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the owner playing Aphrodite in the kitchen to produce mouth-watering homemade bread,
jams and marmalades.
One of the finest hotels in the Dodecanese.
Nefeli Hotel
APARTMENT $$$
( 22470 24611;
www.nefelihotels.com
; studio €85, apt €100-150; )
Vividly coloured
in lavender and pink these sugar-white apartments are beautifully finished with stone
floors, gleaming kitchens, flat-screen TVs, moulded-stone couches and swallow-you-up
beds. All have private balconies and there's a tempting cafe in the herb-fragrant court-
yard.
Eating & Drinking
Alinda is lined with lots of stylish cafes and restaurants.
Head towards Krithoni for a drink at
Nemesis
( 22470 22070)
. With Cuban jazz
playing and the light swimming through suspended glass bottles, nurse an ouzo and
watch the sunset on the terrace.
O Lampros Restaurant
TAVERNA $
( 22470 24154; Alinda; mains €8.50-10; 6am-late)
Patronised by gnarled elderly gents
flicking worry beads, O Lampros offers breakfast, snacks and traditional cuisine like
tzatziki, mezedhes, Greek salads, swordfish and octopus. Treat yourself to shrimp
saganaki
.
Fanari
GREEK $
( 6984135216; mains €8-10; )
At shabby-chic Fanari you can eat on the patio or by
the waves. The menu spans breakfast, mezedhes and lamb
stifadho
to pasta dishes. But
you can also try combo dishes for two (€20) which gives you meatballs, halloumi,
tzatziki and green peppers.
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Northern Leros
The north of the island is dotted with small fishing communities, beehives and rugged
terrain. Just west of the airport, the
Temple of Artemis
(the island's ancient patroness)
dates from the 4th century BC but has yet to be excavated.
