Holidays

[Mr Kobayashi]

The seafood buffet at the intercontinental is worth the flight alone. I have been to loads and that is the best I've ever had . Make sure you book well in advance.

Skip the lobster though. Killing on company grounds is forbidden. :)

 

[Bill Walker]

Just pulled another last minute September deal from The Haven @seven nights for a ton, so £7.14 per night per person and you'd not be going in a fox hole for that.

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle. this earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, this other Eden, demi-paradise.
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. "Sniff"

Looking at the check in time there's some sort of bump afoot as Saver check ins are nearly almost 17:00 and above

This 100 quid thing for a week in Mablethorpe Bob, do you pay them or do they pay you ?

:)

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Sounds pretty shit mate, how are the prices for food & drink?

We're over in the next international break at Maleme (otherside of Chania to you).

Currently in a Villa up the hill from Georgioupoli and had dinner on the beach in Almyrida last night! :-) Oven baked pizza. Was pretty good, but took forever! Nice little town.

Can recommend SunLight Cafe and Mythos restaurant on the fountain square in Georgioupoli! Also, if you’re looking for a brilliant deal, try the Gyro place ne t to SunLight! 4€ for a face full of pork or chicken gyro with a few chips! Had them twice already!

If you wanted sun, you should have gone to the south coast like we did! 1 hr drive over the mountains (good road, new in places) and clear as a bell!! Beautiful day of sun and surf at Ammoudi Beach, with Damnoni right next door! Beautiful drive through the Kourtaliotiko Gorge to get there and back. It was a bit like Hawaii…rugged (albeit mostly dry) mountains dropping you down into small beach towns with beautiful blue water and beach coves.

(Tried to drop in a few pics, but says they’re too big!)
Had a fun afternoon at Lake Kournas the other day, too. Lunch (excellent pork chop!) at To Mati Tis Limnis (service - meh, food - great!) and an hour in the pedalo to burn it off and go see the turtles!

Venetian Fortezza Castle in Rethymno is pretty spectacular and the town is a bustling seaside town. Had a nice wander and a decent lunch at Noble on the beachfront.

If you’re still here, Tuesday weather is going to be outstanding…27°C/80°F, but a bit breezy! What we call bad sunburn weather in Florida!

Only question now is hang around by the pool at the villa or head to a beach?! Got to make sure we are in a good location for England vs Scotland tonight!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Currently in Almyrida Crete . Had a week of diabolical weather, constant dark cloud strong winds and rain showers. The road outside our hotel has been flooded for 2 days , approx just 4 hours of sun all week and now gale force winds today. Locals and ex pats saying they have never experienced a weeks weather like it in over 20 years .
Still had a decent holiday though which says a lot for Crete and Almyrida and the fabulous hotel we have stayed in :)

(Sorry for the repeat! Realized I’d posted to wrong person!)

Currently in a Villa up the hill from Georgioupoli and had dinner on the beach in Almyrida last night! :-) Oven baked pizza. Was pretty good, but took forever! Nice little town.

Can recommend SunLight Cafe and Mythos restaurant on the fountain square in Georgioupoli! Also, if you’re looking for a brilliant deal, try the Gyro place ne t to SunLight! 4€ for a face full of pork or chicken gyro with a few chips! Had them twice already!

If you wanted sun, you should have gone to the south coast like we did! 1 hr drive over the mountains (good road, new in places) and clear as a bell!! Beautiful day of sun and surf at Ammoudi Beach, with Damnoni right next door! Beautiful drive through the Kourtaliotiko Gorge to get there and back. It was a bit like Hawaii…rugged (albeit mostly dry) mountains dropping you down into small beach towns with beautiful blue water and beach coves.

(Tried to drop in a few pics, but says they’re too big!)
Had a fun afternoon at Lake Kournas the other day, too. Lunch (excellent pork chop!) at To Mati Tis Limnis (service - meh, food - great!) and an hour in the pedalo to burn it off and go see the turtles!

