Friday 18 April 2025 - Petriti

We do enjoy staying in Plataria, but we are on a little cruise, exploring places we haven’t been able to go to before, usually because of the weather conditions. 

The bakery has new owners, a young couple, who are obviously excited about their new business. The bread and pies were as good as ever. We always try to get something for lunch that you can just eat in your hand, so Greek spinach and cheese fits the bill very well.

The sky was blue and the water flat for our crossing back to Corfu; towards the south end this time, to Petriti. It has a small fishing harbour. From the sea it appears to be a very small village, but, on walking around you discover that the town stretches inland through a valley.

Having anchored in the bay, the proprietor of the quayside restaurant showed us where to land the tender. He made no demands of us to use his restaurant, which made it more attractive to do so. The walk along the coastal road, north of the village is very pretty. It being Good Friday all the shops were closed.

On the spur of the moment, we decided to eat at restaurant Leonidas, having seen that they offer fresh fish. What could be more fresh than here?

Leonidas was king of the Spartans, immortalised in the film “The Three Hundred”, we believe. We were shepherded into the kitchen to choose which of the fish landed today, that we wanted, and there was a perfectly sized Red Snapper, ideal for three. They sure know how to perfectly cook fish here; it was superb, just grilled. The owner, one of two brothers, told us that the large fishing boat on the quay, where eight guys were busy repairing the nets while we there, lands 40-50 kgs of fish each day. They keep the best for their restaurant and sell what they don’t need to other establishments. In summer, they have to buy in fish from others to satisfy demand. There is not as much fish in the sea as there used to be.

Mending the nets on the boat that caught our dinner

The local fishing fleet

Equinox in the anchorage

Shortly after sunset a procession passed through the town, to the church, all carrying lanterns; a pretty sight from the sea.

For us this was a superb day and we had satisfied our desire to eat fish on Good Friday.

Distance today -        17 Miles

Distance this year - 248 miles 

Tricia (and Steve & Chris)

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