WALK & EAT KEFALONIA : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

PLAN OF ARGOSTÓLI  inside front cover

INTRODUCTION   4
the walks  5
the excursions   5
the restaurants and tavernas   5
the recipes   7
eating greek   9
kefalonian food  11
the menu  12
kefalonian wines  19
retsina, oúzo - and beer  20
planning your visit   21
when to go  21
where to stay   22
what to take   24
planning your walks   25
on arrival   27
tourist information  27
transport  27
shopping for self-catering   28
fruit & veg market   31

EXCURSION 1 · argostóli   32
restaurants: arkondikó, patsoúras, tsívras  40
recipes: bámies, kotópoulo lemonáta me patátes   42
recipes: riganáda, arkondikó saláta, exohikó   44
recipes: arakás, fakés, garídes saganáki   46

Walk 1 · along the piccolo yiro   48
restaurants: taverna stó psitó, ouzeri/taverna thalassómilos  52
recipe: lakaniká psitá   53
recipe: kotópoulo agriliá, thalassómilos saláta   54

Walk 2 · lixoúri and lépeda beach  56
restaurants: café peros, taverna o nikós  59
recipes: biftéki, ksifías   60

Walk 3 · ag gerasímos and old valsamáta   62
restaurants: plátanos taverna, koros taverna  68
recipe: stifádo   69
recipes: tzatzíki, pastítsio   70

Walk 4 · mount aínos   72
restaurant: karavómilos taverna  76
recipes: fasolákia, bekrí mezé   76

Walk 5 · the venetian castle at ássos   78
restaurants: plátanos taverna, nirídes taverna  81
recipes: pikilía kreá, amygthalópita, karithópita 82
recipe: mousakás   84

Walk 6 · circuit from fiskárdo   86
restaurants: captain's cabin, lord falcon  91
restaurant: to péfko  92
recipes: pandzária, tonnos   93
recipes: kefalonítiki kreatópita, fasóli mavromátiko   94
recipes: spetsofáï, kotópoulo me káru   96
recipes: kléftiko, péfko saláta, eleólatho psomí   98

Walk 7 · above sámi   100
restaurants: dolphins, o faros 105
recipes: kalámari tiganitó, kolokithákia tiganitá  107

EXCURSION 2 · over the sea to itháca   108

MAP OF KEFALONIÁ AND ITHÁCA   110

Walk 8 · from ag geórgios to póros port   116
restaurants: remetzo café/bar, sunset taverna  120
recipes: melizanosaláta, tirosaláta, kounéli lemonáto  122

Walk 9 · the tholos tomb above póros   124
restaurant: taverna tsívas  127
recipes: keftédes, skordaliá, fasolátha  128

Walk 10 · old skála   130
restaurants:ta pitharia, kalíva  134
recipes: giouvétsi  135
recipes: kolokithokeftédes, stamnáki  137

GREEK (language)   138
CONVERSION TABLES   139
GLOSSARY (menu items, shopping terms)   140
INDEX   143

IN the restaurant (pocket vocabulary)  inside back cover