The real treat in Santorini is sweets. From amazing pastries to Vinsanto, the naturally sweet wine, Santorini is all about sweets.
When in Santorini, you must visit a traditional bakery. We found one near the town of Meglochori. They have some of the most interesting delicacies in Greece. The “must eats” are: baklava, chocolate chip pain au chocolat (there are chocolate chips on the outside, decorating the sweet, and chocolate inside), apple walnut cake and kataifi (it looks sort of like a birds nest but tastes delicious).

Our favorites: chocolate chip croissants, apple walnut cake, baklava, and kataifi

More sweets

And more!

And more!

The bakery …

Another sweet thing that we had in Santorini was Vinsanto. Vinsanto is a wine made from white sun-dried grapes. It is aged for up to 20 years in french oak barrels. Vinsanto has a deep amber color and tastes like butterscotch, caramel, and even raisins. It can last for 100 years. We got to taste it (just a tiny bit) at a winery our parents went to called Estate Argyros.

Of course, you can’t just eat sweets and drink dessert wine.  There are lots and lots of restaurants in Santorini, even a Mexican restaurant (which we DID NOT go to).  For traditional Greek food, our favorite was Dionysos in Fira.  We had lamb shank there, a traditional Greek beef stew, Greek salad (of course),  and we even tried falafel.  And if you feel the need for some pizza, or good pasta, try Conivium, also in Fira.  The pizza there was very good (not quite NY style, but still tasty), and they even had fresh mozarella! After all the feta cheese we’ve been eating, it was nice to have mozarella and tomato.

Lamb Shank (Dionysos)

Falafel (Dionysos)

Pizza (Convivium)

Tomato and mozarella (Convivium)