Fun and entertainment Greece

A beautiful place to spend the day. This beach bar with deckchairs and big cosy sofas is beautiful between the sea, the beach and the greenery of a well kept garden. The service is professional and you can have a coffee or a drink in the evening. The quality of the entire offer, from coffee to food to cocktails, contrasts with the rest of the offer on the beach. The establishment also offers excellent dishes: risottos, pastas, salads, burgers... There is also an accessories store (jewelry, ceramics, souvenirs).

A vintage café that plays selective and relaxing lounge and jazz music. Some tables by the water, and others inside in a neat decor. Breakfasts are tasty and hearty (try the fruit smoothies and yogurt). Coffee, cocktails and homemade desserts are also available. The baklava and orange cake are worth a try! There are places outside in the alley in the shade or in the sun as well as a large terrace on the harbour side. And in the evening, the place transforms into THE cocktail bar!

A nice bar in the Chora, with a nice terrace. Maybe you will find, as we did, that this is the best café to have a full breakfast? Pancakes, scrambled eggs, toast, fresh fruit juice, coffee of all kinds... The establishment also offers excellent desserts served throughout the day: cheesecake, waffles, apple pie. Sweets that can be enjoyed with a panoramic view of the Cytherean countryside. The quality of the food is honest, the service is excellent and the coffee is good. What more could you ask for?

A couple of James Bond fans have lined the café with photos from the 007 films. Released in 1981, Nothing But Your Eyes was partly filmed in Corfu, particularly in the Paleokastritsa area. One scene was even filmed at the very location of the café. Connoisseurs will recognize it, or the owners will remind you. Otherwise, Eleni, the owner, prepares excellent lemon and apple cakes. You can also have mezzedes washed down with ouzo. To top it all off, the welcome here is very friendly.

A beautiful atmosphere, right above the waves. As the name suggests, you're on the rocks overlooking the crystal-clear beach of Aghios Nikitas. Is there anything better than drinking your coffee by the sea? The setting is truly sumptuous, and you can quench your thirst with iced coffee, iced drinks and ice creams in this inviting beach bar. On the menu: light refreshments and cocktails, with pleasant, professional service. At sunset, of course, the scenery is even more fascinating!

A very pretty beach bar: just across the bay from Agios Nikitas, Captain's Corner serves coffee and drinks all day long, until late at night. Very pretty setting with sea views, and the cocktails are excellent! Probably the best on the island, with a breathtaking view. Nice music at normal volume! You can also have mezzedes, small fried fish and salads, with an ouzo. Even families are welcome: even if the bar fills up quickly, children can still play on the beach.

A trendy café in an alleyway in Gaios where the blooming bougainvillea hangs above the tables. It is at Café Kalimera that you can enjoy a refreshing beer with the locals or a breakfast, consisting of Greek yoghurt and fruit, on the terrace. This café, a little set back from the main square of Gaios, has a very nice room and a terrace that takes over the street, with its tables and chairs, and sometimes even cushions on the floor! The ideal place to drink a beer, cocktails or snacks.

Here's an establishment in the hills that can be reached by car via a very narrow path (although it's also possible to get there on foot). Terrace with a splendid view of the coast of Afionas and the beach of Aghios Georgios, impeccable service, and a real treat on the plate. You can stop off here after a sporty jaunt to Porto Timoni, one of Corfu's most beautiful beaches. The menu is well-stocked with good, hearty dishes. However, the restaurant is a little pricey, so we recommend just having a coffee or dessert!

It is easy to see why it is considered the best place in the village to have a drink or a snack. The place is ideal for coffee or breakfast in Avlemonas with a beautiful view of the small boat harbour. It is also a good place to have a drink in the evening. On the small harbour, this café-bar offers good breakfasts and in the evening excellent cocktails. The music is carefully chosen and the setting is dreamy!

Hidden in the mountains above Assos, this charming little café offers delicious cakes made with love by Rosie. Some lunchtime dishes are also concocted by the owner. The food is excellent and the plates are hearty. The colourful terrace with a view of the surrounding hills is sublime! The owner and staff are very friendly and attentive, and the view is magnificent. The perfect place to have a meal in the fresh air. We recommend you stop by, even if it's just for a drink.

