at least €30,000 medical cover, valid in every Schengen country for the whole trip; Return flight booking and a day-by-day itinerary, with the ferries or flights between islands; Hotel bookings for every night; Bank statements for the last 3-6 months, income-tax returns, and a leave letter from your employer (or business or college papers).
One Schengen visa covers Greece and every other Schengen country (Italy, France, Switzerland and more) for up to 90 days in any 180, but not Türkiye, which needs its own visa or e-visa. ETIAS is only for visa-free travellers, so it does not affect you. Appointment waits and VFS charges vary by centre and season: check visa.vfsglobal.com for your city before you book flights.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Greece in August
Instead in season this month.
- Agios Nikolaos & Elounda · great month
- Kos · good month
- Naxos · good month
- Paros · good month
- Halkidiki · good month
Nearby in Athens & the Saronic Islands:
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