Conde Nast Traveller

The Conde Nast Traveller interview is part of The World Made Local, a global collaboration between the seven international editions of Condé Nast Traveler in which 100 people in 100 countries tell us why their home turf should be your next destination.

Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld, a music producer and prolific vinyl collector, opened recording studio and art residency at the Old Carpet Factory in his family’s 18th-century house on the Greek island of Hydra in 2015.

Written by Rachel Howard @racheloni

Photography Ekaterina Juskowski @juskowski

Condé Nast Traveler @cntraveler

Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld @scolloredo

Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld at the Old Carpet Factory garden for Conde Nast Traveller.

Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld at the Old Carpet Factory garden. Ekaterina Juskowski for Conde Nast Traveller.

Stephan Colloredo Mansfeld Conde Nast Traveller Ekaterina Juskowski

Conde Nast: A Local’s Guide to Hydra, Greece

Producer Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld on his love of the Greek island.

First of all, the fact that it's one of the only islands in Greecewithout vehicles, perched among thousands of steps and small alleyways. To quote Henry Miller, who visited in the 1930s, Hydra has "this purity, this wild and naked perfection"; it is "the epitome of that flawless anarchy." ...