8 a.m. Choose your breakfast-beach combo From the southwest, Fteri and Myrtos, probably the island’s most stunning shores, are a 40-minute drive up a road that hovers some 1,000 feet above the western shoreline. Fteri is accessible either by a 10-minute water taxi (€20 round-trip, departing every 20 minutes; first come first served) from Agia…
9 a.m. Fuel up, then roam the shops Start your day early at Born & Bread, a beloved neighborhood bakery in the area of downtown known as Petticoat Row (where, beginning in the mid-19th century, a cluster of women-owned shops transformed Nantucket’s commercial heart). Treat yourself to one of their sourdough breakfast sandwiches, stacked with…
7:30 a.m. Fill up on Cuban cuisine Hemingway once called Key West the “St.-Tropez of the poor,” but these days, the hunt for inexpensive meals there can feel like Jimmy Buffett’s hunt for a long-lost shaker of salt. The good news is that the city’s Cuban restaurants offer delicious food at reasonable prices. Sandy’s Café,…
8 a.m. Shop in Greenport like it’s 1881 Have a hearty, old-school breakfast at Nookies in the restored 1950s-era Silver Sands Motel, on 45 acres at the end of Silvermere Road in Greenport. After a maple-perfumed, Bunyanesque slab of French toast ($15), enjoy a beach walk or walk back to the Main Road on Silvermere,…
8 a.m. Savor fresh-baked biscuits With numerous trees lining its streets, it’s no surprise that the town of Duck is a designated bird sanctuary. Start the day with breakfast beneath the boughs at Treehouse Cafe + Coffee. Their flavorful biscuits are made onsite from a family recipe. For tradition with a twist, order the Southern…
9 a.m. Head to Columbia Road Columbia Road Flower Market is perhaps one of the most popular attractions in East London. On any given Sunday, people can be seen walking the streets with a bouquet tucked under their arm or wrestling onto a train with a monstera plant. A warning: it gets incredibly busy. Arrive…
9 a.m. Discover the belly of Marseille Indulge in a flaky, slightly sweet chicken pastilla (3 euros) from the Boulangerie O’Coin Gourmand Pains Traditionnel et Gourmandises before heading for a café crème (2 euros) at the Bar de l’Est, a bare-bones, decades-old café on the Marché de Noailles. Sit facing outward toward the market, on…
