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For drinks and coffee, the steps leading up from the eastern end of the waterfront boast
several cafe-bars.
Maestro
is a cool spot that starts with breakfast (€4.50 to €6.50) and
keeps going until late into the night.
To Limani
TAVERNA $
( 22850 73269;
www.limani.amorgos.net
; dishes €4-7; breakfast, lunch & dinner)
This popu-
lar restaurant carries its traditional atmosphere comfortably. Using home-grown produce,
they whip up an amazing fish soup, black-eyed bean salad, village sausage and chicken
with feta. And definitely save room for some homemade orange pie.
Restaurant Lakki
GREEK $
( 22850 73253; mains €4-9)
A beach and garden setting makes the restaurant of Lakki
village a relaxing place to enjoy well- prepared Greek dishes.
Askas Taverna
TAVERNA $
(mains €4.50-8)
Next to Aegiali Camping and Pension Askas, this friendly taverna offers
Greek food with many of the ingredients locally sourced (the family olive groves are
right next door). The Amorgian lamb baked with potatoes and chopped tomatoes is a tra-
ditional favourite. They stage
rembetika
(blues) evenings four times a week in July and
August.
Information
on the waterfront, can help with a host of travel needs including ferry tickets, accommod-
ation and island tours. Check it out for diving and walking possibilities also. Long-estab-
organise accommodation, tours and vehicle hire.
There's a postal agency about 100m uphill from Aegialis Tours.
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Around Amorgos
Heading south of Hora, the road hugs the plunging east coast. You'll soon reach the turn-
ing for
Agia Anna Beach
, popular for its starring role in the French film
Le Grand Bleu
.
It's dramatic, but tiny and rocky; the car park is bigger. It's a similar story with the rest of
the beaches along this coast. At the far southwestern tip of the island is the grounded ship
