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Hotel Fiona
HOTEL $$$
(
22460 72088;
www.symivisitor.com/Fiona.htm
; Horio; r/ste incl breakfast €60/70;
)
With stunning harbour views from its breakfast room, this spotless Horio hotel has
charming private balcony rooms with fresh-painted turquoise furniture, chocolate bed-
spreads and white walls. To reach Fiona, turn left at the top of Kali Strata and walk a fur-
ther 30m.
Hotel Garden
PENSION $$$
( 22460 72429;
www.symitop5.gr
; Gialos; d €60-80; )
This pension is enchanting
with its blue, green and biscuit exterior, and raised beds. Family apartments have separ-
ate bedrooms for the kids and a communal kitchen with tasteful old furniture, as well as
fridges and TV. It's mmaculate throughout, and there's a lovely garden courtyard to chill
in.
Eating
In Gialos, eateries line the harbour; in Horio, they tend to be clustered at the top of Kali
Strata.
Gialos
Meraklis
SEAFOOD $
(mains €8-10; )
This magical backstreet taverna has Santorini-blue walls decked out
with vintage diving photos, antique mirrors and a menu straight from the table of Posei-
don. Feast on fresh octopus, sea bream, Symi shrimp and swordfish. The souvlakia,
meatballs and roast lamb are all exceptionally tasty. Why not try a mixed seafood dish
for two (€30)?
Manos Fish Restaurant
SEAFOOD $
(mains €8-10; )
Festooned in nets and nautical lanterns, its walls astir with lobsters in
tanks, Manos is arguably the best-loved seafood restaurant in the Dodecanese - certainly
it packs in more Hollywood demi-gods than a tin of sardines. Octopus cooked in wine,
mixed seafood saganaki, shark fillet, crab claws and sea snails are a few of its treasures.
Nikolas Patisserie
BAKERY $
