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corfuaddicts:
We steer well clear of any newspaper on holiday, as we don't wish to know what's going on in this "s***" old world of ours especially for the two weeks we are in SanStef. The only exception ever was 09/11 when their was a great long queue to buy any newspaper anyone could get their hands on.

So much so when saw the 09/11 replay on the news in Town Pizza at first, we thought it was a film!

I tend to agree with Zimmer's sentiment here, we have been back every year for 11 years or more. Once you have read your books, done all of the walks for the umpteenth time, been on all the boat trips over the years, driven to Corfu and said hello to everyone you have met over they years their is not a lot left if you don't wish to fry on the beach or by the pool.

However, if you just want to relax, sunbathe and chill out then the place cannot be beaten and I challenge someone to come up with an alternative that offers all that SanStefanos can for the price.

Andy7:
Hi Zimmer,

I enjoyed reading your review as it always pays to question your own perception.

We get a lot of stick from friends and family because we keep on going to San Steph and the reasons they give are similar to those in your post, however, we still think San Steph in many ways is unique.

We have been to most of the Greek Islands and enjoyed them all but we find many are not as welcoming as they used to be and many lack any Greek Culture at all, but SS its not all Zorbes type music. O Manthos has a brilliant greek night on a Saturday with traditional dancers, we also found live Bazookie music on in the Athens bar - which is much better than the endless Duran Duran we had to listen to on a recent visit to Rhodes!

Rhodes Town or Chania in Crete are often held up as 'real' and 'cultural' Greece but we found both of them aggressively commercialised and as a previous poster said the restaurant owners would drag you off the street and one even became unpleasant when we refused.

You just wouldnt get that in SS.

As you say SS on its own can run out of things to do but Corfu is a wonderful Island and it will take years to explore it all, we always get a car as an alternative to the pool/beach.

So it horses for courses but our next holiday to SS (combined with a week in Paxos) is already in the bag.

Andy

SueLa:
Hello Zimmer

Having read your report my thoughts are "each to their own" if we all liked the same thing it would be a strange old world to say the least.

Sue

Zimmer:
Thanks Sue - Cant say fairer than that, sure I liked the place just not to the same depth as other people, I'd put it on a par with Carvoeiro where we went last year and I have no intention of going back there either ;) but, to put this into perspective , if I say
"Ugh I hate figs" I'm commenting on the figs and not attacking people who eat them and if I say , to me SS is pretty average , I'm not knocking anyone's taste in going there several times a year , year in year out, so lets agree to disagree and not get too precious about it 8)

Bristle Boy:
Evening all. Thought i'd wait til i got home to reply to Zimmer.

We loved San Stef. It's just right for us. Not too commercial and so relaxing. Amazing that you mentioned Carvoeiro in your post this afternoon, because me and my wife have been holidaying there for 8 years now, absolutely love it and return there in September for an 11-night stay. Can't wait!

You do love a dig at Daily Mail readers. Been used to that since The Sun changed its alegiance to Labour in 1997. Us DM readers have been the butt of the Guardianista for the last few years!

Oh and believe me i've been to far worse places in the Med and Canaries which really does cater for all types of Brits. By the way i'd hate it if MacDonalds set up shop in San Stef as well!

IMO San Stef is a great place to unwind, relax, have a laugh with the locals and fellow holidaymakers, whatever nationality. It's exactly what we want from a holiday and that's all that matters to us.

Meanwhile i must get back to my evening read of today's Daily Mail, so i can thrust my views on my unsuspecting workmates tomorrow.

Enjoy life, whatever one's outlook!

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