While the
first part of my visit to Naxos focused on driving around the island to check out some interior villages and whatever else caught our attention, the next day was for exploring the
main town.
Day strated with breakfast in a lovely setting outside the
Ippokampos hotel overlooking the calm waters of
St. George beach. Early in the season and early in the morning meant the sun loungers were empty.
I kicked around town a bit and, once again, did a poor job of capturing things. Have a few assorted snaps that caught my eye though. Generally digging the outdoor seating everywhere and the on-brand whitewashed elements. Walls, chairs, stone paths.
Grabbed a daytime shot of the restaurant where we had a great little dinner experience the night before. It doesn't come up in English on my google maps, but look for
Το κάτι Άλλο and stop in. You'll be happy with it.
Also snapped a shot of
Capones ('meat dish restaurant' per google ... feels like a translation issue there ...). It caught my eye the night before as it was small but lively on a late April night. Looked like a fun spot.
For lunch and coffee I decided on
Gemma Naxian Bistro. Was pretty quiet when I stopped in. Think they had some interesting but not overwhelming music on, which I appreciated. I see now that I stumbled upon a place with a 4.9 rating. I remember the service was good and my veggie burger was pretty decent.
Later in the afternoon we met with one of our partners and got a feel for the tour of the old town, castle, and Portara. Stopped in a couple of shops featuring a combination of local and gourmet products. Of course this is where I took some pictures because I knew Judy would be interested. First shop can be found in Google as
Naxos Cheese Koufopolous.
Then it was down the street to
K Tziblakis. I still regret not snagging at least one can of that donkey olive oil.
I think the next sequence was a spin through the
castle area. No pics. Would probably be better as a video. Lot of stairways, passageways, etc. Very cool to stroll around and see that there are some residential units all around it. Absolutely worth exploring if you're there. We then did a pit stop at
Honey & Cinnamon. I forget exactly what traditional drink we were offered. I think it was served warm. And I'm sure there was a snack of some sort that I failed to capture. Nice little respite after being on our feet for a while.
Next we were off toward the harbor. Our mission was to see the sunset from the
Portara. On the way we passed a couple of places that looked well positioned for a drink at sunset. One was
BACO.
And the other was
Dal Profesore. We continued on as we had other plans for the sunset.
Snapped a few shots walking over ...
Snapped a few shots looking back at the town ...
And then of course snapped a number of shots awaiting the sunset ...
Glad we did it. I imagine there would be more people with the same idea if we were visiting June through September. But in late April we were three of maybe 20-ish people there. Nice and chill.
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