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Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => San Stefanos news and views => Topic started by: Mikee on March 20, 2010, 07:49:51 PM
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OK having done quite a bit of research now on SS, think I DEFF want to book it this summer
From what I can see the best points that keep people coming back year after year are ...
The beach
The sunsets
Friendly locals
Great tavernas
Yannis enthusiasm about the place :)
What else can you regulars add to these ;)
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THE PEOPLE IN SAN STEF AND THOSE WHO GO TO SAN STEF NEVER FOUND ANOTHER PLACE LIKE IT
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safe and relaxed
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It has NO traffic
It has NO discos
It has NO roundabouts
It has NO traffic lights
It has NO lager louts
It has NO Saga louts
What it has in abundance is great people, good food and good drink ... The wine does grow on you!!
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I think Don is saying - it has no through traffic, just a little.
No Clubs for the 18-30 set, the Condor does have a DJ, but it's an all age-group welcome and nice atmosphere!
No roundabouts - who needs them! (unless Don stands in the road at the T-Junction)!LOL
No Traffic Lights - just disco lights!
No Lager Louts - just DON!!
No Saga Louts - (I liked that one Don!!),
because all of the over 50's are too old and decrepid to cause trouble - and are too nice too!!
San Stefanos does not attract the Lout element - except Don, Jules, Sue, Zoe, Sandra, Colin No2, and a few others of course!!
But don't worry - I can control them for you - i'll just buy them a Mythos!! Simple!
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Good relaxed atmosphere throughout the resort as well
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When you get to know Jules,
you will understand that she means that we have to carry her back on a stretcher after she gets "relaxed" LOL
And to and from the beach - everywhere in fact!!
(Ok Jules - I am running now!!) LOL
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I'm after you - don't run to fast though please ;)
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Careful Jules.... Tony is known throughout Corfu as the "Original Lar-g-er Lout." LOL :P
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Well - you can't call me a Lout at least!! LOL
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Mikee -
BEACH STUFF:
The Dive Shop - See "Kipper" or "Bubbles" for that water sports treat, (Opp. Nafsika Hotel)
Capt'n Nikkos, or his son Leon for the Water Sports on the Beach.
The wonderful Beach itself, - take a walk as far as you can, past a few Nudies right at the end, a very pleasant walk.
A nice Lunch in the Havana Beach Bar, watching the locals play 5-a-side, or next door if you have young kids for the slides etc.
Lunch is also good on the Beach, in the Athina Hotel Pool Bar, The Waves Taverna or the Mistral (if open).
Nice lunches just off the Beach at Manthos Taverna, Nafsika Hotel, Aquarios Bar (Behind Athina Hotel).
Breakfast/Lunch in town
My Favourites are:
Two Stars - Lovely Food & People - best prices! Nice Evening Meals as well - easy on the budget - not on the quality!
Condor Bar, Little Prince, Nafsika Hotel, Aquarios Bar, Thomas Bay Hotel, Barras Taverna.
EVENINGS:
Make sure you try The Beachcomber Bistro (at least once),
for that special meal as the sun sets over the bay. - best to book the day before.
Ozzie Oils and Mythica for great food, and a different menu! Excellent!!!
The Sunset Taverna - beautiful Greek Food and odd evenings of entertainment.
The Little Prince (must try the sizzling Steak) or Zorba's (Try the Plank Steak) for meals with Dancing Greek Waiters.
Then there's:
The Olympia with it's international Menu, Nafsika Hotel - the same - also a bit of Dancing,
The Olive Press spit roast meat, Manthos Taverna (They do a Greek Night - but food quality can drop on these nights)!, otherwise V/Nice!
Try a meal up the top at the Romanza, BBQ Night is a must at Teresa's up the hill, also at Ozzie Oils! #
Paradise Taverna - a few others - all are pretty good!
Bars:
Take your pick - lots of nice Bars!
Quiet Bars:
Aquarios - great atmosphere - great host!!
Kaminni Bar - Quiet - nice.
WWW (3Ws's), Intranet Cafe' - occasional entertainment.
Bar Opp. Thomas Bay Hotel, another Intranet Cafe' with small kids entertainment feature.(sorry - forgot name)!
Music Bars
Condor Bar - always some kind of entertainment on! Family Friendly!
Thomas Bay Hotel Bar
Bar 38 - (if Open) great bar!
Athens Bar, younger set to a degree! Fun!
Bar next to Little Prince (forgot the name)! Fun Bar - younger set!
Silver Star - Music / TV / Entertainment - Cocktails.
That's just to get you started!
