The region is also home to one of Greece’s most renowned national parks, Mount Parnassus. The slopes of the mountain are covered in beautiful Kefalonian pine trees, and the park is a great way to get out into
gyros, Greek salad, souvlaki, spanakopita and dolmades along with arni (baked lamb), chicken and orzo, keftedes (meatballs in tomato sauce), Greek-style string beans, plaki (baked fish) and Greek rice pudding.
I usually eat beef gyros. I even make them at home myself. Some grocery stores sell gyro meat in the meat department. I buy my pita bread and gyro sandwich sauce and put it together at home. The other day however, I went to a Lebanese grocery and they were selling gyro sandwiches th...
If you are anything like me and struggle to relax when on holiday, a week sailing through the Saronic Islands in Greece might just be the elixir you need. Between lackadaisical days spent basking in the Mediterranean sun, sparkling turquoise waters, copious amounts of feta and plenty of quain...
Has anyone noticed that the Turkish doner, Arabic shwarma and Greek gyros are the same thing?! But they have different names and you cannot dare call one as the other. I know that sauces and spices differ but the main ingredient- the meat and the method of cooking it is exactly the sa...
The bus picks up right in the town center and just a quick walk from where the ferry docks in Adamas port. It’s located in front of Yankos which makes some of the best gyros in town. We’ve eaten here more times than we can count and you won’t want to miss it!
5. Buy the Handmade Soaps of Polygyros Located 68km from Thessaloniki,Polygyrosis Halkidiki’s capital. “Here there is a tradition of families making their own soap as it is a major olive oil producing region,” Antonis Vasilakis tells us. Together with his father, Antonis has established ...
They move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where they raise their children to the home where they plan to live in retirement (退休). With each move they are forever ...
It's baked in a hot oven and traditionally found in the Middle East, Greece, and the eastern Mediterranean region. Thanks largely to the popularity of gyros, its use has spread worldwide. Many versions feature a pocket that you can stuff, and pita is also used as a thin triangular ...
Jimmy’s feels new by comparison — it opened in 1975 — and is a local favorite providing staples for your post-partying sustenance. Go for stick-to-your-ribs souvlaki and gyros. From the chora, walk to Little Venice, named for the houses with colorful balconies along a sliver of coastli...