Greek island holiday

DomRavioli

jewlls wrote: »

Hi, could you tell me what part of Zante you went to and where you stayed as we want to go to Greek island but cannot decide which on to go to was looking at crete but haven't got a clue

We stayed in Kalamaki at the Amaryllis - it is really basic as a hotel, but its in a good location and cheap as anything.

Also stayed at the Alexander Beach Hotel in Tsivili, that was great!

adonis10

DomRavioli wrote: »

I'd recommend Zante (Zakynthos) as they have Loggerhead Turtles - Kalamaki seems to be a good place to view them but I'm no expert. Great for a couple of days, Zante on the whole has great food (although Laganas is very Club 18-30!), culture and its around 4 hours from the UK - I got flights with Thomas Cook (cheapest I could find) for around £170 return with 15kg baggage. There's also a shipwreck off the coast of Zante - I think its in Tsilivi but I can't remember - which is very popular with divers.

Corfu wasn't up to much for me, just seemed very busy and I didn't like the food choices in both Sidari and Corfu Town.

Mainland - Only been to Athens, it was wonderful!

Kos - Lots of army people with guns as its 4 miles from Turkey (no-one pre warned us!) but a lovely island overall, food here was really good, sea was crystal clear and great for diving.

I've been to Rhodes and Crete as well, Crete was like God's waiting room, so many zimmerframes; there are lovely places to go but it wasn't my cup of tea. Rhodes was seriously quiet, and very greek (was about 6 years ago so probably changed a little) but was only for a long weekend.

Price wise, depends on the hotels you want to stay in; you can do a 10 day 3 centre holiday for around £2.5k staying in decent hotels, including flights.

A word to the wise though - always research how far the hotel/resort is from the airport; I was quoted £275 each way for 7 adults and a child from Zante Airport to Kalamaki - its 10 minutes, and costs about 20 euros per cab - they can be a total rip off!

Might be worth having a look at some dive schools on the islands you're looking at, to see if its what you want.

Hope it helps a bit - if you're stuck deciding, try youtube as they have a few diving videos specific to each island - helped when I was deciding what to do.

Niki

2.5k for both or each?

Nottsdoglover

This is very interesting to me. I love to travel. India and Goa are favorites, but because of family needs will prob have to stay nearer home this year.

adonis10

Found a good route: UK>skiathos>skopelos>Athens>UK but the sticking point is the flight out at £255 each, so expensive. Its 1 august so school hold obviously. Does that sound astronomical for a single flight?

Lunar_Eclipse

I don't think that's expensive for Summer given the stops.

I also recommend Santorini and Zante. And Mykonos. But really it depends what you're attracted to; 10 minutes on google images always works wonders for me!

donglemouse

so many great island - santorini is by far the best i have seen

you can fly direct from some uk airports

alternately if you want a bit of adventure and have some time - a few years back over 3 weeks i flew to athens, checked out athens sights then got an overnight ferry to crete and then took hydrofoils onto santorini and myknonos before finally getting a hyrdofoil back to athens

there's a wealth of transport options and great islands