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The Greek breakfast buffet includes hot and cold products and a wide selection of coffees and local delicacies. Hot dishes include cheese pies and cold dishes feature ham, cheese, various types of bread and cereals. Guests will enjoy Greek produced feta cheese, cold cuts, boiled eggs and “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato). There are also fruits (apples, bananas, oranges), milk and Greek yoghurt, jams, bread, toasts and all kinds of coffee, including Greek, as well as tea.

Hotel Titania’s breakfast buffet is stocked with fresh juices, beverages and a choice of Greek and other coffees. The vast selection of cereals is paired with fresh milk from small farms and two kinds of yoghurt. Veggie choices include a selection of homemade jams, dried nuts and dried fruits as well as fresh seasonal fruits and crunchy salads. A wide variety of breads and Cretan rusks can be combined with Greek cheeses (feta, anthotyro), Kalamata olives and mushrooms from Korinthia. Eggs are served in many ways (fried, boiled, omelettes) and there is a choice of handmade cheese and wild greens pies made with rustic “phyllo” dough and olive oil. As for dessert, hotel guests can enjoy homemade milk pie with cinnamon, homemade “ryzogalo” (rice pudding) with Chios mastic and spoon sweets. The breakfast buffet also offers gluten free products, as well as a healthy eating choices corner.

The Golden Age of Athens Hotel offers a breakfast buffet which features a Greek corner with delicacies cooked with fresh, traditional products. Guests who are on a special diet will also find gluten free, lactose free products etc. The breakfast buffet has a main selection of dishes, and flavors alternate daily with various pies, sweets, cold cuts, cheeses, eggs, vegetables and other delicacies.

Breakfast at the Grove Seaside Hotel offers a variety of products, mostly by local producers. In particular, breakfast includes four types of bread, three kinds of cake, cookies and biscuits, as well as many bakery products such “moustokouloura” cookies (with grape must) and rusks, supplied by local producers. Guests may also choose from a selection of jams. There is also fresh strained yoghurt combined with honey or spoon sweets. Cold cuts, sausages and cheeses (feta and yellow cheese) are also served, as well as cheese and spinach pies. Olives, olive oil and fresh tomatoes are always available. Eggs have a special place, especially the traditional “kagianas” (eggs with tomato). There are also various fruit juices, Greek coffee and hot beverages (tea, chamomile).

Breakfast at the Themis Beach features a wide selection of traditional delicacies such as “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato), various pastries and traditional “bougatsa” pie. Spreads include various jams, honey, and butter and there are also dried fruits, compotes, yoghurt, cakes and biscuits. There are also pickles, cheeses, cold cuts and fresh fruits. Various types of bread and rusks are paired with Greek cheeses, olives. Traditional delicacies feature “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), “loukoumades” (honey dumplings), triangular cheese pies, rolls (with sweet cheeses, spinach, or vegetables), fried “flogeres” (rolls with ham and cheese), and Greek pizza with feta and oregano. There are also salads (Greek salad, green salad, cabbage and carrot, cabbage with olive oil and vinegar). Beverages include various kinds of tea, hot or cold milk and coffee.

Guests will really enjoy the traditional Greek breakfast at the Theofilos Paradise. The best local ingredients are used to prepare delicious traditional delicacies. Apart from fresh breads and cookies there is a local specialty, “tsatalia”, made with olive oil from Mytilene and flour. The pies of Mytilene with handmade phyllo are filled with fresh ingredients: wild greens, various aromatic herbs, eggs and the local “ladotyri” cheese among others. Worth mentioning is the “sfouggato”, a traditional savory pie with zucchini. Other savory dishes include “strapatsada”, (fresh eggs beaten with grated tomato and feta). There are also other kinds of omelettes and fried eggs, small pies with “myzithra” cheese, “giouzlemedes” (traditional small cheese pies) small sweet or savory crepes and a variety of olives. Desserts include “moustalevria” (grape must) and “ryzogalo” (rice pudding). Other sweets include orange pie, “ravani” (a syrupy semolina-based cake), milk pie, “galaktoboureko” with custard and syrup and the “baklava” with thin phyllo and walnuts. Last but not least, there is yoghurt with fruits, spoon sweets and organic jams.

