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End of September

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Lesley:
San Stefanos will be happy to see you and yes pop upto Vickys that would be lovely too...... hope you get your planned holiday, Barras is lovely and a great central location........

Jimbo:
Barras is usually one of the last to close - but is, of course, at the mercy of TUI. We have been the last out of Vicky and Little Prince. It's quite odd waiting for a bus or taxi with no goodbye hugs and the whole place pretty much deserted. But Tasty Corner and Beachcomber stay open until the very last soul has abandoned the lovely ship. Little Prince looks vast with all the tables and chairs locked up inside.

One year there was panic on Little Prince's last night. Most places were closed, and consequently Dimitris had laid-off the chef. But the restaurant was totally stuffed full of people, with no chef. Dimitris had to give up being mine host and dancing, and retire to the kitchen. He had to phone Pavlos and ask him to come and dance, which he did. For old hands, it was a very funny drama. Dimitris was pouring sweat and a bit manic. Pipina was rolling her eyes with that "I told you so!" look that women practise from the age of three. Pavlos danced superbly, as always, and it turned into a very happy celebration of months of long hours and toil coming to a close. The next day, the chairs and tables were stacked inside. The main doors were locked. Ours was the last bus, and only us on it, so when the others had gone, Mixalis said "Just shut the pool door. I'll come and lock up later."

If you think of it as one of those English beach holidays you remember, when you could get sunburned one day and soaked the next, you'll be fine. It is, as the Americans say, a crap-shoot. Go prepared for everything. We spent nearly four weeks at Nafsika on September/October and had summer weather the whole time. Pour a small libation to Apollo - it helps; the Christians may have built their churches over the temples, but the old gods are still there, warring between lightning and sunshine.

hobbes:
Lesley-we're coming after all!  ;D 8) I talked nicely to a colleague at work and we have swapped our weeks so we are coming 21st September for 11 days-Sorry-that means we will probably be the last men standing in the hotel! I'm so excited, lets hope Covid19 doesn't cock this holiday up for us.

GarySam:
As we have rescheduled our late June 20 holiday to mid Jun 21 we are keenly keeping an eye open for September in case we are able to freely travel. We actually have flights booked for a three city Italian trip early September, but we are not sure how we feel about restrictions in big cities such as Rome, Florence and Bologna. If social distancing is still in full force I don't want to be queuing for hours and hours to see St Peters or the statue of David, or the birth of Venus etc.

We would much prefer the chance of a simple beach holiday and hopefully be allowed to take vouchers or rebook the trip to Italy. Its Easyjet out and Jet2 return. Guess time will tell.

Kernowfox:
We have visited either in May, June, September or October. Overall I favour May or June, warmer and longer days. However we have always enjoyed our September/ October holidays and agree with Jimbo’s assessment. Weather is simply more of a lottery at the end of the season. One year, staying at the Tsaros (our favourite) we walked down from San Stefanos to Agios Georgios. It was fine all the way down. On our return the heavens opened and stayed that way for 3 or 4 hours. We should have ordered a taxi...but instead attempted to get back via the Arillas to San Stefanos coastal section.Still not sure how we managed to get up the torrent of water and mud.

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