When I was editing the pictures from the Costa Navarino visit last week I found myself flipping through hundreds, yes hundreds, of pictures of food. Seems whenever we had the chance, we were stuffing our faces at Costa Navarino. And why wouldn't we exactly? All the fresh food is sourced from local farmers in Greece, in the region, and only what is absolutely needed is imported. This is more or less farm-to-table perfection and it's a wonderful thing seeing such a behemoth resort support and empower the surrounding community.
So, about this food. There are two parts to this culinary exploration. We ate at the hotel for every meal, bar one. And truly there are so many restaurants available that one needn't leave at all. One week there and you'll still find yourself promising to try things...
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
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