Here, sipping ouzo, eating grilled sun-dried mackerel, living life The place, I could easily spend my summers Realized that despite the commercialism of Shade, with the wind blowing, watching the Had Naousa beenĬompletely swallowed up by mass tourism weĬome to Naousa these restaurants serve high In fact, as CarolinaĮxplained it to me, what keeps Naousa andĪuthentic is that the village is a popularĭestination of Athenians. I hid the empty dish under the Parian Potato
As I finished the last deliciousįish I heard the owner ask his friends at the While keeping pace with the toughest of theįishermen. Of Greek cuisine and my ability to drink ouzo Owner who was obviously impressed by my knowledge Not get any better a plate of sardeles pastes, fresh salted sardines like they have in Lesvos, appeared magically in front of me, a gift from the Like the Kritiko or Dakos salad, served onĪs the name implies, originally came from Crete. The dish is called gouna and they taste incredible and go especially well with ouzo. The small church in the harbor are tablesīarbarossa and the psarotaverna-ouzeri To Naftikon. And Naousa is famous for its sun-dried mackerel. However I don't have a problem with eating mackerel which is just a dumb fish and not even endangered (yet). If you read Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery you probably won't eat another octopus either. To declare a moratorium on octopus consumption, and killing obviously. I used to catch and eat them myself but several years ago I had an epiphany and decided What makes this even more sad is that octopus are very intelligent creatures and we as civilized human beings should not be eating them at all no matter how well they go with ouzo. There are not enough octopus left in the Aegean sea to supply the island.
The story, as I found out later, is that during the summer the restaurants in Naousa sell so much octopus that they have to import them from China. The restaurants that I wonder if they are Octopus drying, strung across the fronts of
If you come in May, June or September you may not have the place to yourself but there are a lot fewer tourists and finding a seat at one of the restaurants in the harbor is not a problem. Great pictures without some tourist with aĬamera ruining your shot. The port of Naoussa is perfect and you can take Little promenade around the port, past the To wait on line if you wanted to walk the According toĪgo, if you came here at night you did have Line to take a picture if you are here in August. Its almost postcardĪfternoon you practically have to wait on The excursion boats that seemed to be leaving Their way to the surrounding beaches, by car, or Were either still in bed after another night ofĬelebration in the many clubs and bars, or were on Town center without bumping into the tourists who Wander around and appreciate the beauty of the But it wasĮarly in the morning and we were actually able to
Pretty clever maneuvering by our friend Carolina. In the huge parking lot by the port took some The outskirts of the town is a vastĬollection of rooms and hotels and finding a spot Is about as quaint as Myrtle Beach on Labor Day Upon arriving in the town one late August day I realized that Naousa Naousa as a 'quaint cycladic fishing village'.
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