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A traditional Greek breakfast, based on products of the region supplied by local producers, is served every day at the hotel restaurant. There is fresh bread baked at the hotel as well as traditional pies, homemade jams, local honey, fresh fruits and vegetables, butter and yoghurt. Breakfast is a la cart but on certain occasions it can also be served buffet style.

Breakfast is served on the ground floor and features many traditional dishes prepared with local ingredients. It starts with 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 Greek breakfast includes recipes with local and organic products, many of which come from the mansion’s gardens. There is exceptional virgin olive oil, citrus fruits and vegetables from the hotel estate as well as fresh bread from the hotel bakery. The breakfast choices include: Pie of the day, such as homemade cheese pie with three Greek white cheeses: “manouri”, “anthotyro” and “feta”, wild greens pie or sweet pumpkin pie (with honey, raisins, walnuts), and homemade “bougatsa” pie with orange flavored cream. Other specialties include “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with “syglino” pork and fresh tomato), traditional yoghurt with thyme honey and walnuts, olive pate, “spoon sweets” and homemade jams. Guests may also taste creams and homemade “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), “dakos” with oil rusks and goat’s cheese, homemade cakes, dried fruits, dishes with local organic eggs, local cheeses and cold cuts such as goat’s cheese, fresh “myzithra” and “syglino”. There is also mountain tea from Taygetos and traditional beverages and drinks.

The Greek breakfast starts with a selection of drinks and beverages, such as traditional Greek coffee, mountain tea from Chelmos and natural orange juice (with oranges from Achaia). There is “trahanas” (pasta) soup, various breads and dried fruits, a selection of cakes, virgin olive oil from Koroni and Kalamata type olives. The local honey, jams and spoon sweets (such as “rodozachari” made with rose petals) are recommended. Guests will find sheep’s yoghurt, feta, yellow cheese, yoghurt and cold cuts. There are boiled and fried eggs as well as various omelettes with feta, tomato and other ingredients. Fresh vegetables and fruits are also served. The pie selection (mushroom pie, cheese pie, spinach pie) and sweets like cream-filled “bougatsa”, “loukoumades” (honey dumplings), “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), walnut pie, syrupy “ravani” cake, and “pasta flora” jam tart with strawberry and apricot marmalade, are also very appetising.

The rich breakfast buffet features many traditional delicacies such as a variety of breads, “lalaggia” of Messinia, cake with olive oil, handmade cookies, local sesame cookies and barley bun. There are freshly squeezed juices, fresh fruits and vegetables, Kalamata olives and olive oil from Mani. Guests may taste strained Greek yoghurt, fresh butter, local cheeses, (feta, “manouri”, “sfela” and “katiki”) fresh milk, local cold cuts, and “syglino” (meat preserved in salt from Mani). Many types of local jams, spoon sweets, honey, tahini, handmade cereals bars, local “pasteli” (nuts and honey bar), are offered together with dried fruits and nuts. Eggs are cooked “kagiana” style (with syglino pork). There are also “tiganites” (pancakes), cream-filled “bougatsa”, The breakfast buffet offers all kinds of beverages, mountain tea and chamomile from Taygetos, as well as Greek coffee.

The traditional buffet breakfast is based on fresh ingredients. Guests will find homemade jams, “tiganopsoma” (fritters) with organic honey, “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) with cinnamon, cheese pie, olives and olive oil, mountain tea from Taygetos and eggs from a local supplier. Desserts include cream-filled “bougatsa” pie, “melomakarona” and “kourabiedes” (traditional Christmas sweets), spoon sweets made with traditional recipes, fresh juice, “lalaggia” (local sweet), “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), semolina pudding (halva), orange cookies and many other delicacies.

The breakfast buffet includes herbal beverages and teas, thyme honey and “loukoumades” (honey dumplings). Guests may start with fruit juices, “skaltsounia” (sweet treats) and village style bread.
Savoury delicacies include Greek salad, a variety of olives, “kagiana” scrambled eggs and marinated anchovies. There is feta, “manouri” and “anthotyro” cheese, mini cheese pies and spinach pies. As for desserts there is halva, yoghurt with honey and walnuts, yoghurt pie, milk pie, cream-filled “bougatsa” pie, “”ryzogalo” (rice pudding), homemade spoon sweets and jams.

The breakfast buffet at the Grekis Hotel includes a wide selection of traditional dishes. There is a variety of traditional breads, handmade cookies with orange, various cakes and handmade “lalaggia”. Beverages include Greek coffee, mountain tea, milk and orange juice. Guests will find fresh and dried fruits, “pasteli” (sesame and honey bar) from Messinia, butter, yoghurt, jams and honey. There is a selection of cold cuts, feta cheese, vegetables and Kalamata type olives. Guests may try boiled or fried eggs, omelet with cheese or peppers, “loukoumades” (honey dumplings), the savory or sweet “tiganites” (pancakes). Also recommended are the mini pies (with fresh tomato, garlic and cheese), the handmade fried cheese pies and the “bourekakia” (made with fried bread, tomato, “feta” cheese, slices of cucumber, yoghurt and red peppers).

The Greek breakfast includes many traditional dishes prepared with carefully selected ingredients.
Guests may start with hot bread, “kaimaki” (butter) with honey, omelettes, fruits and milk pie. The white and yellow cheeses have their own unique flavor, particularly aged ones, or the ones with spices and aromatic herbs, as well as the famous “ladotyri”. The delicious olives from the local olive groves are paired with tomato, cucumber, white cheese and “kritamo”, which is picked in the summer and used in salads with garlic, vinegar and oil. Spoon sweets such as sour cherry, bergamot, orange, quince and grape are paired with strained yoghurt, and homemade jams such as strawberry, fig, orange, peach, and plum. Among the sweets offered daily, guests should try the semolina pudding (halva) and “ryzogalo” (rice pudding). The pie selection includes traditional “boureki” (layers of phyllo with cheese or spinach), spinach pie, cheese pies and other kinds of pies with sweet pumpkin and feta. Drinks and beverages feature tea, coffee, hot milk, homemade lemonade from the hotel’s own lemons, or sour cherry juice.

The Galanopoulos hotel’s breakfast buffet features many Greek delicacies such as fresh traditional bread with butter and honey or jam, cheese, ham, local fresh boiled eggs and seasonal fruits. Guests will also find fresh milk and fresh orange juice, Greek yoghurt with honey, homemade cake of the day as well as spoon sweets.

The Finday hotel has a warm breakfast room with a large fireplace. Preparations start early in the morning with oven baked chocolate cakes, cookies, butter croissants and many other bakery items. Jams made of fruits, such as quince and apples from the garden, become a delicious combination with the fresh bread. The flour of the region adds its own distinctive note to the traditional breakfast of the hotel. Tea from the slopes of Helmos, “formaela” and “feta” cheeses from Kalavryta, yoghurt with honey and raisins from Corinthia, homemade pies with wild greens and feta, dried nuts and golden honey, are some of the local products served daily at the breakfast buffet of the hotel. During winter guests are served “trahanas” (traditional pasta) cooked with a local traditional recipe.

The Greek breakfast includes a wide selection of traditional delicacies such as biscuits, cakes, pastry creations (“bougatsa” pie or village style cheese pie) as well as various pies such as apple pie and lemon pie. Guests will also find various types of bread such as “lokoumopsomo” bread, bread with olives and bread with cheese. The “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) and “tiganites” (pancakes with honey) are worth tasting. Also offered are fresh fruits, various juices, fruit salads, fresh vegetables (tomato, cucumber), yoghurt with honey, traditional local spoon sweets, various kinds of jams and “ryzogalo” (rice pudding).