late dinners?

I recently went to Greece, and found that most people seemed to eat
later dinners - around 10pm (22:00) or so. I am going to Croatia and
Italy soon - and wondered if it was the same in those countries? I
only ask because I have several late arrivals on flights as well as
ferries. Thanks.

oceanchelle Wrote:
> I recently went to Greece, and found that most people seemed to eat
> later dinners - around 10pm (22:00) or so. I am going to Croatia and
> Italy soon - and wondered if it was the same in those countries? I
> only ask because I have several late arrivals on flights as well as
> ferries. Thanks.

In the southern european countries most people have late dinners. An
most of the kitchens of restaurants are also opened late

--
Jootje

On 5 Jun 2006 22:53:05 -0700, "oceanchelle"
<oceanchelle@> wrote:

>I recently went to Greece, and found that most people seemed to eat
>later dinners - around 10pm (22:00) or so. I am going to Croatia and
>Italy soon - and wondered if it was the same in those countries? I
>only ask because I have several late arrivals on flights as well as
>ferries. Thanks.

in my limited experience, they tend to open fairly late. The
restaurants near where we normally stay in Stara Novalja on Pag start
getting busy around 8:30 ish and go on till midnight or so.
--
Tim C.

Nathalie Chiva wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2006 22:53:05 -0700, "oceanchelle"
> <oceanchelle@> wrote:
[snip]
> Can't answer about Croatia, but in Italy the usual dinner hour is
> about 8:00 in the rural North and 9:00 in the South and in big cities.

Well, you can usually get a seating by 8 in "big cities" but it
won't necessarily be every place, and the places that do might not
be where one wants to eat.

> Now in Spain, don't try and eat before 22:00... (and before 14:00 for
> lunch).

Hmmmm. Just got back from there. 9:00 pm even in extremely
small villages, seemed to be a common starting time. We usually
found our way around 9:30. We'd be offered seating times at
hotels as early as 8, but turn them down.

Jootje schrieb:
> oceanchelle Wrote:
>> I recently went to Greece, and found that most people seemed to eat
>> later dinners - around 10pm (22:00) or so. I am going to Croatia and
>> Italy soon - and wondered if it was the same in those countries? I
>> only ask because I have several late arrivals on flights as well as
>> ferries. Thanks.
>
> In the southern european countries most people have late dinners. And
> most of the kitchens of restaurants are also opened late.
>
>
Not just late dinners, social life in general takes place late. In rural
Italy it's normal to see people walking around with small children at
midnight.

T.

oceanchelle wrote:
> I recently went to Greece, and found that most people seemed to eat
> later dinners - around 10pm (22:00) or so. I am going to Croatia and
> Italy soon - and wondered if it was the same in those countries? I
> only ask because I have several late arrivals on flights as well as
> ferries. Thanks.

It's the Meditarrainian schedule.

oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com wrote:

> Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>
>>On 5 Jun 2006 22:53:05 -0700, "oceanchelle"
>><oceanchelle@> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>Can't answer about Croatia, but in Italy the usual dinner hour is
>>about 8:00 in the rural North and 9:00 in the South and in big cities.
>
>
> Well, you can usually get a seating by 8 in "big cities" but it
> won't necessarily be every place, and the places that do might not
> be where one wants to eat.
>

Now the Paradors are very accommodating. And in Ronda we found a place
called Tragabuches that was exceptional. Now I will admit we were about
done before anyone else came in. The folks and the food were great though.


>
>>Now in Spain, don't try and eat before 22:00... (and before 14:00 for
>>lunch).
>
>
> Hmmmm. Just got back from there. 9:00 pm even in extremely
> small villages, seemed to be a common starting time. We usually
> found our way around 9:30. We'd be offered seating times at
> hotels as early as 8, but turn them down.
>

oceanchelle ha scritto:

> I am going to Croatia and
> Italy soon - and wondered if it was the same in those countries? I
> only ask because I have several late arrivals on flights as well as
> ferries. Thanks.

You can get meals both in Croatia and in Italy until 23 pm - midnight -
that's when most of the restaurants close.