Enjoy!
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Mikee -
BEACH STUFF:
The Dive Shop - See "Kipper" or "Bubbles" for that water sports treat, (Opp. Nafsika Hotel)
Capt'n Nikkos, or his son Leon for the Water Sports on the Beach.
The wonderful Beach itself, - take a walk as far as you can, past a few Nudies right at the end, a very pleasant walk.
A nice Lunch in the Havana Beach Bar, watching the locals play 5-a-side, or next door if you have young kids for the slides etc.
Lunch is also good on the Beach, in the Athina Hotel Pool Bar, The Waves Taverna or the Mistral (if open).
Nice lunches just off the Beach at Manthos Taverna, Nafsika Hotel, Aquarios Bar (Behind Athina Hotel).
Breakfast/Lunch in town
My Favourites are:
Two Stars - Lovely Food & People - best prices! Nice Evening Meals as well - easy on the budget - not on the quality!
Condor Bar, Little Prince, Nafsika Hotel, Aquarios Bar, Thomas Bay Hotel, Barras Taverna.
EVENINGS:
Make sure you try The Beachcomber Bistro (at least once),
for that special meal as the sun sets over the bay. - best to book the day before.
Ozzie Oils and Mythica for great food, and a different menu! Excellent!!!
The Sunset Taverna - beautiful Greek Food and odd evenings of entertainment.
The Little Prince (must try the sizzling Steak) or Zorba's (Try the Plank Steak) for meals with Dancing Greek Waiters.
Then there's:
The Olympia with it's international Menu, Nafsika Hotel - the same - also a bit of Dancing,
The Olive Press spit roast meat, Manthos Taverna (They do a Greek Night - but food quality can drop on these nights)!, otherwise V/Nice!
Try a meal up the top at the Romanza, BBQ Night is a must at Teresa's up the hill, also at Ozzie Oils! #
Paradise Taverna - a few others - all are pretty good!
Bars:
Take your pick - lots of nice Bars!
Quiet Bars:
Aquarios - great atmosphere - great host!!
Kaminni Bar - Quiet - nice.
WWW (3Ws's), Intranet Cafe' - occasional entertainment.
Bar Opp. Thomas Bay Hotel, another Intranet Cafe' with small kids entertainment feature.(sorry - forgot name)!GLADIATOR
Music Bars
Condor Bar - always some kind of entertainment on! Family Friendly!
Thomas Bay Hotel Bar
Bar 38 - (if Open) great bar!
Athens Bar, younger set to a degree! Fun!
Bar next to Little Prince (forgot the name)! Fun Bar - younger set!BAR CODE
Silver Star - Music / TV / Entertainment - Cocktails.
That's just to get you started!
Enjoy!
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Nice one Don - had a blank spot on those as busy at work in between!
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Best bits - ALL OF IT!! :)
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Think I am gonna be busy that fortnight .. looking forward to it now ... 3 MONTHS today !!
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Must admit everytime I log onto here someone posts something that makes me look forward to it that little bit more.
I think my best bit (apart from the lovely views from the Romanza) will be the food! Tony has put on some very very in depth reviews of lots of places.
My wife has always been a bit backwards in coming forward when it comes to food, she used to hate anything with a hint of spice and more complicated than beans on toast! When we went to Kefalonia a couple of years ago on honeymoon she threw her self headlong into the local food and loved it!
We ate at 10 different places over the fortnight and never had a bad meal. San Stef sounds very similar food wise and I cant wait!!
Just a week in Egypt to get through first! :o
Just been told that I should be receiving a nice sales bonus for the first time in 2 years so that first pint of Mythos will taste all that bit better knowing the company has paid for the hols!
;D :D ;D :D ;D ;)
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Think I am gonna be busy that fortnight .. looking forward to it now ... 3 MONTHS today !!
Arrive the same day . Will be in SS around midnight..... Luck permitting. Will have to meet for a drink.
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Hi Mikee
This is your chance to pass the final initiation test and enter the chosen few of the San Stefanos Forum.
The test is get Don to buy you a drink.
Yammas
Yannis
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Hi Mikee,
Can't believe nobody has mentioned the walks. If you like walking, take a look at local walks on this very site. Its very informative. My wife and I have done most of the short to medium walks and we are by no means "fitness freaks". We just feel it blows the cobwebs away the next morning and the scenery is fascinating when you look around the resort from a different perspective.
But I must echo the other posts, the food is to die for.
Rod.
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Alternative view from another forum :-
"Stayed in both.
NW: Full of chavs, felt quite souless too as the resort is quite spread out.
