San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Hi - just remembered to do this selecting seats with Thomson for our flights and even though it's less than 90 days before we are home it won't let me book our seats, the plan comes up but it won't let me book the actual seats, has anyone else had this problem? We paid extra for this too!!

Also for the first time ever I (or my other half) misplaced the original booking paperwork. When I rang Thomson to ask for a further copy it never arrived.  I thus telephoned them to ask what the final balance was and just queried how much hold luggage allowance we were entitled to they told me 15 kgs, I was convinced it had been 20 but they were adamant that it was just 15.  When I went in to pay the final amount I again queried the luggage allowance and again was told it was just 15.  No way I can cope with just 15kgs for 2 weeks so I paid for an extra 5 kgs each.  Now after trying to book our seats I was reading through the confirmation they gave me when I went to pay and I now see we have an allowance of 25 kgs each!!  I am annoyed as I have been misinformed twice and paid out extra for something we didn't need!! 

I am not a happy person tonight but I will be on the phone to them tomorrow!!  Has anyone else had any if these problems? Thanks for listening anyway.

Hi - Just to say we had a brilliant time yet again in San Stefanos and to thank everyone on here for all their help. 
We stayed at the Tereza this time and had a great view from our room (top floor at the back the steps up to the room were a little daunting to say the least but I just made him go down in front of me every time!!).  The Tereza was a great place to stay and we will definitely be staying there again hopefully next year!
We ate out every night (other than the Greek night at the Tereza which was so much fun, the main meal wasnt brilliant but the entertainment made up for it!).  The original plan was to eat somewhere different every night and then eat at our favorite on the last night - didnt quite work out like that due to the wind from the sea on our last night! Here is a breakdown of where we ate and what we thought:
Yiannis - we loved it here, we ended up eating here on our first and last nights (not the original plan but was fine), although the second time we ate here wasnt quite as good as the first but that maybe because they were so busy that night!
Romanza - we thought both the food and the view of the sunset were amazing, the chef also came out and was chatting to us about different recipies that Mike had tried at home, etc.  The only problem with that was the hike up there, even from the Tereza it was still a hike - we will just have to make sure we are fitter next year so we can get up there more!!
Ozzy Oil - we ate here twice, the first time was the bbq and the second time was because we wanted to try a "proper" meal there.  We enjoyed the bbq more to be honest (other than the silly quiz they have on there and some unruly children, who just happened to be there the second time we ate there too). 
Little Prince- this was a good meal, cheaper than most others and good value but nothing to rave about.
Nafsika - now I had the moussaka, the best moussaka we had ever had.  Mike had something different and it was good but not as good as my moussaka.
Two Stars Mike loves this place, it was really nice and the food again was good but nothing special.
Manthos - now we got a bit confused with this one, and we think this was Manthos, but not too impressed - he had the fish and he never has fish so maybe we just picked the wrong food that night!
Evinos - we loved it here, the food was really good, the ambience and setting brilliant and so peaceful and just across the road from the Tereza so not far to walk home!!!
Fantasea - the food was so good here I nearly cried as I couldnt eat it all I was so full.  The staff were so friendly and helpful and the setting amazing.
Beachcomber - this place was gorgeous, the food, the setting - everything about it.  we ate here on our "special night" that we celebrate every year and we had decided to eat here on our last night but it was too windy to sit out unfortunately and we didnt want to sit inside on our last night!

We also ate at Tasty Corner which was good value food for a lunthtime. 
We ate at the Havana Bar several times on a lunchtime and enjoyed really good food here, even though we did have to wait a while one time as they were so busy!.
We ordered sandwiches from the juice bar and picked them up later in a cooler bag and they were excellent.
We also bought stuff (cheese pies included) from the bakery which was excellent!
We went tothe icecream parlour where I had an amazing waffle with chocolate icecream on it!!
We loved the fact that Costas brought us fresh fruit every day on teh beach!!

We didnt just eat and drink - we also did 2 trips! Corfu by day on the bus with San Stefanos travel - we enjoyed it but it was a very long hot day and ended up arguing as we sort of got lost and if we had listened to my other half we would still be there wandering the streets!!! We also went to Paleocastritsa by boat, this was an amazing day and what a beautiful place - not that I would ever want to stay there!

We met some amazingly friendly people and just had a brilliant time and have already priced it up for next year!!!

Sorry it was a bit long!!

Its about 6 years since we have been on holiday and it not been all inclusive and I am starting to stress a little if we are going to have enough spending money for the whole 2 weeks.

We are staying at the Tereza bed and breakfast.  We like to eat well on an evening and snack at lunch,  and a few drinks, mainly on an evening.  There are a couple of trips we want to do via San Stefanos Travel and we will spell our days either on the beach or around the pool.  We dont like to skimp, etc.

I dont want to be nosey but just wondering roughly how much people tend to spend over a 2 week holiday nowadays.   I know everyone is different but some idea would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.   

Last time we were in San Stefanos on our last day there we went for a walk - set out to find Arillas but obviously when the wrong way (it was an impulse thing and we never thought to ask for directions)!!!!  We ended up on quite a pleasant but long walk, passing a factory that, if I remember rightly, was an olive oil factory (might be wrong on this) and we ended up in a little place that was like walking back in to history.  We stopped off at a little restaurant that had grape vines hanging down throughout the outside area and a beautiful view of a valley.  Nikos, the young waiter from Thomas Bay, stopped (we were staying at Thomas Bay and he just happened to be passing on his motorbike) and said it was his uncle's place and he sat and had a drink with us before we set off walking back.   We never really knew where we had been or what the place was called (Nikos did tell us at the time but it went a bit over our heads so to speak we were already upset as we were to be picked up for home later that day) but it was very pleasant, a long walk through the Greek countryside but very enjoyable.  And sad to see so many abandoned properties scattered around though. 

Now since I have been reading this site I am wondering if this was Aviolotes (spelling sorry) where we walked to and if anyone can clear this up please. The restaurant we went to was very nice as was the snack we had there. 

Hi - I am new to this forum but have been reading it for a while now. We last went to San Stefanos 6 years ago this month and stayed at the Thomas Bay, which we loved and could not fault.  We enjoyed the food, the drinks and the company and had a brilliant time there.  We always said we would go back as we too fell in love with San Stefanos and after a few years of long haul all inclusive holidays we have decided to return back to our beloved San Stefanos.   

We did feel though that by staying at the Thomas Bay on half board we missed out on visiting all these wonderful restaurants I keep reading about and so have decided to stay at Tereza (we have friends that have stayed there before and it comes highly recommended).  So please can I ask the following questions:

Has San Stefanos changed much in the last 6 years does anyone think, will we be disappointed that it has become more commercialised or will we see it as just the same lovable laid back village?

As over the past few years we havent really had to think about spending money for meals and drinks etc, so any information on prices of meals and drinks would be very helpful.   

We arrive in San Stefanos late on the evening, will there be anywhere open that we could get something to eat. 

That will do for now but I am sure that there will be lots of questions I will want to ask.

Thanks