corfu airport facilities

[sharris]

Hi guys,

on this one occasion we are going with Thomas Cook and not our preferred Portland - the flights are through the night both ways.

I wondered if anyone else has been at Corfu airport during the night ie about 3am !!!

Will the duty free shop be open and will we be able to get a coffee ??

Cheers

Sarah H xx

[newcombedev]

yes everthing is open all night

[tonyco1]

But a right rip-off, horrible coffee for about Ł5 a cup!! still remember wanting to drink it because it was so expensive - or I would have chucked it!!

[sooz]

Hello everyone - my first post on this forum.

Corfu airport at night is fine.  This year we stocked up on ouzo and Metaxa in the duty free.  The airport was not so busy as during the day and there was plenty of empty seating in Departures.  But yes, the coffee is a rip-off, I nearly choked when 2 coffees cost me nearly 10€

Looking forward to first stay in SS next year.

Sue

[swedebasher]

Damn airport was a total shambles today with 100% too many travellers trying to get in. It even resorted to sending you out to queue up for the security check to get to airside and that when I got there was half way to Corfu town. Whether the delayed Gatwick flight caused the tailback I do not know( airside clogged up with 250 non moving passengers). The heat was blistering as well so several of those waiting got well fried I reckon. Please can we have an enlarged facility commensurate to the throughput of travellers Mr Kapodistrias?? Excuse me whilst I feel faint.

[tonyco1]

yes - we have been there - done it - got the big queue T-Shirt!!

[Bristle Boy]

Dreadful airport! Experienced it in June when we visited San Stef.
Food choice was awful when getting there early morn for return to UK! Probably worst we've experienced in years across the Med. After all these years of receiving tourists, i'm still trying to work out why Greece is so far behind rest of the Med in modernising its airports.

Experience in recent years of Canaries, Alicante on mainland Spain and Faro, Portugal so so much better.

Despite my whinge, prob be back next year!

[don]

Try Zante.................. Try Kefallonia.......... TRY MYKONOS    ........ All worse airports than Corfu!! We landed at Kefallonia in June but couldn't get off the plane because it was lunch time?

[CHRIS NO 2]

hi sue and welcome to the mad house

where are you staying for your first vist to san steph ?

chris

[tonyco1]

We landed at Kefallonia in June but couldn't get off the plane because it was lunch time? - says Don!!

No - - - - they knew you would do a runner from the bar and not pay for the drinks!!
Reputations fly ahead of us all!!! Chris is still waiting for his pint!!

[sooz]

Thanks Chris
We've booked the Mythos Apartments for 11 days next July.  Thanks to Thomas Cook and their incorrect location map we thought we had booked San Stef NE but it turns out we are heading for NW instead.  Actually quite pleased about this because I had already looked at the Thomas Bay and the other half poo-poo'd it!  So he has got the accommodation he wanted in the resort I wanted!  REsult!

Sue

[don]

That sounds a great democratic way to pick a holiday! Slightly large than "Kensington by the Sea" the North West San Stefanos though! You will love it!

[sooz]

Yeah, I was a bit afraid we wouldn't fit in with the Kensington on Sea crowd but have no worries about San Stef NW!
Sue

[don]

Been to both............. No arm twisting but WE have a definite favourite!

[swedebasher]

The 'other' one near Kalami, isn't that where Mandelsons mate (!!) has his villa??