Venetian Fortezza Castle in Rethymno is pretty spectacular and the town is a bustling seaside town. Had a nice wander and a decent lunch at Noble on the beachfront.

If you’re still here, Tuesday weather is going to be outstanding…27°C/80°F, but a bit breezy! What we call bad sunburn weather in Florida!

Only question now is hang around by the pool at the villa or head to a beach?! Got to make sure we are in a good location for England vs Scotland tonight!

 

[Blue Floyd]

Posher until you get to Sidari....

Kavos to Vietnam on one afternoons rd trip.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Currently in a Villa up the hill from Georgioupoli and had dinner on the beach in Almyrida last night! :-) Oven baked pizza. Was pretty good, but took forever! Nice little town.

Can recommend SunLight Cafe and Mythos restaurant on the fountain square in Georgioupoli! Also, if you’re looking for a brilliant deal, try the Gyro place ne t to SunLight! 4€ for a face full of pork or chicken gyro with a few chips! Had them twice already!

If you wanted sun, you should have gone to the south coast like we did! 1 hr drive over the mountains (good road, new in places) and clear as a bell!! Beautiful day of sun and surf at Ammoudi Beach, with Damnoni right next door! Beautiful drive through the Kourtaliotiko Gorge to get there and back. It was a bit like Hawaii…rugged (albeit mostly dry) mountains dropping you down into small beach towns with beautiful blue water and beach coves.

(Tried to drop in a few pics, but says they’re too big!)
Had a fun afternoon at Lake Kournas the other day, too. Lunch (excellent pork chop!) at To Mati Tis Limnis (service - meh, food - great!) and an hour in the pedalo to burn it off and go see the turtles!

Venetian Fortezza Castle in Rethymno is pretty spectacular and the town is a bustling seaside town. Had a nice wander and a decent lunch at Noble on the beachfront.

If you’re still here, Tuesday weather is going to be outstanding…27°C/80°F, but a bit breezy! What we call bad sunburn weather in Florida!

Only question now is hang around by the pool at the villa or head to a beach?! Got to make sure we are in a good location for England vs Scotland tonight!

If I hire a car or do the bus thing some good info. Cheers.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Double post, seems a bit laggy this early morning.

 

[Gundoggin]

(Sorry for the repeat! Realized I’d posted to wrong person!)

Currently in a Villa up the hill from Georgioupoli and had dinner on the beach in Almyrida last night! :-) Oven baked pizza. Was pretty good, but took forever! Nice little town.

Can recommend SunLight Cafe and Mythos restaurant on the fountain square in Georgioupoli! Also, if you’re looking for a brilliant deal, try the Gyro place ne t to SunLight! 4€ for a face full of pork or chicken gyro with a few chips! Had them twice already!

If you wanted sun, you should have gone to the south coast like we did! 1 hr drive over the mountains (good road, new in places) and clear as a bell!! Beautiful day of sun and surf at Ammoudi Beach, with Damnoni right next door! Beautiful drive through the Kourtaliotiko Gorge to get there and back. It was a bit like Hawaii…rugged (albeit mostly dry) mountains dropping you down into small beach towns with beautiful blue water and beach coves.

(Tried to drop in a few pics, but says they’re too big!)
Had a fun afternoon at Lake Kournas the other day, too. Lunch (excellent pork chop!) at To Mati Tis Limnis (service - meh, food - great!) and an hour in the pedalo to burn it off and go see the turtles!

Venetian Fortezza Castle in Rethymno is pretty spectacular and the town is a bustling seaside town. Had a nice wander and a decent lunch at Noble on the beachfront.

If you’re still here, Tuesday weather is going to be outstanding…27°C/80°F, but a bit breezy! What we call bad sunburn weather in Florida!

Only question now is hang around by the pool at the villa or head to a beach?! Got to make sure we are in a good location for England vs Scotland tonight!

We fly home tonight. Much better day weather wise today although still breezy . Currently sat by the infinity pool on the rooftop of the best hotel in Almyrida with incredible views (Almyrida Residence). Still red flag beach and rough sea so no water sports or boat trips those businesses have lost a fortune this last week .

