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Skiathos Island

Cuisine of Skiathos Island for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Vasilias beach in Skiathos, bathed in hues of blue, pink, and orange

You can't immerse yourself in the culture of a country without trying its traditional cuisine. Despite the fact that Skiathos is not a big island, there are a lot of taverns. They are local catering establishments. What's interesting, they are always full of people, especially in the evening. Locals finish their working day and meet with friends in taverns. They have a meal, drink local alcohol and chat under folk music and dances. It is hard to find a free table here. If you want to try national Greek food made according to traditional recipes, try to look for a tavern where the majority of the visitors is locals.

Your active city break in Skiathos Island. Attractions, recreation and entertainment - best places to spend your day and night here

Be sure to visit Lalaria Beach during your holidays on Skiathos. You can reach this place only by the sea in good weather and calm water. You should be patient and wait for a good day but …

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These taverns are usually located far from popular attractions and crowded beaches. If you’ve come to a tavern with Greek visitors, you are in a traditional tavern. You can also take the menu. Locals will never call horiatiki salad «Greek» salad, they will call it «village» salad. You should try the horiatiki salad in different taverns to compare its taste. The dish doesn’t have a particular recipe. But some of the core ingredients are tomatoes, pepper, cheese and olives.

If you don’t have much time and don’t want to spend it on exploring a menu, be sure to visit a souvladziko. It is a local variant of kebab house. Souvlaki is a kebab. It is one of the oldest Greek dishes. Tools for its cooking existed in the times of the Trojan War. Souvlaki is usually made of meat, seafood and vegetables. Souvlaki with vegetables, French fries and sauce in a pita is called a gyro. It is the most popular Greek fast food. Locals often eat souvlaki and gyro on the go. In short, it is a Greek variant of burgers and hot dogs. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Best beaches and recreation areas around Skiathos Island

Beautiful beaches are among the distinctive features of Skiathos. Lalaria Beach is one of the most popular on the island. This beach is named after snow-white pebble-stone covering it and is …

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However, souvlaki is not the only meat dish on Skiathos. Local taverns serve delicious paidakia, grilled lamb chops. You should better order it with tzatziki, a yoghurt sauce with garlic and cucumber. Don’t pass by stewed beef stifado and moussaka, a layered dish with ground meat, potatoes and eggplant. Loukaniko sausages, dolma, grape leaves stuffed with meat and tefteli are very delicious Greek dishes. If you want to try something exotic, taste kokoretsi, a lamb delicacy.

There are many delicious soups on Skiathos. Fasolada is a traditional Greek soup, which was known in ancient times. Kakavia is a fish soup. Vegetarians will definitely like chickpea revithia. True gourmets should try creamy chicken avgolemono. The best fish dishes can be found in psarotaverns near the shore. You can bring your catch here and ask to cook it for a reasonable price. You can try here stewed octopus, taramasalata, stewed sea bass, mussel salad and other seafood dishes. Despite the fact that there are a lot of seafood products on Skiathos, some of them are imported. They are marked with «*», «k» or «kat» indications. Moreover, you should be careful about the price. It can be specified for a portion, 100 grams or a kilo. You can try here stewed octopus, taramasalata, stewed sea bass, mussel salad and other seafood dishes.

Top hotels in Skiathos Island for business trip or short vacation

Widespread construction of hotels and inns on the island has begun only recently, but it's not too difficult to find a decent place to stop on Skiathos. Among luxurious hotels of the island, …

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You can find coffee and juice in every tavern, but tea is used in Greece only as a remedy for cold. However, you want find soft drinks at ouzeri. You should definitely tru ouzo, retsins and other kinds of local wine. The best stronger drinks are grape vodka grappa and local metaxa cognac. Greeks prefer to eat eastern sweets such as baklava, lokum and nougat for dessert. Furthermore, they like to eat yoghurt with honey nuts and fruit. Greeks usually eat heavy desserts such as like keik me giaourti (a honey cake with yoghurt), galaktoboureko (custard baked between layers of phyllo) or Greek rice pudding rizogalo in winter months.

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City tours, excursions and tickets in Skiathos Island and surroundings

National cuisine of Greece

Among the hot dishes, musaka deserves a special attention. That’s a baked dish of ground beef (usually lamb or veal), eggplant, and tomato. On top, the dish is seasoned with Bechamel sauce. Sometimes, potatoes, zucchini or mushrooms are also added to the casserole. Traditional soup, avgolemono, is cooked on the basis of chicken broth; lamb or beef may be used too. A fine pasta and egg-lemon mixture, which gives the soup an acidic taste, are added later. The dish is served as a puree; in cold state, it can be used as a sauce for other hot dishes. Spartan chowder is one of the most specific dishes of Greek cuisine. It is cooked of pork legs and blood with an addition of lentils and vinegar. The history of the soup goes deep into the antiquity. This kind of food was intended for old people who refused meat in favor of the young. … Open

Cuisine of Skiathos Island for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

City tours, excursions and tickets in Skiathos Island and surroundings

National cuisine of Greece

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