A paradisiacal and impressive view on the Argassi bay and a refined decor perfect for a romantic evening! The cocktails are worthy of the best Parisian bars. Al Nur also serves excellent modern cuisine: beef cheeks with gnocchi and chicken with asparagus and artichokes are very popular dishes! With a wonderful sunset, usually, on the program in the evening. Impeccable service and beautiful, refined cuisine.

A café-bar facing the sea that serves fresh cocktails at reasonable prices. Throughout the day, to the sound of the waves and ambient music, you can enjoy coffee, fresh fruit juice and ice cream. In the evening, candles light up the tables, the setting is romantic and relaxing. You will find a very good home-made hamburger. Not typical of Greek cuisine, but hearty and ideal for a quick bite to eat and enjoy the beach, before getting back on the boat and sailing off to new gastronomic adventures.

We found it by chance on the main road and appreciated the very good service of Sofia and her coffee. This café with wooden tables on the terrace does not look like much. But the breakfasts are wonderful, and what can we say about the apple pie! Espressos, cappuccinos, freddos of excellent quality. But also omelettes, baguette sandwiches, yoghurt with muesli or with nuts and fruit. There's even a full English breakfast on the menu (so something for everyone...). Very friendly setting.

This friendly café has an original hippy chic decor and you'll want to spend hours on their wooden benches. The establishment serves organic coffees and produce. It's as beautiful as it looks in the photos, and the people there are very friendly! Their teas and smoothies are particularly tasty. In the evening, the cocktails are very pleasant. We recommend this place for a break at any time of day. And in a corner of the café is a grocery store where you can buy local organic produce.

This is a casual place with international and lounge music, very nice to have a few drinks. The drink selection is incredible, including many different cocktails. It's not very big but it makes the bar cosy and the sea view is amazing! The prices are very reasonable: beer for €3 or €4, glass of wine for €3 and during happy hour from 5:30pm to 8:30pm cocktails are only €5! The welcome is great and the setting, with a large terrace facing the sea, is relaxing.

In a beautiful building dating from 1650, there is a theatre for 250 people. From June to September, apart from theatrical performances, there are also photo and painting exhibitions, jazz and classical music concerts. Dance and music workshops are also held on stage during the season. And on the terrace, under the thick shade of the hundred-year-old olive trees, a wooden terrace offers yoga-fitness classes in the late afternoon, in season. Finally, a bistro is also hidden in this cultural centre which is worth a visit!

A family-run café-bar on the beach that's open from early morning until late at night. It's well worth having an evening drink by the sea, with a view of the illuminated castle. Live concerts are regularly scheduled and world music is played nightly in this bar with its regulars. Perfect service, great atmosphere and great music! The cocktails are sumptuous: the house specialty, when we visited, was a port mixed with bananas. In the mornings, superb brunches are a must-try too!

A large terrace surrounded by a waterfall and flowers. An ideal place to spend a relaxing summer evening. Fruity cocktails, ice cream, excellent desserts. You can also have a bite to eat. The green Thai curry (amazing, yes...) seems to be very successful. In any case, what we remember most is the pleasant atmosphere and the excellent value for money. The location is nice and the gardens and fountain make a charming setting for a drink or a bite to eat in this beautiful place.

Wonderfully located in Longos, you will enjoy a terrace that overlooks the sea and not the port. With your feet in the water, or on the slightly raised terrace with a view of the sea, you can sip excellent cocktails or a glass of wine from the local grape varieties. The setting is enchanting. Kostas sets the mood in his bar and remembers all his customers with whom he likes to have a chat. We had a very good time relaxing there. To keep our feet in the water after a beautiful day at sea or lying on the beach!