 

[dromoreblue]

Paros was the first Greek island I ever visited.
We flew to Athens, coach to Piraeus and ferry from there to Paros. (An old cross channel ferry it was!)
Paros is a place where the ferries connect for the other main islands.

Been to Paros several times now. Loved it but not sure we'll return again. Getting so busy. And in 2 years the new airport will be able to accept international flights so the overcrowding will only get worse.

 

[AJ71]

Been to Paros several times now. Loved it but not sure we'll return again. Getting so busy. And in 2 years the new airport will be able to accept international flights so the overcrowding will only get worse.

Yep, shame it's becoming a mini Mykonos. Went slightly earlier this year, was quieter. Wouldn't touch it in peak season again.

 

[BlueMoonday]

Been Corfu a few times, get's posher the further north you go. Doin Benidorm November about 20 of us(all City). 3 years (and still) lookin after me Mam, first time gettin away. Gonna explode(in a nice way :)

Benitses is lovely, I highly recommend the resort and Angsana hotel. The local restaurants are top notch.

 

[diegoalv]

Been to Paros several times now. Loved it but not sure we'll return again. Getting so busy. And in 2 years the new airport will be able to accept international flights so the overcrowding will only get worse.

I've been there only once, a long time ago. It is a pity; I remember it for being a very chilled place.
We are planning a trip to Canarian Islands in two weeks (unplanned vacation) and curious if someone knows if is asap tickets legit. Here there is a good article about that, still not sure 100% how to understand it

 

[Sibierskii]

Thinking of France in October, but Bordeaux or Nice?

 

[aka blue jambo]

Anyone been to Khao Lak thailand

 

[PragueBlue]

Anyone been to Khao Lak thailand

Quite a few times but was a while ago. Used to be very popular with Scandinavians, not sure if that's still the case or whether the Russians have moved in. Nice enough but badly damaged by the tsunami and lost quite a bit of its earlier charm. There are better places IMHO but depends on what you're looking for.

 

[kenbelly]

Thinking of France in October, but Bordeaux or Nice?

Both great places, Bordeaux is beautiful, you can see why the Parisians visit Bordeaux at the weekend because it’s pretty chilled and relaxed compared to Paris. Nice is wonderful too, and a great base to visit small towns like eze and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat which are stunning.

 

[Stephen Ireland's pants]

Quite a few times but was a while ago. Used to be very popular with Scandinavians, not sure if that's still the case or whether the Russians have moved in. Nice enough but badly damaged by the tsunami and lost quite a bit of its earlier charm. There are better places IMHO but depends on what you're looking for.

I've been down there and krabi/phuket also samui/ koh chang. But for a easy beach holiday I just fly to bkk and go to koh samet or hua hin . I've never really seen the picture postcard paradise in Thailand.

 

[aka blue jambo]

Quite a few times but was a while ago. Used to be very popular with Scandinavians, not sure if that's still the case or whether the Russians have moved in. Nice enough but badly damaged by the tsunami and lost quite a bit of its earlier charm. There are better places IMHO but depends on what you're looking for.

Running out of new places in Thailand so looking forward to this.

 

[PragueBlue]

I've been down there and krabi/phuket also samui/ koh chang. But for a easy beach holiday I just fly to bkk and go to koh samet or hua hin . I've never really seen the picture postcard paradise in Thailand.

I'm sure they still exist (for now). Most places get 'discovered' though and that's the end of that.

Still prefer the beach areas of the South though. Having said that, I'm generally more of a city person these days so don't spend too much time on the beach.

 

[cpa]

Not been away since 2019, heading to Hong Kong end of the month, trust my luck they have just had the heaviest downfall in 140 years causing flooding! hoping it will all be ok

We are closely monitoring the path and potential impact of Super Typhoon Saola as it approaches Hong Kong in the coming days. Based on the current forecast, the typhoon is likely to make landfall close to Hong Kong at some time on Friday night.

Looks like theres another one coming !