For the Cretans, the secret of good health and long living is very simple. They eat all that their rich solid gives them. Many fruits, vegetables, groceries, legumes, varieties of cheese, olive oil and bread. They scent the taste with marvelous herbs like oregano, they make desserts with natural sweetening materials, honey and molasses, and accompany their meal with excellent local wine.
So don’t miss, during your stay in Elounda - Crete, to taste all the island’s traditional recipes. Appetizers and dishes like rusks, honey and cheese, pies from Sfakia, grass pies, cream cheese, boiled snails, staka, stuffed vine leaves, rabbit casserole, patty, Sfakian casserole and many more are tastes you will remember for ever.
Restaurants - Fast food/Creperies
In Elounda are many restaurants and taverns that offer traditional recipes, using only pure, natural local ingredients. We list them to you just to have an idea.There are also traditional stores, from where you can buy authentic products of the Cretan earth.
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