Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Ofou To Lo
Kitroplatía
T
28410 24819.
Best of
the moderately priced places on the seafront here:
the food is consistently good. Try their
loukánika me tirí
(spicy sausages with cheese; €5) starter.
Daily lunch &
dinner.
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Pelagos
Stratigoú Kóraka, behind the tourist
o
ce
T
28410 25737.
Housed in an elegant mansion, this
stylish fish taverna has an attractive leafy garden terrace
which complements the excellent food. Pricey, but worth
it.
April-Oct daily lunch & dinner.
Sarri's
Kýprou 15.
Great little economical neighbourhood
café-diner especially good for breakfast, also grills and
souvláki
, all served on a leafy terrace.
Daily 9am-midnight.
Toedeledoekie
Aktí S. Koundoúrou 24.
Friendly, low-
key Dutch-run café with international press to read; great
sandwiches and milkshakes by day, chilled bar at night.
Daily 9am-late.
Itanos
Kýprou 1.
Popular with locals, this traditional
taverna serves reasonably priced Cretan food such as
yemista
(rice-stuffed vegetables; €5), and barrel wine. It
also has a terrace across the road.
Daily 11am-midnight.
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Karnáyio
Paleológou 21
T
28410 25968.
Atmospheric traditional
kafenío
popular with a younger
crowd and serving tasty mezédhes - try the
fava
(mashed split peas) - inside or on its pleasant terrace
with lake view. A bonus here is some great lýra and lauto
(lute) music most Fri and Sat evenings.
Daily
noon-3am.
Migomis
Nikoláou Plastíra 22
T
28410 24353.
Pleasant café high above the bottomless lake with a
stunning view. Perfect (if pricey) place for breakfast,
afternoon or evening drinks. Their next-door restaurant
enjoys the same vista and is pricier than the norm, but
perhaps worth it if you've booked a table to feast on that
view.
Daily 9am-1am.
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DRINKING AND NIGHTLIFE
The one thing which Áyios Nikólaos undeniably does well is bars and nightlife. Music bars with terraces spread along Aktí
Koundoúrou on the harbourfront. More raucous bars and clubs crowd the bottom of 25-Martíou (known as “Soho Street”)
as it heads up the hill.
Molo
Akti Koundoúrou 6.
One of a bunch of popular glitzy
café-bars looking out over the ferry dock on the east side of
the harbour. A relaxed café during the day and a bar at
night, open until the early hours.
Daily 9am-late.
Moritz
Akti Koundoúrou 10.
West of the harbour. Cosy,
laidback café-bar along the seafront with a dressy clientele
and jazz and soft-rock sounds.
Daily 9am-late.
Puerto Café Bar
Aktí I Koundoúrou.
One of the row of
café-bars on the harbourfront, with outdoor harbourside
seating and an indoor bar which pumps up the volume
after dark.
Daily 9am-late.
Royale
25-Martiou.
The first of a row of bars proper, at
the bottom of 25-Martíou, near the harbour.
Daily
11pm- late.
Sorrento
Akti I Koundoúrou 23.
On the west side of the
harbour, near the tourist office. A long-established haunt
of expats, loud and fun, if that's what you're in the mood
for.
Daily 9pm-late.
DIRECTORY
Car rental
Good deals are available at Club Cars,
28-Oktovríou 24 (
T
28410 25868), near the post office, or
Economy (
T
28410 22013) under the
Hotel Angelos
.
Internet
access
Peripou, 28-Oktovríou 25 (daily
9.30am-2am), and Café du Lac at no. 17 on the same street.
Travel agents
Plora Travel, Corner of 28-Oktovríou and K.
Sfakianáki (
T
28410 82804).
Post o
ce
28-Oktovríou (Mon-Sat 7.30am-2pm),
halfway up, on the right.
Eloúnda and around
The village of
ELOÚNDA
, now a small-scale resort, lies about 8km from Áyios
Nikólaos, along the coast road. Just before the centre of the village, a road
(signposted) leads downhill to a natural causeway leading to the ancient “sunken city”
of
Olous
. Here you'll find restored windmills, a short length of canal, Venetian salt
pans and a well-preserved dolphin
mosaic
, inside a former Roman basilica, but
nothing of the sunken city itself beyond a couple of walls in about 70cm of water.
Swimming here is good - but watch out for sea urchins. Life in
Eloúnda
village
focuses around the large square lined with cafés, tavernas and shops, in front of the
picturesque harbour. Right next to the harbour is the sandy town
beach
, with other
patches of sand stretching out north along the coast.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT
STAVRÓS BEACH (P.499); AYÍA TRÍADHA (P.498); MOUNT PSILORÍTIS (P.467) >
