Cigars in Greece

[Steve Sullivan]

I hear the local cigars are good in Cyprus and the tobacco growing conditions are similar to that of Cuba. Can anyone recommend some good local cigars to smoke while I'm there on holiday? :-)

[fordi]

With the economy troubles over there you might get some bargains?


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[butternutsquashpie]

Youd actually think so..
But i went oover there in the summer and NOTHING is cheaper when it comes to dutied items and large stores. However i did find some small areas that had friendly greek men in the back of the small shops. He had some boxes of montes and what not. But some of them were obviously fake. So beware!
At least thats what i found.........

[Puff Scotty]

Greece or Cyprus?

[tippexx]

As far as I'm aware tobacco grown in Greece and Cyprus is Oriental tobacco, primarily Latakia for pipe blends. Turkish cigars are available in Cyprus and you can taste something purfumey (unpleasant) in them. Basically, if you want to buy cigars buy Cuban. There are several LCdH on Cyprus and my advice would be NOT to shop anywhere else but. The bigger towns in Greece have shops which stock good cigars, but the smaller resorts and islands ... Nada ... so, best to get them when you can.

[senor_robusto]

I hear the local cigars are good in Cyprus and the tobacco growing conditions are similar to that of Cuba. Can anyone recommend some good local cigars to smoke while I'm there on holiday? :-)

i think the point here is 'similar to that of cuba'....... but it's not cuba!! there's nothing like cuban tobacco!! cuba has a very special micro climate, added to that the special conditions of the soil, the 'native' tobacco etc etc!!

point is, don't settle for something similar to cuban...... because it most certainly wont be anything like what you'd expect!! do yourself a favour and buy only cuban.....

just my thoughts,

alex

[Steve Sullivan]

Guys! I do buy Cuban already!!! But I wanted to try some local smokes while in Kos and wondered if there were any half decent sticks to be tried out there.

[senor_robusto]

if you're a habitual smoker who needs a dose of nicotine, then i reckon that the local cigars will be more than satisfactory!! as arf pointed out, latakia tobacco is grown in greece and cyprus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia_(tobacco)

here's some more info i found:

http://www.puff.com/Content/Puff-Lifestyle/greece-the-latest-source-for-handmade-cigars/Cuban-Quality-in-Greece.html

http://www.cigar-blog.com/cigar-manufacturing/alternative-greek-cigars/

alex

[Steve Sullivan]

Thanks Alex, that's exactly what I wanted know. Will check the Domenico's out!

[senor_robusto]

Thanks Alex, that's exactly what I wanted know. Will check the Domenico's out!

glad to be of assistance steve!! if you do manage to get some of these, let us know how they are!!

alex

[Steve Sullivan]

Alex: Will do, be interesting to see what they are like.