A waterfront bar in the quiet village of Lygia. Cocktails, billiards, football nights, theme parties... It's mainly for its atmosphere that you come to Lygia and the bar, which is run by Spyros with great enthusiasm. The regulars come here every night, and you will be welcomed by everyone! You can drink a beer or any cocktail and/or play games. In short, the place prides itself on welcoming all audiences and all ages. If you are looking for a club more in the style of Mykonos or Ios, you won't find it here.

Faced with yachts and pleasure boats, sipping a cool cocktail in summer is a must! At the Wave Bar, you can choose between excellent cocktails, smoothies, crêpes and desserts. While the drinks menu is well-stocked, you can also come to the Wave Bar for brunch, a burger, pita sandwich or pizza... The staff are friendly, and the DJ keeps the party going all night long! Food and atmosphere. You'll also have the best view of the harbor all the way to Albania.

So it never stops. Open all day long in the morning for breakfast, from 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening with a cocktail bar. The two terraces overlook the port: perfect for a drink in front of the sunset. Wine is served here as well as 24 different cocktails, as many as there are letters in the Greek alphabet. Its name comes from the first three digits on the barcodes of products made in Greece. One of the best places on the island to eat too: all the ingredients are fresh and most of them organic.

This friendly café-bar and mezzedopoleio has become an institution in Emborios in recent years. The young, dynamic team has created an open, modern place where you can meet at the end of the day or in the evening, in the shade of the terrace, or on the high stools with a magnificent view of the sea. Good cocktails are served, as well as freddo coffees worthy of the name and fresh, tasty mezzedes to share. In the evenings, concerts are sometimes organized. Some parties go on late into the night, especially when the moon is full.

This all-day bar-café located on the road along the beach of Réthymnon is renowned for its lively nights. Great list of original cocktails, great atmosphere, and from time to time live musical evenings. Ideal for brunch or breakfast, especially if you like salty or sweet pancakes. Very good fast food and dishes inspired by Mediterranean cuisine. Very beautiful spacious terrace full of small potted palm trees that make sunsets even more pleasant. Professional and friendly staff.

This wine bar, run by Pavlos Soueref, offers a nice menu for a drink before eating, which you can accompany with a plate of 24-month-old gravel. There is also an elegant dining area with wine-related decorations such as corks and wine crates, as well as an open kitchen, where you may want to linger. Its creative dishes offer Greek cuisine revisited like this delicious octopus casserole with mastic, thyme, caramelised onions and fava

This is a place worth a visit. This "Feta bar" is indeed a real temple dedicated to this national cheese, where you can have a drink and a snack. Deliciously amazing. Take the time to taste the famous panna cotta de feta with marmalade and wild truffles for example and also enjoy the ever-changing menus at a low price. It is also a delicatessen where you will find dairy products from the owner's cheese dairy located in Grevena, 180 km from Thessaloniki.

Mylos is a business that runs all day and almost all night on Lambi beach. During the day, it is a classic beach bar where you will find deckchairs and parasols, food, coffee or a drink with your feet in the sand. On weekends, and more regularly in high season, events are organised, including concerts, with heads in the stars. In summer, the second part of the evening is mainly reserved for great DJ sets that last until the end of the night and gather hundreds of party people.

A must for food lovers, the Kookoovaya is an allday cafe/tea house offering, above all, a breathtaking view of the sea and the city of Hania. Located in Akrotiri, at the end of the esplanade known as "the tombs of Venizelon", the establishment is a meeting point for the locals who love to have gourmet breaks and take time to relax in a very pleasant setting. Among the pastries, we recommend the chocolate cake with chocolate syrup, the walnut cake with a scoop of ice cream... Several snacks as well.

On the first floor of the Polydoros Hotel, a tastefully appointed family-run establishment in the center of Paleochora, between the Pachia Ammos and Chalikia beaches. Set in a beautiful open-air garden, the hotel's wine bar offers over 40 different Cretan wines by the glass. A place to enjoy some of Crete's finest wines, before dinner or later in the evening, away from the busy tourist life of Paleochora, in a very pleasant and relaxing atmosphere.

