I looked at your photos on Webshots and I really enjoyed them. I was wondering, what is the name of the bakery with the great bread on Naxos, and where is it? Would you mind giving up the secret?

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topping again, just in case...

Sorry I have not responded, I just returned from Naxos today.
I'm pretty jet lagged and am not thinking too well so I apolagize for typos and mental fog that may be in this reply.
To find the bakery you have to enter the old market area from the waterfront. The enterance is about 100 meters to the right of the bus terminal You will recognize the entrance when you see the upscale local wine/spirits shop. Just head up from there. As soon as you enter the old town you will find a map painted on the wall. The bakery is identified there.

The map is easy to find as there is generally about 10 befuddled newcomers standing there scratching their heads trying to figure our where they are.

I will try to describe the route. After finding the map turn left and follow a narrow street past several small shops and tavernas. At one point you will find two tavernas across the narrow alley both claiming to be the oldest in Naxos. You are on the right track. This section is probably 150 meters.
You will come to a tiny taverna with two tables perched up on a step. I believe this will be your first right. Go to the right there and go to a small fruit and vegetable stand. Again probably 75 meters. At the fruit stand turn left.. From there the bakery is about 10 meters. Your nose will confirm you are in the right place.

The baker does several different varieties of breads but our favourite is the plain loaf. It is a whiteish sandy brown colour. His other breads are more of a golden colour and are not in the exceptional catagory like the regular loaves. Prices this year ar 60cents for a half loaf and 1.20 euros for the full loaf. He will cut them a large loaf in half for you. Beware they use no preservatives so you have to eat the whole loaf the day you buy it. On the other hand they are soo good that we never had any left over the next day anyway.
My last moment on Naxos two days ago was to leave my wife waiting in the ferry departure area guarding the bags as I ran up to the baker to get a loaf of bread right out of the wood fired oven for the 5 hour ferry ride to Athens.

Thanks so much for the info! I will include this post in my Naxos notes and try to find the place when I go there!

By the way, if you don't mind my asking, what kind of camera/system do you use?

welcome back stanbr

You've been quoted in the new Fodor's Greece 7th edition and probably missed the thread that was running about the new edition when you were enjoying Naxos.

Click my name to find it.

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I am thinking a litle more clearly now. For a landmark look for Mangolis Garden Taverna. The bakery is right beside the taverna. There are signs for the taverna in the old market.

I use a Canon Powershot IS S1 digital camera. It has 3.2mp with a 10 times optical zoom and a 32 times digital zoom.
I used to carry the old 35 mm with lots of lenses but I gave it up when my lense carrying assistant gave me an ultimatum. "Its these stupid lenses or me, one is going to have to go"

This camera is excellent. It takes excellent pictures. I can take them throught the viewfinder like I used to with my 35mm, however it is small enough to fit in a belly pack and uses 4 AA batteries which can be purchased anywhere.

I was watching someone taking a night shot of the Naxos Portera with a Rebel digital and a 200 MM telephoto lense. He had to stabalize his camera on a stone wall. I took the same shot, hand held and my image was closer than his because of the 10 times optical zoom. (300mm equivlent) The image stabalizaton on this camera is amazing.

Canon has a new generation out now with 5mp and 12 times zoom. IS S2.
My assistant and I are still in the negotiation stage about aquisition of this new technology.

We took 600 shots on our recent trip and we will have to edit them down to a managable number and post them on webshots soon.

Enjoy your trip.

Thanks again for the help!

The output from you Canon S1 is pretty impressive. It must be really cool to have IS. You know there's an S3 now. It looks like another great camera. It's also 12x zoom, but with 6 megapixels.

The trick to getting your assistant to let you buy the camera is to let the assistant also buy something of equal or greater value.

It was way too early in the negotiations to concede to your suggestion. Unfortunately my asistant saw this posting and thinks your idea is a good one.

Oops! Sorry about that...