Gastronomy explorers are on an endless quest to discover the most extraordinary dishes. Dishes rich in delightful flavors and high-quality ingredients. Food prepared using advanced culinary techniques and presented in a dream-like art de la table atmosphere, with impeccable service and excellent wines. In Halkidiki, the renowned peninsula near Thessaloniki (see here for Thessaloniki’s best restaurants) where Northern Greece summers, a series of restaurants located within luxury resorts rival those of Athens, Mykonos, or Santorini in quality and experience.

Several of the restaurants featured in this article are culinary destinations in their own right; visitors in Halkidiki put them on their agenda with little interest in any of the other amenities the resort in which they are located may provide. Many are helmed by famous, outstanding chefs known to all. In others, extraordinary lesser-known chefs are at the helm. It makes no difference, as they all cook wonderfully and are equally worth visiting.

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