general question

[joan]

Thankyou Maggie I'll put that into my contacts and get in touch to organize something. We have enjoyed eating at Illias restaurant especially when the choirs were practising for the festival ( the practice hall is next door).

[maggiesaes]

We enjoyed being there for Easter one year.
They set off dynamite in Avliotes  we spent the day there.

[Dupnica]

 It's probably better to email Nikos ,texts don't always reach him.

[maggiesaes]

I text him when he’s taken us out in the evenings and we want to return.

[Jules]

The TO transfer can be a bit hit and miss. We now always have a taxi due to length of time on the bus causing travel sickness.

[maggiesaes]

That's it Jules you never know do you but with a taxi you are up and away.

[Karen]

We will definitely book a taxi again next year, it was so much more comfortable and quicker

[maggiesaes]

We have got ours sorted for September

[WINKIE]

We have too, cant wait  .

[GarySam]

Totally agree with booking a taxi. Our last coach transfer in 2017 took just shy of 3 hours, I know that is rare, but when you land at midday, wait 30 minutes for the bus to leave and head to San Stef via 4 hotels in Corfu town, then Sidari, then Arillas and you are the last off the coach at Silver Moon and its pushing 4pm you suddenly realise that the extra hours in the resort after a 50 min taxi ride, puts you in so much of a better mood for your first day. 

[Jimbo]

Very unusual to go Sidari -> Arillas -> Agios Stefanos!

[maggiesaes]

Gary we had that once,the second we went,and we were with 4 others in our party,but never again,it was horrendous.
Taxi every time now.

[geordieborn]

Very unusual to go Sidari -> Arillas -> Agios Stefanos!

Not for us it's not, hence a taxi always, mind you we've not used a package company in 20 years

[maggiesaes]

Too many variables on the coach,taxi for us.

[Jimbo]

Just for those who have never been and may feel impelled to spend over £100 on taxis, may I just clarify that buses NEVER got from Sidari to Arillas and then Agios Stefanos. It makes no sense at all, especially since they completed the Avliotes bypass. The routes from the airport are either via Arillas (dropping off any St George's people for their mini-bus en route). from Arillas to Agios Stefanos and from there on to Sidari; alternatively, they do Sidari first - the road from Corfu Town to Sidari is much faster than the Arillas route - and then it's ten minutes to Agios Stefanos.

A few years ago I made a long complaint to Thomson (TUI) about the habit of picking up and dropping off from all-inclusive gulags close to Corfu Town, and those are now, according to the coach driver who took us very swiftly via Sidari, done by mini-bus.

If you are not on a package you have little choice but to take a taxi, and you need to factor that into the total cost of the holiday. Taking that into account, I don't think DIY trips are actually cheaper than a package.