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Article: Too good to be true (but it is)
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2009
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Trail of the unexpected Bozcaada, Turkey Unspoilt and cheap. Can
this island really be in the Med? Yes, says Tristan Rutherford
With Lesbos and Limnos shimmering in the distance, Bozcaada has
all the hallmarks of a classic Aegean island. Certainly, the windows
of meze on display at the harbourside restaurants would not look out
of place in any of the increasingly upmarket Greek islands in the
surrounding seas: seafood-stuffed vine leaves, octopus kebabs, squid
under oil, tarama and olives. The only giveaway that my wife and I
are not in Greece is the price of the sludgy black coffee that we're
sipping, which costs the equivalent of 20p a cup. Like a reverse
Midas touch, everything we lay ...