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A sack of pistachios with jars of pistachio cream on a table© Aiakeion

What to do · Aegina

Tasting Aegina pistachio

Food · 30 min · The island's pistachio as a cream, in sweets and loose, at the harbour stalls and the Aiakeion pastry shop, open since 1958

Information
Duration
30 min
Season
All year; harvest in late summer
Who it's for
All ages

The pistachio is Aegina's product: pistachio groves cover a good part of the interior and the nuts are sold everywhere, roasted, salted, as a spreading cream, in sweets and in ice cream. At the harbour there are stalls selling loose. To taste them in sweets, the Aiakeion pastry shop, on the seafront, has worked with them since 1958 and sells pistachio creams, jams and sweets to take away.

Tips

  • Buy at the end of the day That way you do not carry them around the island.

With young childrenAs a family

Directions See all of Aegina

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

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