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The Alkyon Hotel serves a wide selection of traditional delicacies such as fresh bread, fresh fruits and juices as well as eggs prepared in various ways, (boiled, fried and omelet). Guests may try cold cuts and handmade cheese pies, Greek honey, traditional jams, olives, olive oil and the traditional Greek coffee.

The Greek Breakfast buffet at the Alkyonis offers a variety of traditional Greek products of excellent quality. There are many bread varieties, seasonal fruits, vegetable salads, olives and traditional classic yoghurt. Also served is feta cheese from Macedonia and eggs from the neighboring village, cooked in various styles. Guests should try the traditional pies such as “bougatsa” with cream or cheese, spinach and cheese pie, mini pies with sausage, “kasseri” cheese or ham, cream, spinach, zucchini, and many other fillings. There is also organic honey from a local producer, tahini spread, traditional local spoon sweets paired with yoghurt. House specialties include semolina pudding (halva), “trahana” (pebble-sized pasta) soup or vegetable soup, as well as the excellent traditional couscous. There is an assortment of teas, hot milk from Macedonia and Greek coffee traditionally brewed.

The Greek breakfast at the Alkyoni serves hot traditional bread, jams, cheeses from Naxos, yoghurt with honey, omelettes, boiled eggs, pies, various cookies (vanilla, cinnamon, orange), cake, spoon sweets, cream-filled “bougatsa”, fruits and herbal beverages. Ranging from standard breakfast delicacies and local products to the sweet and savory dishes based on grandmother’s recipes that alternate daily, the Alkyoni hotel’s breakfast is an ideal start to the day.

The Alkyon Hotel’ Greek breakfast offers the freshest products of the region, starting off the day with freshly baked bread from the neighborhood bakery, toasts and cakes. Guests may opt for fresh orange juice or hot beverages such as filter coffee, hot chocolate or milk and tea in different varieties. Cereals can be combined with yoghurt, milk, honey and strawberry or peach jam. There are various cheeses and cold cuts, served with olives and local feta cheese. The “avgofetes” (French toasts) and the crepes, sweet or savory, are simply delicious. For dessert there is hot, traditional “bougatsa” with sweet custard cream.

The Greek breakfast features fresh bread and homemade cookies, as well as various kinds of pies such as cheese pie, pumpkin pie, milk pie and homemade orange cake made by the landlady Hermione. There are also homemade jams: peach, apricot, blackberry, cherry and many more.
Guests should try the omelet with fresh eggs and vegetables from the garden combined with “kasseri” cheese from Volos, or feta. Traditional “ryzogalo” (rice pudding, made daily at the hotel, is also worth trying. For those who love yoghurt there is local yoghurt from the area, paired with thyme honey from Pelion and fresh fruits.

The Greek buffet includes fresh bread, traditional cookies, freshly squeezed juice, fresh milk, coffee, tea, Greek cheeses and cold cuts as ham, turkey, bacon and sausages. Guests will also find boiled or fried eggs, omelet, pastry pies and savory homemade cake. Desserts include homemade “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), homemade “pasta flora” jam tart and handmade cake.

The rich breakfast buffet puts emphasis on Cretan products, Cretan recipes and the Greek diet in general. The buffet includes bread products with Cretan rusks and buns, a wide selection of traditional mini pies such as pies with fennel, pies with “myzithra” cheese and “kaltsounia”. The local cheeses such as “myzithra” and “anthotyros” are paired with Cretan sausages and “apaki” smoked pork. There are also dried fruits, Cretan thyme honey, tahini, carob honey, spoon sweets, and handmade lemon jams. Hot dishes include “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), trahanas and yoghurt soup, Greek bean soup, eggs with tomato and “staka”, “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with Cretan “apaki”), “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) and many other delicacies. All recipes are made with virgin olive oil that is produced and packaged locally. Guests may accompany their meal with a traditionally brewed Greek coffee, hot tea, or herbal infusions like the traditional “sarantadendri”.