Alternative atmosphere and decoration for this pleasant café-bar whose name means "La Mouche", represented from right to left on the walls and logos of the place. In an old Italian warehouse in the port of Mandraki, you are here near the ramparts of the old town. The coffee is very good (which is not given everywhere!) and some cocktails are a little more interesting than elsewhere. Special mention also goes to the musical selection, which is of high quality. The space is intimate in the evening and friendly during the day, a perfect balance!

We love this bar with its elegant yet relaxed lounge atmosphere, which opens onto the beautiful Arionos square. Ideal for enjoying a balmy summer's night, sharing a cocktail with Rhodes' beau monde. We come here to see and be seen, but in a relaxed, elegant sobriety that has been the hallmark of the place for many years. The cocktails are pleasant and tastefully presented. However, given the unique location, it's hardly surprising that prices are a little inflated...

This friendly cocktail bar is located not far from Agia Lesvia square, in a small medieval alleyway that quickly fills up with all the trendy Patmos revelers once night falls. In high season, we recommend that you come for an aperitif in the early evening, if you want to enjoy a quiet little table. Otherwise, you'll be playing elbow-to-elbow, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the rest of the island! The cocktails are some of the best on Patmos (and also some of the most expensive): you'll never tire of discovering the bartender's menu.

Located in the main square, between the bougainvillea and the newsstand, Petrino is the meeting point to start the evening quietly around a small aperitif. We look at the people who go out and meet before or after dinner, in the calm of summer evenings. Quite simply. Nothing special to note, it is the life of Tilos and Livadia that flows peacefully, between the children who play below, the old people who meet at Yorgos. Tourists also come for coffee and breakfast.

This cosy lounge café is housed in a former ice cream factory dating from the first half of the ^20th century. Today, the foundations of the building preserve vestiges of the ancient Byzantine and Venetian periods, as well as interwar warehouses. Popular with locals, especially young people, the Pagopoieion offers brunch, popular world dishes (pasta, burgers, pizzas, etc.), salads, pastries and, later in the evening, cocktails.

A must for jazz and blues fans, this bar also caters for all those who want to enjoy the great classics of the soul and funk scene, as well as authentic Cretan music on live evenings. Located right in the heart of the market, it has become a night-time meeting place unlike any other in Agia Galini: it's a place where customers are encouraged to talk to each other, which is why mobiles don't go by the wayside! Not to be missed during your stay, if only for the quality of the drinks and the atmosphere!

The latest establishment on Skala's main square opened its doors for the 2021 season. The historic building has been beautifully renovated, with all the materials and volumes that make up the architectural beauty of the city. This café-bar is pleasant during the day, to drink coffee or have a good brunch, but one comes here especially in the evening to taste the cocktails that make the place famous. The team - younger than its neighbours at the Plaza or Petrino - sometimes struggles to respond quickly to customers, but there's no rush!

The city of Hania is full of cafés and bars with a certain charm, and unusual establishments, each more original than the last. The Ride is a café-bar that lives to the rhythm of the bicycle! Not far from the old port, this former bicycle garage, run by a cyclist, is the place where lovers of this sport meet to share their passion with others! Whether you feel like having a coffee or tasting a beer or a cocktail later in the evening, this establishment can offer you long moments of conviviality.

The Reggae Vibes music festival took place for the first time in 2007 on the beach of Almyros. Since then, it has been a unique institution and musical event for fans of reggae and dub music, not only in Crete, but also in the rest of Greece. It takes place every year uniting many world famous bands. With a growing success, the festival contributes, in its own way, to the cultural and touristic development of the Lassithi region.

Hania's sailing club café is a must. It is located in the Moro Arsenal, built in 1607 under the Venetian occupation and beautifully restored. In this imposing building you can enjoy a coffee or a drink from morning until late at night. The pace is maritime, frantic and lively. Enjoy the setting sun and the view of the lighthouse while sitting on the terrace. The staff is lovely and quiet, which doesn't spoil the whole. Little tip: take your freddo to go and walk on the pier, between the horizon and the old port.