NE: Beautiful, yes food is more expensive but it is of a much better quality than the warmed up dishes available else where."
ColdMythos your opinion may get replied to here!
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Do we regular visitors to San Stefanos really fit this description.Whoever wrote this rubbish makes a chav look intelligent.I do not think his type would recognise a COLD MYTHOS if he fell over one.I doubt they sell it in the wine bars he frequents.
Chav
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The Chav, or Burberry Trogladyte (to use the correct anthropological phrase), is a subspecies of the human race that has become unfortunately far too common, as they breed like rabbits. These creatures are easily distinguishable; they tend gather in groups in towns, particularly shopping precincts, they talk some kind of bastard dialect of their own devising, the most important words being ‘innit’, 'bruv' and 'bare'. Several variants of this have been identified and most contain elements of black American culture. This is in spite of the fact that there is no evidence that any chav has ever figured out how to cross the Atlantic. They tend to wear Adidas or Nike sports gear with white trainers and have baseball caps - frequently Burberry - permanently welded onto their heads at birth.
As well as the above traits, chavs somehow manage to completely destroy the concept of Natural Selection. If the world wasn't so messed up chavs would have died out a LONG time ago due to every single one sharing the same degree of extreme retardation. A terrorist attack is being planned on the Stella Artois and White Lightning plants to dump loads of Digitalis into the supply of each drink so chavs will be exterminating themselves every time they send their mum to go buy their booze.
Yammas
YANNIS
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Me thinks he walks round in Chav coloured glasses! Can't say that I've seen a Chav in San Stef.
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Just seen that thread! See our erstwhile friend Keith loading the bullets! No change there then.
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Yannis, quality.
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Addendum to Yannis's view,
A chav is a stereotypical prat, a youngish, (seen some in their 50's as well), person in the United Kingdom.
The typical "chav"—known also as a charver in Yorkshire and North East England—is said to be an aggressive teenager, typically unemployed or of white / mixed race, working class background, who repeatedly engages in anti-social behaviour, such as street drinking, drug abuse and rowdiness, or other forms of juvenile delinquency, or Gang related.
A BBC TV documentary suggested that "chav" culture is an evolution of previous working-class youth subcultures associated with particular commercial clothing styles, such as mods, skinheads and casuals, but I think lack of education, poor parenting, and being clinically thick is nearer the mark!
The widespread use of the "chav" stereotype has come in for some criticism. Some argue that it amounts to simple snobbery and elitism, and that serious social problems such as Anti-Social Behaviour, teenage pregnancy, delinquency and underage drinking in low-income areas are not subjects for derision.
Critics of the term have argued that its users are "neo-snobs", and that its increasing popularity raises questions about how British society deals with social mobility and class.
In a February 2005 article in The Times, Julie Burchill argued that use of the word is a form of "social racism",
and that such "sneering" reveals more about the shortcomings of the "chav-haters" than those of their supposed victims.
Another writer under the pseudonym "El Zimmer", argued along similar lines in a 2007 article in The Guardian. I wonder who that really is??
It seems he is alive and Kicking and still "Sneering" himself, winding up as usual, at normal folk through every medium!! Also as you say - loading the bullets!!
I visited the other San Stefanos NE, last year - my opinion - very pretty, upmarket in some respects, mainly villas and the yacht set, but not as nice and friendly as the NW version for a good and normal family holiday with a great Beach and lovely local people.
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Mikees
In addition to everything else that's been written here, a wander into ASPA supoermarket and a good ole chat with Sammy the Kickboxer is always a great way to get your spirits up. He's the most positive, cheery man about.
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Dont wish to get into any more arguments,about anything again only to discuss San Stefanos.
Agree sammy is a great bloke always have a good conversation with him,and always has a smile on his face.
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Dont wish to get into any more arguments,about anything again only to discuss San Stefanos.
Agree sammy is a great bloke always have a good conversation with him,and always has a smile on his face.
Hi Lilolil
You have a very valid point.Lets draw a line under this and get back to the point of the forum.I know I took the bait but I managed to slip off the hook thanks to the sensible guidance shown in your posting.No forum member wants a repeat of last year.
Yammas
Yannis
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Good Point
The Sun setting over the Bay! Lovely!!
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Good Point
The Sun setting over the Bay! Lovely!!
Innit bruv.
Yammas
Yannis
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The road into San Stef.The worst bit is the road out.
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Arrive the same day . Will be in SS around midnight..... Luck permitting. Will have to meet for a drink.
