Taverna Porto

A harbour house with history

Porto is on the Akti Oianthis quay, next to Mama Square, right in Galaxidi harbour. It occupies a nineteenth-century building whose upper floor was the village's first hotel, and from its tables you can see the harbour and, on the other side, the pine forest that runs down to the water. It is a family taverna: Sofia, the owner, does the home cooking and Hercules, her husband, handles the pan and the grill.

What you eat

Its website sums it up in three things: Greek home cooking, fresh fish and seafood, and grilled meat. The photos it publishes show simple, generous dishes: grilled sardines with lemon, lamb chops, a steak with chips. Among the highlights are the grilled sea bream, the pastas, lobster or crab when available, and Sofia's home-made desserts. They also have vegetarian dishes, and to go with it, tsipouro or ouzo.

The full menu is not on the website: they ask you to ask the cook, and it does not publish prices either. The house itself speaks of friendly prices; even so, ask the price of fish by weight before ordering it, as in any Greek taverna.

In winter you eat by the fireplace, which is a good reason to come out of season, when the village is quiet and many terraces pack up.

When to go and how to book

The website publishes hours from Friday to Sunday, from midday to midnight. It fits a weekend plan or a night in Galaxidi, but on weekdays call ahead in case it is not open. Bookings are by phone, on +30 22650 41182.

From any accommodation in the centre you can walk there in a few minutes: it is on the same quay where the walks between the two harbours stop. After eating, you have close by the Nautical Museum, the church of Agios Nikolaos up high and the pine forest path on the other side of the harbour.