Gourmet vacation, or where to go on holiday lovers eat

Culinary tourism - a special kind of travel. Food and beverages can tell you more than the most enlightened guides and detailed travel guides. Trying national dishes, watching people cook and dine, you know a lot about local customs.

We will hold you through five beautiful and different from each other city with a unique gastronomy. Went to Athens, Yerevan and Tbilisi, we can study the ancient history and culture of these places, sightseeing and tasting traditional dishes; and in Naples and Odessa with the local gastronomy, you can combine a beach holiday. Traveling with your family or friends, it is easy to save flights: S7 Airlines offers companies from four people a discount on tickets to these destinations. We hope our tour will not leave you indifferent and will until the end of the summer to make your own gastronomic route. The main thing, do not forget to return to share their impressions of what he saw and eaten!

Appetite comes with eating

Athens - one of the oldest places on earth. In the city there are many monuments of ancient Greek era: the Acropolis, the Theater of Dionysus, Lycabettus, Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Areopagus - you name it. The ancient Greeks gave the world great architecture, culture and gastronomy ...

IN Athens More than 200 museums and galleries and no less of cafes, bars and restaurants. "Appetite comes with eating time" - this saying came up with the Greeks, and it perfectly describes the attitude of the people to the food. Sightseeing, take a look at restaurant that serves national dishes. You will not regret.

Greek cuisine belongs to the family of the Mediterranean: the abundance of olive oil, fresh vegetables and, of course, cheeses and seafood. Greece has 13 regions, each of them with their culinary specialties. But there is a dish that is served everywhere - from Athens to Heraklion.

One of them - moussaka. Book it for lunch. Better one plate for two, as portions in Athenian restaurants truly great. Moussaka - a gentle, nourishing and insanely delicious casserole of eggplant. Eggplant is placed on the bottom, followed by the minced lamb and tomatoes. On top of all poured béchamel cheese sauce or homemade yogurt.

Snack after the next tour you can salad or snack. And, when you served them, you will also exclaim: "How much!". Local usually take one bowl (bowl is difficult to call) for a few people. Follow suit.

The most famous Greek salad - horiatiki ( "Village salad"). Yes, this is the dish of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and feta cheese, which is prepared many housewives in our country.

feta - the national pride of the Greeks. According to the classic recipe, this cheese made from sheep's milk and store large chunks in brine. Therefore, feta has a slightly sour-salty taste. This cheese is added to many dishes, including mezes.

meze - a popular Greek appetizer. This is a set of mini-dishes to suit all tastes: dolmades (grape leaves stuffed with meat and rice), vegetables, olives, seafood, grilled, and so on. In Athens restaurants mezedepolion served, as a rule, complete with national vodka - ouzo.

Not less cheese Greeks like yogurt. It is not like a sweet shop "with pieces of fruit" - a thick, without flavorings, only sheep or goat's milk. The charm of Greek yogurt know, when you eat cacık.

This sauce is prepared from fresh yogurt with garlic, cucumber, salt, pepper and olive oil. It is often served to Meze.

Excellent completion inspection of architectural and historic attractions, and at the same time exploring the Greek cuisine will be a cup of coffee and dessert. Sit in the outdoor cafe and make Loukoumades. This round donuts soaked in honey or syrup and sprinkled with nuts and cinnamon. Help freshen cold coffee - frappe. The Athenians love it, it is no wonder: the thermometer in the Greek capital in the summer of rises and +30 ° C.

flight time, Moscow - Athens: 3 hours and 15 minutes. S7 Airlines operates direct scheduled flights on Saturdays.

Yes, the city lush and beautiful - Naples!

Solar Naples It stands on the shore of the Gulf of the same name, but the first thing you notice tourist getting off the airplane gangway - Vesuvius. This legendary volcano is the same attraction as the ruins of Pompeii, Plebiscito square, theater San Carlo, 'Umberto Gallery "or the medieval castles (Castel Nuovo, Castel Sant Elmo, Castel dell'Ovo).

Naples - the third largest city in Italy, but it is not similar to Rome or Milan. There own dialect, its own music and their own cooking. Kitchen Naples dates back to the Greco-Roman tradition, though, of course, has absorbed a lot of Italian. Or vice versa?