Breakfast includes village-style bread from the bakery, fresh butter from the region, homemade jams, freshly squeezed orange juice or fruits. There are various local cheeses, local yoghurt and local pork preserved in salt. Guests should try the omelettes made with fresh eggs, or the pies prepared with handmade phyllo. Finally, there are “tiganites” (pancakes) with local honey, homemade apple pie with apples from Tripoli and homemade cake with walnuts from the Gortynia region.

The Taleton Eco Boutique offers a Greek breakfast which includes handmade breads, buns (sesame, orange with ouzo and raisins) paired with spreads like honey, tahini, local butter and homemade jams. Guests may try the local treat “lalaggia”, rusks with anise and barley mini rusks, free range eggs (boiled, fried, omelettes) or “kagiana” (scrambled eggs and tomato with “syglino” pork of Mani. There are also cold cuts, fresh fruits and juices. Dairy products include traditional yoghurt, fresh milk, gruyere and feta cheese. Local products like the olives and olive oil produced by the hotel, or the tomatoes and cucumber, are recommended. Sweet treats include “pasteli” (honey and sesame traditional sweet), the homemade cake with orange and dried nuts, and the baked apples of Laconia with yoghurt and syrup. There are also handmade pies (cheese pie, “bougatsa” pie) and beverages like mountain tea (from Taygetos), sage, chamomile, linden, and Greek coffee among others.

The rich breakfast buffet at the Elaion restaurant includes a wide variety of Cretan and Greek dishes in general. Breakfast starts with various bakery products like fresh bread, biscuits and cakes. Healthy diet fans will find plenty of fresh and dried fruits, natural juices, fruit salads and vegetables. Dairy Cretan products such as “anthotyro” and “myzithra” cheeses and yoghurt are also served, as well as cheeses from other parts of Greece like “manouri” and “feta”, paired with eggs and cold cuts such as “apaki”. Olive oil from Crete, olives and olive paste are basic staples. Traditional pies and sweets such as pies from Sfakia, “kalitsounia” with greens or myzithra and “lychnarakia”, “ryzogalo” (rice pudding) and semolina pudding (halva) are offered. Spreads include jams, honey, tahini and fresh butter. One should also try traditional drinks like “soumada” (bitter almonds), “vissinada” (sour cherries) and herbal infusions such as chamomile and “malotira” (mountain tea), handmade “moustokouloura” (cookies with grape must) and homemade orange marmalade.

Tradition and local products together with grandmother’s recipes make the perfect combination of flavors for an exceptional breakfast. Guests will start their day with a hearty Cretan breakfast that includes fresh bread that can be accompanied by fragrant honey, homemade jams and fresh butter from sheep and goat’s milk. Recommended are the hot “tiganites” (pancakes), the fresh milk, the local cheeses, the yoghurt with fruits or the traditional pies with greens from the village. All these go perfectly well with fruit salads and fresh juices. The ingredients are sourced from the hotel’s vegetable garden as well as from small, local producers of Asterousia.

The traditional local corner is a separate section of the Theartemis breakfast buffet and is decorated with traditional elements. There are local herbal beverages, which alternate daily, such as “malotyra”, “diktamo”, linden, fliskouni””, mixed (“sarantadendri”) and sage. Guests will also find feta cheese, gruyere, yoghurt, two kinds of local olive varieties, rusks, dried nuts, raisins, figs, dates and more. There are also various sweets such as “kalitsounia” (with sweet myzithra cheese), pies of Sfakia, tahini with bread and sugar, halva, “loukoumades” (honey dumplings), “myzithropitakia” (small pies with “”myzithra”” cheese), “lychnarakia”, “diples” (fritters), biscuits, “kserotigana”, “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), “tiganites” (pancakes) and three kinds of spoon sweets.

Breakfast at the Athens Gate can be enjoyed while admiring the breathtaking view of the Acropolis or the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The buffet features Greek products like sun dried tomatoes, “dolmadakia” (stuffed vine leaves), raisins, sesame ring bun (koulouri), two types of bread, eggs (fried, omelet) with bacon and a variety of cereals. These are some of the 38 items included in the breakfast buffet. Guests can choose among four types of coffee, six types of tea as well or hot chocolate.