Products of Greece

Greece and the Greek Islands are worldwide known for the many tasty and lovely traditional products.
You can find those Greek products in the little markets, villages and the beautiful islands of Greece.

Here is a list of some of the many local products of Greece that visitors can find, buy and bring back home.

Table of contents:
• Natural Products (olives, honey, wine, alcohol, vinegar and more)
• Manufactured Products (carpets, leather, handicrafts, jewelry)
• Products by location

All these quality products are used to make delicious Greek recipes.
At the bottom of the page, you will be able to discover products in many locations of Greece and the Greek islands.

Natural Products

Information about natural products of Greece like olives and olive oil, honey, wine, alcohol, vinegar, herbs, spices, nuts and sweet.

Olives & Olive Oil

The Greek olive and its virgin oil are considered as one of the best in the world. It is the basis of the Greek and Mediterranean diet.
It is a healthy product and medical researches has proved that it is one of the reasons that people of Crete and Ikaria live longer.
Olive and olive oil is produced all over Greece.

Honey

The production of honey is a Greek tradition that dates back to antiquity.
Greece, with its great variety of plants and flowers, produces different tastes of honey.
This product is considered one of the best in the world and the best honey can only be found in mountain villages.

Wine

The wine is a Greek tradition since antiquity. Today, one can enjoy a great diversity of Greek wines: Red, White and Rosé, Sweet or Dry.
Greece also produces some famous kinds of wine like the Retsina, a white wine which has an accentuated resin taste, and the Mavrodafni, a dark red wine which reminds the Portuguese Porto.
Discover a detailed gallery of Greek wines.

Alcohol

Ouzo is the most famous Greek alcohol of Greece and its trademark.
It is strong alcohol with the taste of anis which can be served straight or with water. It is accompanied by little meets (mezedes).
Tsipouro reminds the Ouzo but has a stronger taste. Depending on the region, it is also called Raki.

Vinegar

Greece has a variety of tasty natural vinegar made from wine.

Herbs

Greece has a great variety of herbs and plants with many virtues: mountain tea, oregano, sage, chamomile, sage, basil, mint, parsley.
Read more about teas and herbs.

Spices

Greece is also famous for the many spices used in the food: sesame (white sesame also), the cumin, the machlepi, and the valuable red saffron.

Nuts

Greece also produces a large variety of nuts: almonds, pistachios, dry grapes, sunflower seeds, melon seeds, hazelnut, peanuts and more.
The most famous place for pistachios is Aegina.

Sweets

Greece has a large variety of sweets and most of them are the heritage of the Ottoman’s occupation. They are very sugary.
Some of them are the "Galaktobouriko" (thin paste, cream, cinnamon, and syrup), the "Kataifi" (honey, nuts, thin crystallized layers of honey), the "Halva" (ground sesame seeds with flavors of honey, vanilla, chocolate), and the "Pasteli" (a bar made of grilled sesame and honey).

Manufactured products

Information about manufactured products of Greece like carpets and rugs, leather, handicrafts and jewelry.

Carpets and rugs

Handmade carpets and rugs have been a part of the Greek tradition for centuries.
The actual main production areas of rugs can be found around the town of Tripolis, in the Peloponnese, and around the towns of Trikala and Karditsa in Thessaly.
Carpets are known since antiquity and one can even find allusions to them in Greek mythology.
The most important centers of hand-weaving are on Lefkada island, Anogeia, and Metsovo.

Leather

Leather is a specialty in Greece. Many leather items of all qualities can be found in the country: shoes, clothes, sandals, handbags, gloves, hats and more.

Handicrafts

Many traditional handicrafts can be found in Greece: knotted carpets, embroidered cushion covers, woodwork such komboloi and much more.

Jewellery

Jewel is a Greek tradition dated to antiquity. Many jewellery shops, famous or not, offer a large variety of jewels: golden or silver jewelry or objects to reproductions of ancient jewellery and ornaments. Places like Santorini island and Mykonos island have specialized in jewellery.

Discover the local products by location