Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Crete

The best ice creams and sorbets in town, prepared with fresh cow or goat milk and seasonal fruit! To have an ice cream, a Cretan baklava-style dessert, a delicious lightning bolt filled with vanilla ice cream, a fruit tart, drink an orangeade or an excellent coffee, here is a shady terrace, frequented by locals and Greek visitors but unknown to tourists. There is a second address at 51 Palaiologou Street, near the Rimondi Fountain, in the old part of Rethymnon.

The famous bakery of Mr. Vasilis Kormoranos was one of the first in the village. On its small outdoor terrace you can enjoy good home-made pastries, but also, just next door and opposite, in the second room, a large choice of small menus for lunch or dinner. In a charming little alleyway, you can discover all the authenticity of the old towns of Crete. Feeling a little hungry? Try the sfakia pie, a cheese cake filled with honey covered in dripping honey and served hot as you like... a delight!

This new pastry café is a sweet treat, with its pastel velvet armchairs and timeless atmosphere. It is one of the few pastry shops where the pastries are of such a high quality. Everything is prepared with care and finesse. You can taste delicious desserts that are not lacking in imagination. With a very low price per piece, the pastry chef invites us to taste a wide range of his "miniature" cakes before choosing the ones we prefer! It is perfect for a snack break during the day. An address that is worth a visit.

An ideal place for a breakfast or a late brunch. In the "juice bar", there are several fresh fruit (and vegetable) juices on offer - but you will also find all kinds of coffee to suit your taste, to get the day off to a good start. A delicious yoghurt is also available at an affordable price, with a choice of assortments. You can also go there later in the day to enjoy some Greek desserts and a glass of raki. The place remains quiet, although it comes alive in the evening when the regulars sit there.

The establishment owes its fame to its specialty, the famous galaktoboureko (pastry filled with custard and soaked in a light syrup flavored with vanilla, cinnamon and lemon). The success of the recipe, which has been passed down from father to son, is due to the fresh milk of the local sheep and goats. You can also enjoy homemade ice cream and cakes. Recently renovated, the pastry shop is a meeting place for locals and all travelers who pass through the town of Kandanos. The detour will be well rewarded.

Nikos Toulis arrived from Epirus in Crete in 1865 and worked as a baker. In 1923, the bakery moved to Smyrnis Street, the present Tsikirtzi Street, and it is at this address that it is still located today. Vassilis Toulis is currently perpetuating the long family tradition of ensuring the quality of the flour and oil, the only fat used to make the different kinds of bread, sweet or savoury petits fours, fruit tarts. Everything is baked in the wood-fired oven. An address that is worth a visit.

Established in 1922 by G. Hosefpian, an Armenian immigrant who met the same fate as the Greeks who came from Asia Minor after the Great Catastrophe, this small shop is part of the history of the city. Hosefpian, alias Kirkor, brought in his luggage the recipe for bougatsa, a puff pastry filled with fresh milk cream, eggs and semolina, and since then, from father to son, Herakleion has enjoyed this delicacy. Sweet or savoury, Kirkor's bougatsa is a delight. Mr. Vassilis will be pleased to prepare one with spinach or ham.

In the heart of the city centre, a sweet break that cannot be avoided on hot Cretan afternoons. This small family business, located next to the Rimondi fountain, offers the "fro-yo", this frozen yoghurt on which you can add all kinds of delicacies, melted chocolate, fruit, sweets: anything you like for a very good price and the assurance to enjoy yourself! The ice creams are homemade. The boss and her friendly gossip are loyal, and we come back to them as soon as the opportunity arises!

This pastry shop offers cakes and sweets in a small alley parallel to Halidon Street. Sugar lovers will be delighted. Here you will find both traditional Greek desserts filled with honey, such as baklava, but also original creations and tasty cakes. There is plenty to satisfy the sweet tooth between two visits to the old town. You will also find ice creams to cool down on hot summer days, or to complete a good dinner in a restaurant in the city.

This small coffee and pastry shop provides an ideal gourmet break at Ierapetra. You will find a wide range of traditional cakes filled with walnuts and almonds, soaked in a light syrup, sweet Cretan specialities such as kalitsounia, biscuits of all kinds... Everything is homemade and in a contemporary setting. A beautiful combination and a charming place where you like to take some time for a sweet treat and a coffee. We also serve fruit salads, snacks, fresh fruit juices... To take away or to consume on the spot.