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For the most charming setting, head to Sklithri and book one of the taverna’s tables right on the beach. In 2021, Omega3’s previous energetic head chef Giorgos Samoilis opened Cantina, an equally experimental restaurant in Seralia, a pretty little bay below the beautiful medieval village of Kastro. It’s a bit of a trek up to this family-run restaurant that straddles the high coastal road leading out of Positano, but the narrow pavement terrace is a fantastic spot for an informal meal thanks to jaw-dropping views and reliable food. Helming the kitchen, chef Michele De Blasio stays close to his Campanian roots, adding large doses of creativity and technical wizardry in palate-teasing fish and meat dishes that are both familiar and surprising. Ithaca’s turquoise and emerald coves are popular with the sailing set, but few visitors venture into the forested hills.

Marathia launched the island’s farm- (or fishing-boat-) to-table scene, elevating local ingredients into complex modern dishes. Every gap in the burnished hills frames a different view of Hora, cascading from the Venetian castle to seaside Skala.Several other good learning sites are already mentioned, but I really like Marla Fibish’s lessons here: https://pegheadnation.

See a once-in-a-lifetime collection of 90 historic stringed instruments—mandolins, guitars, banjos, ukuleles, and more—that have shaped generations of American music since before the Civil War. Follow this with a simply-grilled local pezzogna (blue-spotted bream) and homemade ricotta and pear flan; there won’t be room for much more. But there’s plenty of new-fangled fun too: late-night bars ( Bikini or retro-cool Bar Spetsa), two open-air cinemas, stylish boutiques ( The Closet, whose resident cats are an attraction), and expensive restaurants ( Patralis and Tarsanas vie for the best fish soup). Agios Prokopios and Agia Anna delight toddlers and teenagers alike with their shallow waters and beach bars.On the early 'Prairie Home Companion' [radio program], Jon sometimes appeared as the Masked Folksinger — 'a singer as anonymous as his songs.

Stroll down it on the way to dinner and browse smart boutiques selling handcrafted jewelery and knick-knacks, or pick up local delicacies from the upmarket Ergon deli (reopens in May), which also has outposts in Athens, Thessaloniki and Mayfair. Lefkada’s main town, flattened by an earthquake in the 1950s, certainly won’t take your breath away, but those famous cliff-backed beaches, Egremni and Porto Katsiki, sure will. Let our unique and exquisite creations by celebrated chefs at award-winning restaurants take your taste buds on an exceptional culinary journey.modern mandolins seem to be designed to project “out” to the audience and player can barely hear themselves. Here regular isle-hopper Rachel Howard reveals the ones to get in a speedboat for in 2024, with recommendations on where to stay chosen by the editors of Condé Nast Traveler. Try kitron, the local citron liqueur, at the Vallindras distillery in Halki or sample homemade wine and arseniko cheese under the plane trees in Ano Potamia village.

Time slows almost to a standstill in the mountain villages, where locals with formidable whiskers welcome you with shots of raki (Cretan grappa) for breakfast and celebrate saints' days with a volley of gunshots. Then there is marinated tuna carpaccio, linguine with seafood, salt cod and rum babà to finish, washed down with an ice-cold, homemade limoncello.This gourmet newcomer is part of a recently opened beach club set below terraced gardens that tumble down to the shore between Vietri and Cetara. The other thing I would say from my own painful learning (I had violin lessons as a child so could already read music and was attuned to the finger patterns needed for the mandolin) is pay attention to picking patterns from the start.