San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Arrived back home on Monday from 2weeks in the place we love .We left Gatwick on the 20th .Flight was under 3 hours .Everybody wore masks .Got to Corfu airport ,were not tested got luggage in 20 mins 👍.Used the TUI transfer coach everybody wore masks .Only 3 drop offs in Sidari then onto San Stef .Arrived at our home from home The Little Prince on its opening day .For the first 4 days we had the pool to ourselves but the second week things got busier .Everything was great as always .We spent a few days on the beach used the sun beds in front of Athina .We enjoyed lunches at Athina beach bar and Mango .Great evening meals at Little Prince,Zorbas ,Yiannis,Manthos ,Fantasea anD Yiannis Grill.Enjoyed many cocktails at Little Prince bar .Had a couple of walks up to Akrotiri .Had a hire car for 1 day and had a drive via Sidari down to Paleokastritsa .Would just like to say a big Thank You to everybody at The Little Prince for making a stay great ,Dimitris and Pipina and Team ,Mike ,Anna &Spiro and Yiannis .The transfer back .....picked up at little Prince then not to Sidari as normal but had a couple of pick ups in Roda .Several people on the the coach were not wearing face masks but as soon as we arrived at the airport they quickly put them on .One of those on the coach not wearing one was vaping on the coach !Corfu airport was great checked in at the new extension ,lovely and cool and plenty of seating ,didn’t have to queue for the loo as they now have have 2 blocks of toilets .Flight back was good not full the same as the one coming out .When we arrived at Gatwick the air crew announced to passengers to stay seated until the air bridge was in place ,as soon as the plane landed and was making its way to the terminal you could hear seatbelts being undone and as soon as it stopped people shot up ! The crew did say passengers would be disembarked row by row but everybody who was near the back of the plane shot forward so we didn’t stand a chance !Anyway apart from that little negative everything was GREAT 👍

Has anybody ever used the day before check-in?

As promised my write up of  our 5th visit to San Stefanos.We stayed for 2 weeks from 19th July,at Little Prince .Everything was fantastic as usual,I do love the rooms,clean and the powerful showers.Wonderful welcome from Dimitris when we arrived in the taxi,and the same welcome from everybody else in the restaurant in the evening.   The beach -our regular spot was in front of the Athina ,2 euro voucher to use at the snack bar was useful, but mostly had lunch or takeaway at juice bar.Our daughter love Sandra,s scone ,jam and cream.A couple of times I had a late breakfast with the new item on the menu raisin toast ,with a frappe.I love sat there ,watching the world go by,and chatting with Shane,Sandra and Gwen ,lovely people.I don,t know if anybody else witnessed this,but the first weekend on the beach a large group of men woman and children turned up mid morning and parked themselves at the back of the beach ,quite close to other holidaymakers on the sun beds.I,ve never heard people talk so loudly even while out in the sea.i think they were Eastern European and not Greek.While nodding off on the sunbed got woken up by one of the men shouting as he returned to the beach carrying to plastic bags which I thought contained lunch.Wrong they contained turtles from the stream ,which the kids started to play with, but that did,nt last for long because of the looks they were getting they returned them to the stream.     Eating out - Little Prince, Zorbas because our daughter loves the dancing good food as well.Ozzy Oil ,Yannis on arillas road and Waves where we watched a beautiful sunset.Also had a few ice creams at Grande Gelato on the Main Street.Lovely ,freshly made on the premises ,my husband enjoyed the fig one. Drinks - before dinner Princess bar or silver star ,after dinner at Acabar,with a great welcome from Dimitris and Lia .Think I saw Jimbo a couple of times but too shy to say hello. Our daughter went to Hippopots on the Main Street ,where she painted a ceramic flip flop a unique souvenir of her holiday ,ran by two lovely people who had moved to corfu from Wiltshire.Already planning to book for next year, as it,s our 25th wedding anniversary  and I don,t think I would want to spend it anywhere else.Met a lot of people this year going to san stefanos for the first time and were  probably going to return. Flights out and returning good ,but chaos at gatwick baggage reclaim,waited for over an hour usually 25 mins.Tannoy announcement due to earlier electrical storm !Roll on next year.

Booked a taxi transfer this year as each year the coach transfer is taking longer !Do they take the same route as the coaches ? 7 weeks left to our 5th visit to san stefanos.

Hello everybody we first came to san stefanos 2 years ago (me my husband and young daughter now 7).We are now looking forward to our third visit.In 2009 we had 2 weeks at little prince.What more can i say FANTASTIC!.lLast year we had a week at Barras ,lovely one bed apartment loads of space.This year we are back at little prince for a week.Looking forward to the sizzling steak and the wonderful smoothies with shane and sandra.Looks like air con is a must with the temps at the moment.