Greece: Bakery
When I decided to add Santorini to our itinerary, I did so fully aware that it was off season and thus a lot of stores and restaurants would be closed. Travel forums online recommended staying in Fira as relatively more places would be open, so that's where I booked our Airbnb.
Expecting things to be quiet still did not prepare us for the almost ghost town feel of the island when we arrived. Not only were 80-90% of businesses closed, doors and windows were boarded up. Though there were a few tourists here and there, most of the people we came across were construction workers renovating the resorts and caldera villas for summer.
As a lot of the restaurants I had researched were closed for the winter, we had to wing it a bit when it came to food. On our way back to our Airbnb from a grocery store run, we peeked into an alley and spotted a bakery still open:
Most of the shelves were empty, but there were still some offerings in the display cabinet:
I randomly picked three things without really understanding what they were. They were pretty big, so they seemed perfect for a light lunch.
This pastry looked super flaky:
But turned out to be the breadiest one of the bunch. It also had ham inside:
This long flaky one was filled with potato:
While the flakiest one of all was this swirl:
Stuffed with spinach:
I wasn't expecting much given the sparseness of the shelves and the hidden away location, but I should have known better. Those pastries were damn good. The texture of the pastry, the savoriness of the filling...perfection.
Three pastries cost €6.40. (Even though there was a sign saying credit/debit accepted, I was told cash only when I tried to hand over my card.) Not super cheap when you think of each pastry individually, but looking at it as a whole, definitely an affordable lunch for four.
I have no idea what the name of the bakery was, much less its exact address. All I can say is that it's buried deep in an alley to the right as you walk up Danezi M toward the Main Square from Agiou Athanasiou.
Happy hunting!
Expecting things to be quiet still did not prepare us for the almost ghost town feel of the island when we arrived. Not only were 80-90% of businesses closed, doors and windows were boarded up. Though there were a few tourists here and there, most of the people we came across were construction workers renovating the resorts and caldera villas for summer.
As a lot of the restaurants I had researched were closed for the winter, we had to wing it a bit when it came to food. On our way back to our Airbnb from a grocery store run, we peeked into an alley and spotted a bakery still open:
Most of the shelves were empty, but there were still some offerings in the display cabinet:
I randomly picked three things without really understanding what they were. They were pretty big, so they seemed perfect for a light lunch.
This pastry looked super flaky:
But turned out to be the breadiest one of the bunch. It also had ham inside:
This long flaky one was filled with potato:
While the flakiest one of all was this swirl:
Stuffed with spinach:
I wasn't expecting much given the sparseness of the shelves and the hidden away location, but I should have known better. Those pastries were damn good. The texture of the pastry, the savoriness of the filling...perfection.
Three pastries cost €6.40. (Even though there was a sign saying credit/debit accepted, I was told cash only when I tried to hand over my card.) Not super cheap when you think of each pastry individually, but looking at it as a whole, definitely an affordable lunch for four.
I have no idea what the name of the bakery was, much less its exact address. All I can say is that it's buried deep in an alley to the right as you walk up Danezi M toward the Main Square from Agiou Athanasiou.
Happy hunting!
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