Symbol of Italian cuisine - pizza. But her homeland - Naples. At the very least, we are convinced of the Neapolitans themselves. its pizza napoletanoThat is protected, by the way, a special trademark, they cook on a thin dough stuffed with mozzarella, tomato and basil. Alternatively, make a closed pie, adding ham and anchovies - calzone napoletano. The most famous pizzerias in Naples - Pizzaiolo del Presidente and Ristorante Pizzeria Mattozzi.

Another Italian national dish - paste. In Naples it is traditionally prepared with special sauces and seafood. Be sure to try the spaghetti with shrimp and fettuccine with mussels in a Neapolitan trattorias. Meat fans will not be left hungry. Why are only rolls from pork neck, stewed with tomatoes and capers. The best side dish to meat - vegetables. In Naples, the mild climate, therefore, eggplant, peppers and tomatoes in abundance on the table almost all year round.

The famous Italian cheese Mozzarella a native of the province of Campania, whose capital is Naples. There you can try a special kind of delicate cheese from the milk of black buffalo - giornata. This so-called one-day mozzarella - stored only day.

Neapolitans know how to enjoy life: if the die, experience all the features gastronomic delights. Maybe that's why the city is so much confectionery. Caution! If you look at one of them, may be dizzy from the divine flavor and diversity. Recommended stop the election on pastere Neapolitan (Pastiera napoletana). This is a delicious orange cake with cream cheese. more try Neapolitan curly puff(Sfogliatella napoletana riccia). To wash down all this relies on local customs spicy sweet coffee.

"But what about the wine?" - you ask. You are right to talk about the Neapolitan cuisine and remain silent about the wine - a crime. After all, Naples - the capital of one of the major wine regions of Italy. On the slopes of Vesuvius many vineyards, which produce DOCG certified. "Taurasi", "Falerno", "Lacrima Christi", "Aspin", "Fiano di Avellino" - you surely will taste these and other great wines, if you go on a trip to one of Enoteca Naples.

flight time, Moscow - Naples: 4 hours. S7 Airlines operates direct scheduled flights on Saturdays. Departure from Moscow at 08:05 - you can catch the morning ferry to the islands of Ischia and Capri, to evaluate more features and island cuisine.

I lived so Schaub

It is difficult to find a place more colorful Odessa. Its inhabitants are looking at everything with humor and everything can find the answer. Soak up the sun on the beach, walk along Deribasovskaya and photographed monument to Duke in the second hatch, go to the "Supply". It is a place of worship, impregnated Odessa tales, like a mirror of the local cuisine.

Odessa kitchen as a communal apartment, absorbed the Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish, Georgian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek and German culinary traditions. Odessans just took every nation on the most delicious dishes, seasoned them with his touch.

I came from Ukraine borscht. In Odessa, it is cooked in two varieties: red with green beans and egg. Of Caucasian cuisine learned the love of cakes, from the Balkans - a cheese and olives.

In Jewish cuisine borrowed gefilte fish - gefilte fish. Odessa stands on the shore of the Black Sea, so the fish takes pride of place in the local menu. The fish ranks "Privoz" you will meet flounder, mullet, the famous Odessa sprat, as well as small shrimp, crustaceans called there.

Once in Odessa, be sure to sample the fried gobies, meatballs of sprat and mussels, which are prepared directly on the beach on hot sheets of iron.

Russian cuisine gave the inhabitants of Odessa stuffed. But they do their tiny - with the little finger. Minimalism is also evident in the preparation of dumplings and dumplings - they are much less than the usual "brothers".

The Germans took over mincemeat. Odessites love this cold starter in milk from soaked and passed through a meat grinder herring, onion, vinegar, pepper, sour cream and other additives. Forshmak spread on rye bread and eat before dinner, during and after.

Another popular snack in Odessa - eggplant caviar. Excuse me, from the "little blue". To prepare it, you need to bake the eggplant on the coals, and then chop a wooden knife (!) - the metal oxidizes the soft flesh of the vegetable.

After wandering through the "Supply" and communicated with Odessa, you will see how generous and hospitable local cuisine. Try its best not in the restaurant, and guests of this family in Odessa. In any case, before you go check out the rows of sweets, and buy to tea brushwood or jar white cherry jam.

flight time, Moscow - Odessa: 2 hours 10 minutes. flight cost one-way S7 Airlines: from 5 125 rubles with all taxes.

Sugar is sweet, but not bread?