For a drink in the pretty port of Mandraki, you'll be spoilt for choice on the waterfront: ideal for a break in front of the waves, whether over a coffee during the day or an aperitif in the evening. You'll find the inevitable Liotridia, the friendly Proveza and Rythmos Cafés, the relaxed Enallax Bar, renowned for its cocktails in particular (and open only after 6 p.m. in the evening), not forgetting the traditional ouzerie in the main square, Adrikos Café, the beating heart of Mandraki for decades.

This straw hut is located on the small pebble beach of Giala, before you reach the bay of Nimborios proper. We appreciate the shade of the canisses and the music, which is not too intrusive: ideal for a break between two swims in the sun. In addition to cold drinks and coffees, the bar serves a number of quality snacks. These include souvlaki, a delicious way to quench your hunger without breaking the bank. The whole place is attractive, better integrated into the space than many beach bars on the islands. A friendly, quiet atmosphere.

A cozy bar housed in the ancient monastery of Karolos, where you can enjoy the charming interior garden, its fresh stone arcades and its young and fashionable population. Very pleasant during the long summer evenings. The cocktails are prepared with taste and seriousness, and the thirst for the merry nocturnal nocturnals who find themselves here. The hotel also offers numerous cultural events and never forget children (puppet shows, theater…). You will find the program on the Internet.

This wine bar is very popular among Haniotes and is located on the old port, near the Topanas district and the Maritime Museum. People come here for its very good selection of Cretan, Greek and international wines and its sharing boards in the style of Spanish tapas . To help you choose, ask the owner who knows his wine list by heart. A very pleasant address and quieter than the terraces next to the tourist port. A young and trendy population of residents come to meet there at aperitif time in a relaxed atmosphere.

Located at the southern end of Pedi Bay, not far from the start of the path leading to Agios Nikolaos beach, this cozy café is particularly pleasant. You can stop here to get your strength back before the walk to the beach, or to recharge on the way back... In fact, you don't need to have a good excuse before or after your walk: you can come here at any time for a delicious breakfast, a coffee, a light lunch, a slice of cake for an afternoon snack or an aperitif in the evening, all with a calm sea view. A lovely address.

This coffee bar is ideally located in the Nea Chora area. The staff were friendly and helpful. The staff were very helpful and helpful. We come for coffee during the day, or to take a cocktail facing the sunset in the evening. The kitchens offer a modern map, with a good choice of hamburgers and some vegetarian options. There is also a brunt in the morning. A good address to leave the tourist frenzy of the old town and take its time facing the sea.

This bar with its industrial look attracts young Rhodians to the heart of Rhodes' new town. The large terrace is always busy in season, when locals and tourists happily cross paths on the tables and high stools of this relaxed, friendly establishment. It's not just for the well-crafted cocktails, but also for the DJ evenings that punctuate the summer (and the rest of the year too!). The cocktail menu features classics, but the bartenders are also happy to concoct a house specialty.

At the very end of the Agia Marina pier, north of the landing stage and level with the lighthouse that closes off the bay, you'll find these two establishments side by side, in a magnificent setting. Café Alevromylos is the ideal place to enjoy a freddo or a Greek coffee while watching the boats arrive and depart, in a quiet setting away from the cars and scooters that usually ply Agia Marina. The Faros bar takes over once night falls, for drinks until late, sheltered from the waves that break on the lighthouse breakwater just there.

A little away from the crowds, the Hotel Alcanea's café offers you a pleasant break during the day, with something to eat if you feel like it. In the evening, you can sip a glass of wine from the cellar's selection, while enjoying the view of the old port. The service is friendly, the food is good and fresh, and the wine list includes some of the best bottles from Greece and Crete. All of which makes for a great day of sightseeing.

This modern and trendy beach bar is located right in the center of the main beach of Falassarna. It has a lounge atmosphere with a bar on the beach, fortunately set back from the sea, and a restaurant offering snacks and international dishes: salads (generous portions), burgers, pizzas, etc. It is possible to be served for a small extra charge directly on the beach: deckchairs and umbrellas are rented for 10 € per day and per person. Always a great way to relax while sipping an iced coffee or an exotic cocktail in front of the setting sun.