Today I went on a tour of 3 of the closest islands to the greek mainland - Hydra, Poros and Aegina.
I would have loved to have been to Santorini or Ios, but this was an amazing second option for a lower budget and just one day. They were all amazing!
We started off on Hydra, which was probably the most beautiful of the three, where I hiked to the top of the closest hill to get a view of the city. There is only one car on the island - a garbage truck, and the rest is done with donkeys!
The second island was Poros. We only had about 50 minutes on this island, so it was a little rushed, but there was another hill for me to climb, and you could see the next island over from there, as well as all of the beautiful white houses.
The final island was Aegina. This is a quite large island, so we actually took a bus across it to the Monastery and an ancient Temple of Aphaea. It was built just a few years before, and was the inspiration for the Parthenon, and is much better preserved than the Athens icon. It just doesn't have the same scale of being on top of a cliff, so is lesser known! I loved it though.
Even the boat time itself was awesome as I made friends with a tour group from the US who all really took me in. Sometimes meeting new people is hard though, because you end up having to say goodbye just too soon.
Tomorrow, my last day in Athens xx