For years now Katerinas Cheesecake recipe has been famous amongst our guests. It is actually that notorious that Katerina decided to adopt 7 male admirers of her cheesecake. She gave them her nickname "My cheesecake boys". This group of young men, with a slight 'nerdous' character, have now been coming to Odyssey for the past 10 years, and yes they keep coming back for the cheesecake every year.
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I, the entire Odyssey family and the team of Katerina’s Kouzina wish you a very Merry Christmas! We want to let you know that due to health reasons of one of the team members of Katerina’s Kouzina, we are not able right now to continue with the (Christmas) blogs. We hope to publish new blogs...
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‘Twas the night before Christmas…. …and it had snowed so hard you had to get your snow boots on to go anywhere… Reindeers danced through the forests, excited about the upcoming Christmas… …Of course Santa was very busy flying all over the world to deliver his gifts on time… Sometimes Santa wished he could take a...
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A few years ago my friends and I were making plans for them to return to Poros. I suggested they come for the Greek Easter celebration in 2021. I explained that I thought it would be the nicest Easter ever, because it would be late in the season (May 2nd) and therefore almost Summer, so we could dance and have fun on...
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This Sunday will be Valentine’s Day and we will celebrate love. What better way to celebrate than with delicious chocolates! In Poros-town we have the perfect place to find such chocolate: The Vessala pastry shop. This is one of the culinary places you have to visit when you come to Poros, maybe by yourself or...
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I had a dream of creating a new beautiful place, where friends and guests could stay and we all enjoy the Greek lifestyle together. Now this dream has become a reality: we opened the Odyssey Farm Eco-Glamping! On our family land you can sleep in between our olive and lemon trees in our stylishly decorated...
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Greece has been out of reach for many people this year, as it has been for me. I am Annette Spaan, the stylist and food photographer of Katerina’s Kouzina. I don’t know about you, but my mind quite often wanders off to Greece’s turquoise-blue waters, eating a Greek salad at a seaside taverna and strolling...
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I am Judith Vinkesteijn from the Netherlands and I am very excited to share with you that in cooperation with Odyssey, I will start hosting our brand-new hiking holidays in 2021! I will tell you all about it on this blog and hope you feel inspired to join us, so we can enjoy Poros and...
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Right now the summer season of 2020 is ending. A summer that I have never experienced before and hopefully will never experience again. Basically nothing went as planned, or expected, at the beginning of the year. I would like to share what happened; how Corona has affected the Odyssey and why it has been more...
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According to a recent study conducted by the European Union’s statistics authority Eurostat, Greece is the clear EU champion — in regard to the number of goats, that is. More specifically, according to the European Union’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report of 2019, Greece comes first in the entire Union, having approximately 3,625,000 goats living...
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This year Odyssey celebrates 25 years of laughter and happiness, hard work and joy, hugs and kisses, as a happy and busy family. During all those years we have had the luck to meet wonderful guests and get to know nice and interesting people. We loved doing things with them, like organise parties, heavenly dinners,...
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One of my friends recently called me from America and told me about her dream, in which she was back on Poros. When she woke up she could not remember much, but having ‘been’ on Poros made her day and made her smile the entire time. I realized how powerful memories of our holidays are...
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In a short time all of our lives have been turned upside down because of Corona virus. Our daily programmes have dramatically changed; we are trying to cope with this new reality and nobody can tell what the near future is going to bring. Every day we hear something new that we did not think...
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