The Greek breakfast at the Alex Beach hotel combines variety and Greek tradition, with emphasis on local products. There is a wide assortment of fresh bakery products, cakes, “tsoureki” (sweet bread), fresh fruit and vegetables, Greek jams, dried nuts and fruits, Greek traditional cheeses, cold cuts and fresh eggs are basic breakfast staples. Local spoon sweets as well as Greek honey are offered daily, paired with Greek strained yoghurt. Traditional recipes are “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato), green zucchini and sweet pumpkin pie, semolina pudding (halva), chocolate pie with virgin olive oil, pie with tahini, cream-filled “bougatsa” pie and the local “fanouropita” pie. The extra virgin olive oil is produced on the premises from the hotel’s olive trees. Traditional offerings such as homemade “melekounia” (with sesame, honey and cinnamon), biscuits and cookies are also offered.

The traditional Greek breakfast features delicacies from all over Greece. Fresh bread is paired with Greek honey, jams or tahini for extra energy. Recommended is the “tomatokagiana” (scrambled eggs with tomatoes and feta, sausage from Mykonos or bacon from Crete), the cheese pie or the cream-filled “bougatsa”. Various salads are served, such as pasta with carrot, lentils (with herbs and Florina peppers), black eyed beans with celery, “dakos” rusk with “ksinomyzithra” cheese from Crete or “trahana” (traditional pasta with feta and croutons). A light choice is the tasty yoghurt from Thessaloniki, served plain, with honey or handmade grape spoon sweet. Desserts include homemade semolina pudding (halva), orange pie and walnut pie. A sip of the local liqueur Tendoura of Patras, will complete the gastronomic feast!

The Alexandros hotel serves buffet style Greek breakfast with a variety of local products. There are many bread varieties and bakery products include homemade traditional cookies, and cakes. There are fresh fruits, yoghurt, honey, walnuts, fresh butter, honey from Crete, and many kinds of handmade jams. As for cheeses there is gruyere from Crete, “kasseri” from Lesvos and feta. The eggs are cooked in various ways, also served with cheese or with local vegetables and feta. Beverages include herbal teas, various kinds of coffee and fresh milk, chocolate and black or green tea. Try the local “ksinomyzithra” cheese, or cheese pies with feta or “ksinomyzithra”. For dessert there is halva )semolina pudding) with raisins and nuts and “pasta flora” jam tart with homemade jams.

The Greek breakfast at hotel Alexandra is rich and includes fresh bread, made on the premises, honey, jams and spoon sweets as well as orange cookies, cakes, juices, Greek coffee and herbal teas (chamomile and mint). There is yoghurt and butter, cold cuts and boiled eggs. The region of Epirus is famous for its cheeses and yoghurt. The buffet has feta, “kefalotyri”, “kefalograviera” and “galotyri” among other cheeses. There is also a variety of traditional pies such as”batsaria””, “zymaropita”, cheese pie, chicken pie, “makaronopita”, “tiganites” (pancakes) with cheese or honey and sugar, “eleopites”, “tyroriganata” (cheese and oregano) and “tyrontomatakia” (cheese and tomato).

The rich Greek breakfast buffet consists of all types of bread, cereals, handmade cakes, sweets and biscuits, crepes, “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) and homemade jams. There is an abundance of fresh fruits, salads and vegetables, as the hotel grows its own produce in its vegetable garden. Cooked dishes include fresh omelettes with spinach and feta cheese, handmade savory pies with spinach or cheese, with “myzithra” cheese or minced meat. Lighter choices include homemade yoghurt with strawberries, orange and citrus fruit. Sweet pies include apple pie and “bougatsa” with phyllo and cream. Apart from traditional spoon sweets, there are various Greek sweets in syrup and some international ones with a Greek twist like cheesecake with “anthotyro” soft cheese and tiramisu with “katiki” cheese from Domokos, Greek “mosaiko” with chocolate and handmade biscuits and homemade “ryzogalo” (rice pudding) orange zest.