WHAT FOOD IS POSSIBLE onboard a sailing yacht? How much is it ?
What are the prices of food in Greece? How much is to dine out at the tavernas / restaurants in the Greek islands?
For breakfast the hostess can buy from ?almost all- the islands and prepare and serve: fresh bread and sometimes croissants, butter, jam, honey, tea, filter coffee, yogurt, yogurt with fruits, cereals, fresh fruits, juice, bacon, ham, sausages, eggs.
Choriatiki salad – easy to prepare onboard sailing yachts while on charter in Greece
The light lunch is usually traditional Greek food that can be prepared with the limited facilities that are found on a sailing yacht. Here are some examples of light lunch onboard during sailing holidays in Greece:
a) Pasta (Spaghetti) with tomato sauce and/or tuna fish sauce & salad
b) Roasted chicken & potatoes & salad
c) ?Briam, zucchini, eggplants, potatoes, onion, peppers, carrots, parsley altogether baked & salad
d) Stuffed tomatoes and peppers with rice and herbs & feta cheese
e) Pork or veal meat or lamb with fresh onion and spices (usually in red sauce or with mashed potatoes) & salad
f) Risoto (rice) with seafood & salad & olives
g) Saganaki (fried Greek cheese) with Cretan rusk-bread, tzatziki dip & extra virgin olive-oil possibly assorted with a variety of other appetizers / local salami etc.
h) variety of spinach pie, mushrooms a la cr?me, or fried eggs, french fries, fried Greek cheese
COST OF FOOD at the supermarkets (and the small markets in the islands) in Greece, is slightly higher compared to the cost in bigger European cities.
(Examples: At the Greek islands’ supermarket a kilo of fresh tomatoes is at 1.5 Euro, one lettuce is at 0.75-1.5 Euro, 500 grams of fresh bread is at 1.5 Euro, Gouda (yellow) cheese is at 10 Euro per kilo, 330ml can of Coca_Cola is at 1 Euro.
HAVING DINNER OUT in a local restaurant / “taverna” with 1 appetizer, 1 main course, proportion of a “shared” salad and bottled wine of moderate quality, will cost you 20-35 Euro per person. In more detail, a Greek salad (which is enough for 3 people as a “side plate”) costs 6-10 Euro, a b.b.q.ed pork steak served with french fries is at about 10-15 Euro, an appetizer plate like fried zucchini is at 4-6 Euro and an average red sec bottled Greek wine costs 15-25 Euro).
It is difficult to give food cost estimation, but as a guideline we consider that 8 adult guests on sailing holidays in Greece, will spend around Euro 700 for yachts provisioning (breakfast and lunch) + Euro 1000 at restaurants which makes a total of Euro 1700 during the whole week. That means approximately 200-220 per person in average (revised Jan 2014).
