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This holiday includes transfers as outlined. Please visit our Travel to Poros page to coordinate your flight arrival and departure times

Mezes: are small portions or tastes of a range of different foods and are normally a shared dish
eaten communally by a group of friends. Mezes can be a starter or many mezes served throughout
the evening can make a whole Greek dinner.

Some examples of Mezes are: Saganaki [grilled cheese] Tzatziki, egg plant salad, meatballs.
Throughout Greece there are hundreds of different types of Meze prepared and available.

This holiday will explore Meze in detail and will allow you to sample these through your cooking
sessions but also during other activities from the itinerary.

This holiday is a perfect experience for vegan and vegetarians

Mezes - Greek cooking week:

Inclusions:

Transfers: Outward transfer, private transfer from Athens airport to Odyssey Centre Poros Island and
return transfer by private taxi, hydrofoil or ferry, airport express coach from Piraeus to Athens
airport.
5 - Nights’ private accommodation at Odyssey Suites with ensuite facilities included daily breakfasts.
3 - Greek cooking sessions followed by dinner cooked during session
2 - Additional dinners at our Odyssey restaurant or other local Taverna [accompanied]
5 - Daily lunches, either at Odyssey restaurant, on location, or picnic buffet style.
3 - Guided visits as shown on itinerary, depending on months of the holiday.
1 - Guided trip to the island of Hydra
Souvenirs: Recipe booklet and Odyssey Cooking school apron, activities as shown on holiday itinerary

Holiday itinerary:

Day 1. Arrival Day : Katerina Sakelliou will welcome and meet you anytime after midday; you have
the afternoon free to explore Askeli, relax by the pool, or enjoy the pleasures of a swim in the clear
blue sea. In the evening you will enjoy your first selection of mezes, where Katerina will introduce
you to some of the food that you will learn to cook during your stay.

Day 2. After breakfast, you will explore the mezes menus and recipes. Lunch will be served around
12.30; afterwards you may like to take a stroll into Poros town or a local walk followed by a swim at
Love Bay. Around 14.30 your cooking lesson begins, this will be followed by a late afternoon drink or
a small siesta, before returning around 17.00 to cook the final stages of the mezes which will be
served in the balmy and relaxed evening atmosphere of Odyssey Centre.

Day 3. After an earlier than usual breakfast we will take a walk into Poros Harbour to visit the fish
market where we will pick out and select a range of ingredients for today’s activity. This will be
followed by a visit to a local café for coffee and Greek pastries. After lunch at Odyssey, the early part
of the afternoon is free. Mid afternoon we will start the next cooking lesson to prepare the evening
mezes from the fish selected at the market, we might decide on bar – b- q with the fish, along with
some freshly prepared [by you] Greek salads, fish sauces, roasted vegetables, some herb dressings.
We will then enjoy dinner in a relaxed sociable style late into the evening at Odyssey Centre

Day 4. Today will include a visit to Hydra Island with lunch provided. On return to Poros dinner will be
provided at Odyssey or you will be accompanied for dinner at an alternative local Taverna or
restaurant.

Day 5. After breakfast an opportunity to visit own farm on the mainland. Lunch will be provided at
Odyssey around 13.00. This is the final mezes cooking session and you can if you prefer make
suggestions to include some mezes that you would like to learn about or other mezes that you have
seen or tastes elsewhere. Your final mezes dinner will be served at Odyssey.

Day 6. Departure day breakfast depart by midday or book extra nights at very special rates.

It may be necessary to alternate specific daily itineraries’ depending on local factors.