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Octopus Mousaka at Hasika Restaurant Rethymno
Food & Drink

Hasika Rethymno

April 22, 2023

If you’ve been following me for a while you’ve noticed that I haven’t reviewed a restaurant in years. I plan to resume writing such reviews. What I’m changing this time is that I’m going to write about restaurants that I keep returning to. Hasika Rethymno is a restaurant that we visited for the first time back in 2019. We return to this place every time we visit the city, which is twice a year. Hasika’s tagline is “Greece in bites”. Their menu doesn’t have the typical form of salads- appetizers-main courses. It is divided by ingredients: vegetables/ fish/ meat. In…

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Rethymno old port, Crete, Greece
Greece

The essential guide to Rethymno, Crete

May 30, 2016

Being married to a Cretan means that I get the chance to visit this beautiful island multiple times per year. I’ve explored a lot of cities, villages and beaches but the fact is that I still have lots to explore! Ugh! Anyways! Today’s post is all about the picturesque city of Rethymno, which lies conveniently between the two large cities of Chania and Heraklion. It has a lot of similarities with the former as the Venetian influence is more prominent than in Heraklion (where they did a pretty good job on not highlighting the dry docks or the fortifications). Its…

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Avli restaurant Rethymno
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Avli Restaurant, Rethymno

October 15, 2014

So, I’m taking a small break from showing you my whereabouts in Boston, to travel a little back in time to my summer vacations and introduce you to a little gem… If you’re visiting Rethymno, then Avli restaurant, should be on your “to visit” list. Located in a picturesque cobblestone, bougainvillea adorned little street in the Old Town, this restaurant offers a mix of traditional Cretan dishes, as well as “reformed” Cretan dishes as well (what I call “with a twist”). Avli in Greek means yard and that exactly is the main feature of the restaurant: a nice little yard adorned with…

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