Which Greek Destination Gives the Best Culinary Experience?

[blopez34]

If I wanted to visit Greece and enjoy a lot of consistently great food, where would you recommend? Here are some things I was thinking about ... feel free to chime in and offer suggestions:

... Athens - it being a larger city, I figure there has to be plenty of options and interesting twists

... Ikaria - I understand this island is one of the blue zones. That alone intrigues me. I also heard the cuisine was delicious.

... Crete - People always report eating great food on this island, and it intrigues me that it is slightly different from other places in Greece (plus it seems to have enough similarities).

... Thesaloniki - Another city - I love exploring the restaurants in cities...

 

[k_tsoukalas]

I have personal experience with the culinary wonders of Crete. I've been to that island a handful of times and each time, I have been captivated. Not just with the scenery, but the food. Everything is so fresh. Some of the dishes are unique just to Crete. It's kind of hard to describe - you just have to see it for yourself. I like Athens, too. There's some diversity there, which is fun.

 

[cretarentcarrental]

Grace Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection in Imerovigli, Santorini has unveiled a transformation to its Villa and refreshed experiences program as well as opened a brand new restaurant and bar that bring Athens’ most celebrated culinarians permanently to the Greek Islands.

Greek cuisine’s first Michelin starred chef, Lefteris Lazarou (who has held a star at his Athens restaurant every year since he was first awarded in 2002), has opened his second restaurant at the hotel + Athens’ most lauded cocktail bar has now taken over the mixology program at 363 Bar. For the first time, Grace Hotel’s culinary experiences are now open to non-guests.