And you’ll pick produce straight from an organic vegetable patch and cook lunch with it, sampling the island’s traditional cuisine. Like learning to knead bread the local way and how Mykonos’ cheeses ( xynotyro, tyrovolia, kopanisti etc) are made. Visiting the farmsteads of Mykonos, you’ll be let into the secrets of a unique and sustainable way of life. Now, what if you learned that the house is in Mykonos? It’s an image that’s far from the scenes of glitz and glamour usually associated with the Greece’s luxury isle in the Cyclades. And as for the pie that’s being created… that’s probably out of a hand-written recipe book, passed down through the generations. As are the eggs (freshly collected from the hen coop in the yard). An assortment of vegetables (straight from the garden) and cheeses (made in a local dairy) are ready for whenever they are needed. A wood-fired oven is coming up to temperature and the phyllo pastry is rolled out wafer-thin in the kitchen. Imagine a home in a traditional Greek village. Macedonia Macedonia Epirus Thessaly Sporades Ionian Islands Western Greece Central Greece Attica Peloponnese Crete Cyclades North Aegean Islands Dodecanese Dodecanese Karpathos Astypalea Tilos Sitia Faistos - Matala Patmos Kastelorizo Kasos Kos Leros Halki Rhodes Symi Sfakia - Loutro Rethymno Elounda - Agios Nikolaos Agia Galini Plakias Hersonissos - Malia Ierapetra Heraklion Chania Nisyros Ikaria Lipsi Tzia - Kea Thasos Samos Lesvos Samothrace Limnos Chios Kalymnos Paros Naxos Zante - Zakynthos Lefkada Corfu Santorini Milos Kythnos Kimolos Serifos Syros Sifnos Koufonisia Ios Kefalonia Mykonos Paxi Ithaca Arta Ioannina Tinos Parga - Sivota Metsovo Anafi Sikinos Folegandros Donousa - Iraklia - Schinoussa Antiparos Zagori Mountainous Arkadia Porto Heli - Ermioni Preveza Amorgos Andros Delos Messolongi Ancient Olympia Aegina Kythira Archea Epidavros Patra Nafplio Kardamyli Kalamata Ilia Corinth Western Messinia Kalavryta Elafonissos Nafpaktos Spetses Poros Hydra Alexandroupolis Pylos Mycenae Monemvasia Loutraki Piraeus Athens Arahova Xanthi Galaxidi Mystra - Sparta Mani Edipsos Karpenisi Delphi Chalkida Karystos Evia Skyros Vergina Alonissos Volos Karditsa Skopelos Skiathos Kastoria Thessaloniki Prespes Agios Athanasios Edessa Serres Veria Larissa - Tempi Elati - Pertouli Trikala Pelion Meteora Drama Ammouliani Mount Athos - Ouranopolis Nymfeo Mount Olympos Katerini Halkidiki Grevena Lake Kerkini Naoussa Kozani Kilkis Kavala Pella Lake PlastiraĪ tour of the dairies and farms of Mykonos
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