Welcome to the Greek Breakfast

Imagine waking up under the Greek sun, while on an island escape, nature adventure or City Break, to a delicious breakfast buffet of local specialties at a hospitable table.

The “Greek Breakfast” welcomes guests at hotels in every corner of Greece to savor the flavors and aroma of purely Greek products and regional breakfast delicacies.

You’ll enjoy a taste of local culinary tradition that, not only travels your senses, but inspires discovery of regional cultural heritage, local products and fruits of the earth.

What better way to start your day…

19 Oct 2017
Gift of the countryside

The taste of pure Greek honey is unforgettable. Who could resist a refreshing bowl of creamy yoghurt with a drizzle of honey or a generous spread of the ‘nectar of the gods’ on more than one slice of freshly-bake, breakfast bread. In antiquity, this Greek superfood was cherished not only as a traditional sweetener for ... Read more Περισσότερα Greek Honey

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9 Sep 2017
More than a breakfast basic

A day in the life of the ancient Greeks started at early rise with barley bread dipped in wine and, perhaps, a few figs or olives. This may sound ‘spartan’ compared to today’s full breakfast but Athenaeus, 2nd-3rd Century AD grammatist, names a long list of different breads in The Deipnosophistae  (dinner table philosophers), sometimes called ... Read more Περισσότερα Bread in Ancient Greece

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19 Oct 2017
Unique, from taste to shape

Sometimes Greek Nature truly surprises with its gifts. A small evergreen tree growing in a specific area in the southern part of Chios, an Eastern Aegean island, seems to have just appeared thousands of years ago. Although found in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, only this variety produces the unique mastic sap.   Somehow the ancients ... Read more Περισσότερα Chios mastic

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