San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu
Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => Where to stay => Topic started by: eildan on June 28, 2017, 12:22:41 PM
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Be aware!rubbish is starting to be a problem again,this is unfair to the many tourist coming back year after year,also new tourist who might not come back.why is this a problem most summers now?Corfu should be aware people have other choices, we have been visiting sanstefanos for 25years,and would love to continue to do so.
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Greece is under the cosh. Funds are low, or non-existent. Last year the local businesses sorted it out, and will probably do it again, if necessary, this year.
They're all terribly aware of the issue. Payments to Council workers are a national issue. So let's cut them a bit of slack.
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Where its a health hazard ,no slack!
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We returned from San Stef last Friday and its clear the locals are doing their best but its becoming a regular and disappointing feature of our holiday. Driving out of Corfu town on the 23rd was depressing. An ex-work colleague of ours was on the same flight and visiting Corfu for the first time - she won't be back.
Regardless of the continued efforts of the local businesses the smell by the Olympia and around Fantasea was awful even after the bins had been emptied.
I feel we've been very loyal to San Stef, for good reason, but are questioning whether to go somewhere else next year.
Sad but that's where we're at
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I think were gonna be the same, maybe San Stefanos has run its course :( :(
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More room for the rest of us rhen :D :D
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How rude!
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I'm sorry to say I have to agree with you Spesh49 , After visiting San Stef since the 1990's we visited Ibiza ( Es Cana ) two years ago , What a difference , the place was spotless ,food excellent , rubbish bins emptied every day , buses cheap and regular beaches raked every morning Etc. Etc . We enjoyed it so much we have been there again.
However it's not Greece , we really love Corfu and the many other Greek islands we have visited. we will give San Stef another look and see what happens ,we know money is tight in Greece but if they let standards slip too much people will vote with their feet and try somewhere else and then everyone looses.
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I think some of us are being a bit selfish here. The reason the bins are not being emptied is because the men are on strike over a pay dispute.How many of us would work week after week without pay?They have families to support.
As for driving through Corfu town in your air condition taxi tut tutting about the smell and piles of rubbish,what about the people who live there and have to put up with it every day.
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This is all such a shame, especially for San stef, but all over Greece. They are now clearing it on a daily basis, according to friends staying here, who travel around on a daily basis. Unfortunately there is still a smell in places. Having spoken to others staying here, some of us experience this at home too. We hope to return next year, there are more fors than againsts. Have been speaking to local bar and restaurant owners and explained everyone's concerns, so they are obviously fully aware.
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Of course it smells, with temperatures in the 30s you can't expect anything else.
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Of course it smells, with temperatures in the 30s you can't expect anything else.
Exactly.
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I think some of us are being a bit selfish here. The reason the bins are not being emptied is because the men are on strike over a pay dispute.How many of us would work week after week without pay?They have families to support.
As for driving through Corfu town in your air condition taxi tut tutting about the smell and piles of rubbish,what about the people who live there and have to put up with it every day.
I'm well aware the strike is over pay or the lack of it but I for one don't need a lecture on striking and hardship. I'm an ex-steelworker who was on strike for 4 months back in the 80s. Six in the family and only my dad and I working who was also a steelworker so don't patronise me.
Who was tut tutting? I pay my money I'm free to comment. When the waste is being dealt with properly it doesn't matter what the temperature is you don't get the smell. We've been coming here 13 years and only twice has this rubbish issue been a problem that we've experienced. Telling me to suck it up while its worse for them is neither here or there - a pointless comment.
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I'm sorry if you think I was lecturing or patronising you it was not my intent. I was only trying to point out that we holiday makers are
only there for a few weeks a year.
I don't believe it was "a pointless comment" that it is worse for the people living in Corfu town,it must be miserable living in what has become a huge rubbish dump.So,yes,I'm afraid for the time being we will just have to "suck it up"
If I lived in any town in Greece I would,by now,be seriously concerned about the health of my family,the cats and rats must think all their Christmases have come at once.
At least in Agios Stefanos the business owners are doing there best to control the problem by moving the rubbish themselves,and we are all grateful for that
Strikes are hard on families no matter where they happen and I remember the steelworkers strike of 1980,I believe it was over a demand for a 20% increase in pay.
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Agreed it was a 20% claim. Sounds extortinate doesn't it? Inflation was at 18%. After 4 months they gave us 20% allied to a 50% cut in the workforce - 9000 to 4500. What a win that was.
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Ok folks, the rubbish seems to be being cleared on a daily basis. Think the strike must be off, as all the bins along to the airport were emptied, so hope you all have a lovely holiday, as we have just had. :) Still a fantastic welcome all the locals. Happy smiling faces. :)
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Good news about the bins !!
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Good news about the bins !!
It certainly is, now everyone can get on and enjoy their holidays without worrying about them! :)
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Karen is absolutely right. The only garbage around is these comments. There are NO stinking piles of rubbish in the village. A few bags around the bins. That's normal. With the temperatures in the upper 30s I was probably stinking just as much. If you can't take the ubiquitous aroma of hot countries it's probably better to check out Thomson packages to Antarctica.
The idea that was in some way just Agios Stefanos is ridiculous. This was a national municipal workers' strike, and it was sorted in less than three weeks.
To anyone hesitating to go, I'd say that you should ignore all this whingeing. As of 4:30pm yesterday, when we left, everything was fine, and the most pervasive smell in the village was that of lamb on hot charcoal.
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If people think the rubbish is bad now they should have gone to Corfu in the 1980s there were open sewers piles of bones in the streets phew. Harry
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If people think the rubbish is bad now they should have gone to Corfu in the 1980s there were open sewers piles of bones in the streets phew. Harry
We did Harry, Messonghi Beach and Sidari, don't recall any of that.
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I was a little concerned about this before we went, but within a couple of days it was being dealt with, so well done them. Had a fantastic holiday, as always. Jim, didn't notice any stinks coming from you, only fragrance! ;Dt
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Think Jumbo has rose tinted glasses,we were there for four weeks,and for three of them it was bad,and carried on when we left.we were aware it wasn't just confined to our village,we kept hoping the locals would do something as they did after a while last year, not going to put us off,after 26years,let's hope we are not discussing this next year.
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From July 3rd until now there has been no problem.
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From July 3rd until now there has been no problem.
Yes, we agree with this, but as we all say, this would not put us off going back. We have worse things than this, to contend with, where we live ,and going back to San Stefanos will always be a joy to us, mainly because of the locals and the other special people we meet with, year after year. :)
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Sorry but I have to be honest, we have just returned after 2 weeks - the rubbish heaps were cleared once per week and that is all. Didn't bother us, but wasn't pleasant , just crossed the road to avoid them but I can understand it would put people off especially eating or staying near the heaps. Strangely, the bins outside Olympia were emptied on weds or thurs (can't remember) and then covered over with tarpaulin ??? I can see why it would put people off returning regardless of the reason for it.
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Sorry but I have to be honest, we have just returned after 2 weeks - the rubbish heaps were cleared once per week and that is all. Didn't bother us, but wasn't pleasant , just crossed the road to avoid them but I can understand it would put people off especially eating or staying near the heaps. Strangely, the bins outside Olympia were emptied on weds or thurs (can't remember) and then covered over with tarpaulin ??? I can see why it would put people off returning regardless of the reason for it.
Yes, of course it would put some people off, I understand that, especially if it were their first time there. We just did the same as you and we weren't affected by it personally. :)
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I was responding to Jim's post saying there was no problem rather than yours Karen :)
Frankie
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I was responding to Jim's post saying there was no problem rather than yours Karen :)
Frankie
Sorry Frankie! :)