San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Last time we were in SS, we took a boat trip via Porto Timoni to Paleokastritsa.  Its a lovely little beach.  How long would it take to walk there from Arillas?  We're staying at Kaloudis at the end of August.

Tides??!  I didn't realise San Stef beach was tidal.  We'd heard that the beach was narrow this year, especially near Havana and Mango, but had assumed it was the winter storms again.  Can anyone elaborate on the tides for me (preferably without resorting to O level geography and Longshore Drift!!) 

Had a quick look on the webcam today - where's the beach gone!?  Weather forecast sounded pretty awful, so I guess that's the cause of the high water and lack of sand.

Great pics and report - I can thoroughly recommend Brouklis in Arillas if you venture over the hill.  We went 2 years ago with my in-laws and it was terrific, although it was incredibly hot when we went - not their fault!!

  I think the wind could be due to the change of diet?

Thanks Rilo, I knew I could rely on someone to pick up on that one!  The other thing we noticed about September was the number of wasps around.  Virtually non-existent in late May and June (when we returned for our 2nd visit), but rather a lot in Sept.  I assume this was down to the harvesting and maturing fruit.

We're heading out there next week just looking for any latest recommendations from those who are out there or recently returned. Are there any not to be missed dishes, new venues or  pleasant surprises from this years menus? Cheers.

Sellsy, we were early this year (late May school hols). With our 5 year old we went to the tried and tested Little Prince and Zorbas the most.  As Gavlah says, Zorbas dancing was brilliant this year, and I have to say their food was very good too on the 4 times that we went. We preferred it to the Little Prince this year, although the welcome there was very good as always.  We had a very disappointing meze and greasy chips at 2 Stars. Summer Dreams sardines and chips were very nice too. We really must try a few more places when we come back! Quattro opened on our last day but we had already booked for the evening (Zorba's unsurprisingly!).  If you venture out of the resort, we had a brilliant meze in the old harbout at Paleocastritsa when we went there on a boat trip.

Hi, we booked our Easyjet flights from Luton on the morning that they came out - 4th September.  That was for flights out on 20th May returning 31st May.