Look forward to it Don .. you and Yannis will have to make yourselves known .. will you be wearing Burberry by any chance? ;D
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Re: Don - - - He only ever wears a Yellow Top and Burberry Trousers, Oh! yes - - - and sandals with socks and Giant Sunglasses!! - you can't miss him!! LOL
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Re: Don - - - He only ever wears a Yellow Top and Burberry Trousers, Oh! yes - - - and sandals with socks and Giant Sunglasses!! - you can't miss him!! LOL
A real Fashionista then ?? :-X
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Don's the bee's knee's!!
A fashionista of gigantic proportions - whatever Don wears - - - is on the front page of Horse & Hound the following week.
He went to Tenerife in January and the Island sold out of yellow shirts & Burberry!! - - - so many followers of fashion!!
It was like seeing a secret sect when you visited the Island.
Don - King of Burberry - may you reign forever!! LOL
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Ok.... I own up to cashmere sweaters but i would never wear designer labels.... Had enough of seeing tony dressed all over with Kangaroo Poo...........
You too can dress like Tony... Just follow the link -
http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=0&oq=Kangaroo+poo&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=kangaroo+poo+clothing
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Oh pleeeezzzzzzeeeee Don, never would I wear that!
Why would I copy you!! LOL
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Friends from wherever they originate.
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True - and you are a great couple in spite of supporting Stoke!!
I was looking at photos of my Scottish Grandmother at her granite built house in Dyce, Aberdeen last night.
So when I think that I am a quarter Scottish, a quarter East Ham-ish (London), half Cornish,
I feel like I have been stretched from Lands End to John O'groats!! - - and on top of that I was born in Singapore.
Friends from wherever they originate is a good term!! LOL
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Hi All,
Just been reading all your comments on SS. Will be going in June for a week and you obviously all loveeeeeeeeeeee SS - so pleased as have not visited Corfu before. Cant wait!!
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Hi Chrissey and welcome to the forums. We do all love it. Its a great place to be for a very relaxing holiday. Whereabouts are you staying in the village? If you have any questions jusr ask away and someone will know the answer. Most of us have been going to SS for years so there is usually one of us who can answer most things.
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Yes Hi Chrissey2010,
Welcome from us as well - You are going to love San Stefanos and we also wonder where you have picked to stay?
You are not just going to have a holiday - it's also a great experience - talk to the locals and make friends for life!!
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Went to San Stef for the first time last year and absolutely fell in love with everything about the resort. The people, food, atmosphere and have booked to go back again this year in August and cant wait - have never booked to go back to the same place anywhere before, not because i have had a bad holiday but just always wanted to find somewhere new but there is something about SS that makes you feel so relaxed I cant wait to return.
Was a bit quiet for my 17 year old son (although he enjoyed the holiday) but am returning with hubby and 15 year old daughter who also love the place.
Great value, great food, lovely beach, clean warm sea, and fantastic service without exception everywhere in the resort.
Its bliss !
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Sounds like you have been hooked Sezza. Welcome to the forums and please participate on any of the topics if you want to. Most of us on here have been regulars to SS for years and can't imagine going anywhere else. Where in the village are you going to be staying and when do you arrive?
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Hi Jules
Thanks for your comments.
We are going back 02 August and it cant come quick enough - counting the days.
We are staying at the Fedra Mare Apartments this year. We stayed at the Sugar and Almond apartments last year they were fantastic - highly recommend them - had the use of the Delfino Blu hotel included in our rates with breakfast but the combination of both the hotel and apartment guests vieing for space around the pool slightly spoilt it for us as the pool area really only adequate for hotel guest use/ratio -but saying that Costas, the Delfino owner provided free use of sunbeds on beach etc and everything else about the hotel and apartments was exceptional. Fantastic staff, lovely breakfasts and great views.
Looking forward to meeting Dimitris and staying at the Fedra this year. When and where are you going ?
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hi sezza
well you wont have that trouble with space at the fedra been quite a few times in aug and you will always get a sunbed
dimitris and girlfreind "h" will look after you,also if by any chance you are in the bar they have a laptop they let somepeople use may be of use for your daughter to keep in contact with freinds
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Thanks for the advice Chris
Really looking forward to it.
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i Sezza we don't go until 27 August and are staying at Teresa. The locals really do know how to look after you as you found out last year.
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See you 3 days later Jules!!
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Definitely will Tony :)
Isn't it great now the season has started :)
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Yes - the excitement starts to creep up you as the ticker counts down! -
We are doing a great little break in Dalyan, first in July now - to build up a base tan,
main event is last day of August!!