Ancient Yerevan leisurely. This metropolis, the main political, economic and cultural center of Armenia, but its inhabitants are never in a hurry. Any guest of Yerevan must do at least three things: to visit the fortress of Erebuni, walk through the streets of pink and climb the Grand Cascade, but the main thing - to try to Yerevan barbecue and cognac.

Armenian cuisine is considered the oldest in the Caucasus - is as old as the country itself. Armenian table a lot of meat and vegetables, always eat bread (matnakash) And a lot of herbs and spices (dozens of species of spices give a regular zest). Armenian culinary traditions there are more than 2 thousand years, but the recipe and technology of preparation of many dishes remain unchanged to this day. This is not a meal in a hurry. To achieve exquisite flavoring scale, it is necessary to spend many hours in the traditional clay oven - tonir.

No matter what you may Yerevan restaurant looked, sure to be on the menu khorovats. This kebab, which is made from large pieces of meat and served on pita bread with roasted eggplant, tomatoes and herbs. Thanks to a special marinade the meat melts in your mouth and taste of vegetables set off the barbecue.

Another meat dish that is sure to try - dolma. Yerevan even a culinary festival dedicated to this dish. To prepare dolma in the Yerevan, you need to grape leaves wrapped minced lamb, rice, finely chopped onion and herbs. Serve the dish with matsun and garlic.

Traditional Armenian meal lasts more than one hour - will have time to order more and rice, such as garnet (nrov melt), basturma (Cured beef) or lahmacun (Cake, baked with meat and vegetables).

Before dessert comes rarely - "Sugar is sweet, but it is no substitute for bread." But still do not deny yourself the pleasure to try Yerevan gata. This concealing mouth puff pastry soaked in melted butter and sugar. Especially tasty lime drink their tea. Sweet tooth may also like shudzhuh, baklava and Alani.

Tight after eating at a restaurant, go to the Yerevan Brandy Factory. During the tour you will be told how to make a cult Armenian brandy. According to legend, there is issued pyatidesyatigradusny "Dvin" was a favorite drink of Winston Churchill.

flight time, Moscow - Yerevan: 2 hours 55 minutes. S7 Airlines flies daily. I do not want to fly, but still very tasty you can bring with you: for the flights from Yerevan to elevated free baggage allowance.

So let us drink ...

"Warm Spring" - so translates the name of the Georgian capital. Tbilisi - it is really a source of heat, the climate and the peace. There's the beauty of natural landscapes intertwined with the ancient architecture and history-soaked temples peacefully coexist with the glass business centers.

Sharp-spicy ethnic cuisine is known far beyond the borders of Georgia. If you for some unknown reason never tasted cheese cake khachapuri, Go to one of the chain restaurants "Machakhela". And the best khinkali in all sorts of variations can be found in the institution "Hinkalis Sahli" that on Rustaveli street.

Other famous Georgian dishes (kharcho, lobio, chakhokhbili, tobacco chickens and so on) can be enjoyed at popular restaurants in Tbilisi: "Dzveli Sahli," "Tsiskvili", "Dzveli Metekhi", "Taglaura". The list is easy to continue. But, no matter where you eat, the meal can be accompanied by wine.

Wine in Georgia - is more than a drink. Without exaggeration, this is the main gastronomic attraction of the region. There actively develops the direction of wine tourism, most tours start from Tbilisi. As part of this kind of adventure you and the Old Town will be shown, and reduce sulfur baths, and tasty feed, but the main thing - provezut by major wine regions.

Kakheti - the birthplace of wine. At least, so say the locals. According to Kakheti technologies produce such wines as "Saperavi", "Mukuzani", "Rkatsiteli", "Tibaani", "Kakheti", "Sameba", "Shuamta", "Kindzmarauli". In the province of Imereti their winemaking tradition that embodies a bouquet of wines "Tbilisuri", "Tsitska", "Svir", "Dimi". In the region of Racha-Lechkhumi make the famous "Khvanchkara" and "Ojaleshi", "Pirosmani", "Tvishi".

Whichever winery you happen to be, you slightly open some trade secrets. One of them is that a proper Georgian wine should wander and stored in a special ceramic jugs - kvevri. Also, any wine tour includes tasting program. Try and compare Georgian wine, but remember: in Tbilisi decided to take over the vessel of wine without a toast.

flight time, Moscow - Tbilisi: 2 hours 45 minutes. S7 Airlines performs six flights a week.

What to drink? Our review of delicious (literally) tourist spots coming to an end. So let's drink to it, to the gastronomic journey happen to you as often as possible!