San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

You will be well looked after at The Little Prince, we're on our fourth visit in June! I think you'll be on the first floor as I believe the upper levels are booked out to TUI Nordic. Enjoy.

Lofty, I agree with you, as long as the pilot can find Corfu, I'll be happy. The outside toilet might be a bit draughty though!

From a very snowy Edinburgh tonight.

The road to Arillas is indeed bad this year and you should drive over it with extreme care. The condition of the roads on the island had worsened in general this year and they do always seem to be better to the south of Corfu Town, there is a north/south divide on the island!

That said, getting around is quite easy and once you're used to it you'll start to enjoy the driving. Take care going through villages as roads can narrow without much warning and you can easily meet a coach or a truck coming the other way. Why would you want to rush anyway as there's so much to see. There are petrol stations close by, one either side of Avliotes for starters but petrol this year was expensive, around 1.60 euros a litre and not necessarily cheaper towards Corfu Town. Prices in June.

We also hired a car this year from SS travel and the car came from the car rental place in the centre of the village which we have also used before. Absolutely no problems with the cars on any of our visits.

Should have said that signposts can sometimes be a bit elusive if you're heading towards Corfu Town, not bad heading back north. Buy a good map at the paper shop beside Teresa's shop as the one supplied with the car lacks a bit of detail. Also the main thing to watch out for is potholes as some of these can be on the deep side!!

Otherwise with a normal level of care and awareness, you should enjoy the experience.

San Stef appear to be moving to a shop unit below the apartments opposite from what was the Simple bar. Looks like a larger office but I don't know if the passing trade to the beach will make up for the numbers that must pass the present location.

Exchange rate at SS was before commission.

Stopped at the Gravia the other day for a snack and a cooling beer. There were quite few people there and you certainly can't beat view and it's a good staging post on the walk over to or back from Arillas.

If you are going to walk up and the easy way up is definitely through the olive groves past the Rose Garden, try and be up there around lunchtime and sit and have something to eat at Ilias Taverna in the centre of the village. There is a lovely terrace looking out over the valley. distance is around 4.5 kilometres. Walk back along the road to the Romanza for nice views over the village. We stopped at the Romanza for beer at the pool bar as it was getting a little hot and I had to take on some fluid. My excuse anyway

Old Perithia is well worth a visit. It's an abandoned hill village which is just coming back to life as the road up to it is now tarmac. A couple of nice tavernas set in the slopes just below Pantokrator, lots of abandoned houses and a good photographic opportunities and the scenery is stunning. It's just so peaceful!

Drive through Acharavi and a few kilometres further on you will see a turn off signposted Perithia. Drive into the new Perithia and Old Perithia is clearly signposted. It's about 8 kilometres from the main road and the road up to it is now pretty good.

Echo the other comments expressed, re Kassiopi, Pelekas, Avliotes etc. but Afionas is really beautiful and a personal favourite.