Carnayo Gold Lounge Bar, Mongonisi — Paxos
Carnayo Gold is a picturesque taverna on the waterfront in Mongonisi. Located in a small harbour on the most southerly point of Paxos Island, Carnayo Gold is run by Dimitris and Francesca an Italian from Naples that fell in love with Dimitris and the Island in equal measure. During our sailing trips around Paxos and Anti Paxos we found this taverna an ideal location as a central base. It’s one of those out of the way places that kept on drawing us back. Talking to both we soon found out the meaning of the word ‘Carnayo’ which means Meat an affectionate Italian word for women. (I still think there’s something lost in translation as its direct meaning in England would me Totty…)
Looking around Carnayo’s waterfront location is ideal for the visitor afloat and for those that fancy an evening walk of 2 miles down the coast road from Gaios. (Local Taxis available) Its rustic driftwood appearance perched on the waterfront set amongst the numerous Olive trees of Paxos. Carnayo Gold makes no attempt at expensive splendour, narrow wine barrels turned on their ends are used as mini round tables with stools. To one side is the open lounge area well covered from the sun, large wicker settees with copious amounts of cushions turns this corner of Carnayo into a Turkish style lounge area. The low-lying tables are reclaimed ends of even larger wooden olive barrel with their original carved labels clearly visible.
There’s no touristic Bouzouki here. Sitting watching the sun go down over Paxos, Al Green mix and mingles in the cool breeze, his music interspersed with Zero 7 and a rock song. Who’s name I still can’t remember… Yeh! Are you thinking of me?.. Yeh! Yeh! I’m thinking of you!…
The wind has picked up out at sea, as yachts are beginning to seek shelter in the harbour. Gusts of wind set them dancing around their anchors in slow motion. Behind us the wind ripples through the Olive trees creating a Mexican style wave of shimmering silver/green.
For us, this lounge bar is one of our favourites, the evening sun would shine directly into the bar where we sat. It would light up the whole wooden interior creating visual effects that continued to draw the eye. Sitting outside with this perfect music in a perfect setting, we’d happily watch the sunset as it disappeared below the Island amongst the trees.
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Tags: charter, cool breeze, dimitris, evening walk, flotilla, mongonisi, olive trees, paxos, paxos island, sailing, sailing secret, sailing trips, style lounge, turkish style, waterfront location, wine barrels, zero 7
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