San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu
Your help and reviews are required => Information and help please => Topic started by: mike30542 on May 08, 2013, 04:37:04 PM
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I am trying to decide if a taxi transfer from the airport is worth it. Our flight is due to land at 8.05pm on 7 June & our Thomson booking includes coach transfer. I would not anticipate the coach leaving until 9 pm at the earliest & then depending on the number of drop-offs I guess the transfer could take anything up to two & a half hours. (This time taken from Thomson brochure -how accurate might that be?).
San Stefanos Travel website is quoting 55 euros for a taxi transfer. Anyone know how long the journey takes at that time of night? I'm only interested in a one way transfer because quite prepared to use Thomson coach for journey back to airport.
Any help appreciated.
Mike
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Last year the coach took us 1hr 35mins from setting off. (This was at around 8pm)
I can't help you with the time that a taxi takes I'm afraid, this year will be our first year using a taxi for the transfer.
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The taxi transfer takes between 45-60 mins depending on traffic.At that time of night it should be closer to 45min.The bus transfer can be anything from 1.5-2.5 hrs depending on stops.
Yammas
Yiannis
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Or looking at it another way you could be at the little Prince drinking a nice cold Mythos before the coach leaves the airport
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Last year taxi took 50 minutes door to door - at 7.45pm on a Monday night
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It will of course be quite an expensive Mythos!
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In our experience it only takes at most 45mins at that time of evening by taxi. Regardless of the time a coach full of holidaymakers will take between 2 to 2.5 hours especially if they go via Kassiopi and Sidari which I have experienced before (it was horrible). Always book a taxi.
We arrive at 8pm on Friday 19th July and I expect to be sipping the first of many Mythos at the Fedra Mare bar by 9.30 at the latest. May even have a flying visit to Tasty Corner. Mmmm.
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Quickest coach we've had was 1 hour 20 minutes.
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A lot depends on arrival time. We normally arrive mid morning, and the coach trip is not unpleasant.
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Personally having tried the taxi last year it is the best option as I get terrible travel sickness on the coach. Time last year was roughly 50 minutes. The worst coach transfer we had was on our first visit in 2000 and it took nearly 4 hours as it went all through Sidari doing drop offs. The best coach transfer took just over an hour and we didn't do any drop offs before us at Teresa
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I have in the past used Corfu Airport Transfers.com and they are excellent,their current rate for 1-4 passengers is 48 euros,around £42 at today's tourist exchange rates.For the last 2 years have hired a car from Valantis and it only takes 90 minutes including stops at Lidl and Sconto for the initial provisions and the prices more than pay for the car hire.Roll on June 10th.
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I have in the past used Corfu Airport Transfers.com and they are excellent,their current rate for 1-4 passengers is 48 euros,around £42 at today's tourist exchange rates.For the last 2 years have hired a car from Valantis and it only takes 90 minutes including stops at Lidl and Sconto for the initial provisions and the prices more than pay for the car hire.Roll on June 10th.
Thanks Papapetros.
Anyone else who may be interested in a taxi transfer please note: Corfuairporttransfers.com are quoting 79.81 euros. The site quoting 48 euros is Corfuairporttransfer.com (note there is no "s" at the end).
Thanks to everyone for your help & advice. We will be booking a private taxi transfer but not sure just yet whether to use San Stefanos Travel or Corfuairporttransfer.com. Waiting for confirmation of SS Travel's current price.
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Sorry about the 'S' Mike,but pleased you found the site and you will not have a problem with them.The better news is that the saving will pay for almost 3 Coffees !
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Or three GandTs if you run out of the supplies you bought at Lidl !!
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We've taken a taxi from the airport for the last two years arriving early afternoon on the Friday, journey time 45-60 mins. Cost was 55 euros each time and we asked Mike at the Little Prince to book it for us. Heard that SS travel also good. We'll be doing the same this year, it's great to get up there with no hassles.
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Or three GandTs if you run out of the supplies you bought at Lidl !!
We always buy 8 bottles at 9.95 evros,so hopefully wont run out of Gin,more likely spend the savings on lemons after we cleared the tree.
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Just to clarify that last post.I am not the one who buys 9 bottles of gin at Lidl on the way from the airport to San Stefanos.that would be
Papapedros,my tipple of choice would be Vodka or Ouzo.
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Def taxi. Last year we got to the apartment, freshened up, unpacked, had two beers then went to tasty corner (this was about 11pm) and while eating saw a coach carrying people on our flight
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We also go by taxi booked through SS Travel. We are allowed to take an electric scooter on the flight, but not on the transfer bus even though it is light weight and collapses easily.......therefore we have no choice!
That said however, as we are "flight only" Thomson customers ( we book accessible accommodation separately with Noula) we have to pay almost as much on additional coach transfers anyway so we are happy to pay the bit extra for convenient taxi.
We have used the taxi transfer from SS Travel several times now and are really impressed!
Roll on 26/7 when we will be using it again!
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Using taxi transfer for the first time this year. Have had near death experience twice before using Greek taxis, once through Athens to Piraeus and the other on Andros - both scary journeys. Does anyone know if it is now compulsory for Greek taxi drivers to pass a driving test, or should we increase our travel insurance accordingly??? ;D
No seriously 8), from all the comments on the forum I feel quite comfortable using taxis in Corfu - unless you tell me different.
10 weeks and counting :) :)
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We've just booked a taxi transfer for our holiday on 3rd
June.
We always said we were fine with the coach, but the hanging
around at the airport got a little wearing, especially when there
was another flight combined with ours.
We will probably use the coach transfer back, as Corfu Airport
will be easier to negotiate with the help of a TC rep.
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I've now booked my taxi with Corfuairporttransfer & we expect to be in our apartment by 9.30 pm. (might even have made it to bar for the first Mythos by then). At 48 euros that seems well worth it. Booking on-line was easy & I received the confirmation transfer voucher via email within a couple of hours.
Thanks again Papapetros for pointing me to the site
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Good to learn you've booked the Taxi,you certainly won't be sorry and if the Plane is on time,you should be in Agios Stefanos by 22.00hrs at the latest.Tavernas will still be pleased to offer you a meal and a few nightcaps.
Have a great holiday and who knows,we might bump into you as we arrive on Monday 10th.
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We've booked a taxi this year. On our first trip to San Stef in 2009 the coach transfer took only 1 1/2 hour without going into Sidari, but each year it's been getting longer and longer. Roll on july, looking forward to our stay at little prince ,our 4th time stopping there.
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Our first year was a nightmare over 2 and half hours drove round Sidari dropped three quarters of the coach off then they dropped us at the side of the road in nearly 40 degrees of heat and said we had to wait for a mini bus has a coach couldn't get into the village people complained they were going to Ariilas and had been for ten years and this had never happened before. Imagine our surprise when sat having dinner at Nafsica we saw two coaches from Thomsons dropping off one from a day trip the other the Airport. Didn't happen going back went to Arillas,Roda and think it was Dassia. Second time think it was Gouvia and Arillas but for the last few years have had a taxi. My daughters holiday I booked for her to Crete with Thomson transfers were optional so for £5 more each way than the coach transfer I booked them a taxi instead transfer time in taxi for them 30 mins coach transfer 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours