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Shopping selling delicious souvlaki purpose-built villas with
(see p55) made from fully equipped kitchens;
The Ionian Islands’ best chicken or pork and the most expensive in
shopping streets tend char grilled with herbs. Corfu even come
to be off the seafront of The Greek diet largely complete with a chef.
larger towns and around comprises meat, fish, Many resorts in Corfu,
the harbour of smaller vegetables and fruit. Kefalloniá and Zákynthos
islands. Look out for Dairy products such as offer all-inclusive
leather goods, ornamental yogurt are often used, as packages with all meals,
ceramics, gold jewellery are nuts. Visitors with nut drinks, activities and
and icons. Most towns allergies or lactose or accommodation included.
have a weekly street gluten intoler ances should Some of the best boutique
market, known as the take care. Some restaurants hotels and resorts in the
laïki agora, where you’ll will cater for special diets, Ionian islands and
find fresh fruit and but none are exclu sively elsewhere in Greece are
vegetables, meat and fish, vegetarian or vegan. reviewed individually and
household items and A range of beers is can be booked on The
inexpensive clothes. brewed in Greece, while Hotel Guru website.
popular spirits include
Where to Eat tsípouro, made from DIRECTORY
grapes, and the aniseed-
The Ionians offer a wide flavoured ouzo. The TV, RADIO AND
choice of places to eat, traditional wine of NEWSPAPERS
from gour met restau rants Greece is retsina. Ellinikí Radiofonía
and grill houses to smaller A service charge is added Tileórasi (ERT)
snack bars, pizzerias and to the price of meals on the ∑ int.ert.gr
patisseries. Look out for menu, and should be clearly Kathimerini
family-owned tavernas, stated. Having said that, if ∑ ekathimerini.com
where local dishes will the service is good you
most likely be freshly should consider rounding TRAVELLERS WITH
prepared and cooked. up the bill or adding a tip SPECIFIC NEEDS
These sometimes don't of about 10 per cent. Disabled Holidays
have a written menu – The online, English- ∑ disabledholidays.com
dishes are made accord- language Alpha Guide is a Enable Holidays
ing to what is obtained useful insider’s guide to ∑ enableholidays.com
fresh from the market places to eat, drink and
each day. Fishermen stay to suit all budgets. SOURCES OF
often hand over fresh INFORMATION
catch directly to the chef Where to Stay Greek National
at seaside tavernas. More Tourism Organization
inland, fish is still available Hotels, guesthouses and (GNTO)
in restaurants, but the self-catering accommo- 7 Tsoha Street,
focus is more on meat dation are officially Ampelokipoi,
dishes, especially lamb, inspected and graded Athens
cheeses and plentiful according to varying § 210 87 07 000
fresh vegetables. criteria, with the emphasis ∑ visitgreece.gr
Every village, however on facilities, size of rooms, Hellenic Ministry of
small, has at least one decor and service. Prices Culture
café, known as a kafeneía. fluctuate entirely accord- ∑ odysseus.culture.gr
Traditionally serving only ing to supply and demand.
coffee, more of these Most smaller hotels offer WHERE TO EAT
now serve sandwiches only bed and breakfast; Alpha Guide
and snacks. larger hotels also offer ∑ alpha-guide.gr
Most major towns have full-board and half-board
American-style burger options. Self-catering WHERE TO STAY
joints, pizzerias and ice- accommodation ranges The Hotel Guru
cream shops. The local from basic studio ∑ thehotelguru.com
equiv alent is a souvlatzídiko, apartments to large,

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