Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream - Central Greece in 2024

Practical information : Take a break Central Greece

Timetable

Most cafés and bars are open every day, from breakfast in the morning until around midnight. Some night bars only open from 6pm-7pm and stay open until the early hours of the morning. Pastry shops and tearooms often have a weekly closing day and variable opening hours.

Budget & Tips

The price of a café varies greatly: from "Balkan" fare in less touristy villages, to "Parisian" fare in the fine establishments of city centers and the most popular panoramic locations. Here are some average prices: €3.40 for a cappuccino, €4.50 for a pint of Greek beer, €2 for a soda. The good thing is that you can stay for hours at the same café table without having to renew your drink.

Age restrictions

As far as the law is concerned, there is no legal age to consume alcohol in private in Greece. To drink and consume alcohol in a café or public place, you have to be 18 years old, but this law is not very much followed and nobody will ask for an ID card to a young person who orders a glass of alcohol.

What's very local

In the villages, the traditional establishment where men meet is the kafenio (καφενείο). As mores evolve, women are now admitted and there's even wifi for tourists. But most of the customers are retired men who here remake the world over a Turkish café (called elleniko since Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974), sipping slowly on a glass of alcohol (ouzo, tsipouro or raki) accompanied by mezzés or playing tavli (the national table game, very similar to backgammon) for hours.

Kids

Children are accepted everywhere, accompanied by their parents. As in restaurants, they are welcome. Children are kings in Greece and their noise level is very well tolerated!

Smokers

The good weather and the terraces limit the problem in summer. However, it must be conceded that the law against smoking in public spaces has been in place since 2008, but has never really been enforced. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the new conservative Prime Minister elected in July 2019, has promised that the law will now be enforced. Since his election, fines have been put in place to charge both establishments and customers who would not comply with the law. It remains to be seen whether this will finally materialize in practice..

Tourist traps

Nothing to report, apart from avoiding establishments that need to employ thrashers. It's often a bad omen!

Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Central Greece

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