San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu
Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => Where to stay => Topic started by: Sellsy on June 30, 2011, 05:29:16 PM
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Last minute deal on the web last night sees us abandoning our planned ( and booked!) holiday to Cala Galdana in Menorca in favour of a cracking deal for the last two week in July at the Barras appts. We are self catering this time around and the switch to SS is part driven by the latest reports of sky high prices for both eating out and the self catering basics in Galdana. Prices seem so much better in SS, so much so we have took the hit by giving up our flights and a hefty accommodation deposit to divert to San Stef. We have stayed at the Romanza on a previous visit, this will be our first time at the Barras, we wondered if anyone had any news, views or advice especially on the self catering aspects,we imagine a 50 / 50 split between eating in and out, tight budget so any creative ideas welcome!!
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We quite often take a cool-bag with boiled eggs, tomatoes, fruit and some bread to the beach for lunch. Saves quite a lot for two over a couple of weeks.
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Hi Jimbo, sounds like a plan, we have a good cool bag and freezer packs etc, just hope the Barras has a decent fridge with ice box, does anyone know? It's not crucial but the ice packs take up space and weight in the cases, waste of time if no freezer box! Like the idea of fresh bread picnic etc I think we are right next to a bakery so daily fresh rolls should be the order of the day!
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I believe there is some sort of a rule that you must not take meat products in( EU rule 2843-ignored) but we all do!! ;D
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Ha Sellsy!!!
Enjoy it! Shame as I was looking forward to your reports on Cala Caldana as it's somewhere we've fancied! A mate of mine has just come back from Son Bou and he said eating out was ok.......described as pretty much on a par with Kefalonia last year
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We often do a similar thing to Jimbo, we have a good breakfast, then take something from the bakery, also pick up fruit (maybe a quarter melon or bananas) & cold water from Margarita's Supermarket, or in fact any other supermarket, depending which way you walk to the beach.
If you stay at a pool, they generally do not like you to eat anything not bought at that venue - which is pretty fair!!
I see that swedebasher has pointed out that you cannot swing your meat (products) on the beach, so that's Don out then!! Jimbo's safe - - me too!!
or did I read that wrong?? LOL (then he said - - but we all do!!).
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Hi Sellsy. I can't answer your question about whether or not barras has fridges, but I did notice that margaritas supermarket had freezer packs that were very cheap last year so if you did want to pack your coolbag in your case you could pick up a couple of freezer packs if there was a fridge. We always take fruit and stuff to the beach but as others have said we buy drinks and snacks if we go to a pool.
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Instead of freezer packs just put a couple of bottles of water in the freezing section of the fridge and then at the end of the day you can also drink it. Saves buying ice packs and having the water bottles you can kill 2 birds with one stone
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I can confirm that all Barras Apt's - do have a standard small fridge with a small freezer box inside it.
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Freezing water bottles is a great idea - we always do that, you can drink the water all through the day as it slowly melts, lovely and cold!
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Nice and refreshing as well Kathryn :)
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And if you drip it on your sleeping partners body, wahaaaaaay ...........
they've never moved so fast!!!!!!!
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Not as fast as you would have to Tony lol :)
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Not as fast as y ;) :Dou would have to Tony lol
Who is DOU ???? eh!! Jules - - - the magic keyboard strikes again!!
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Who is DOU ???? eh!! Jules - - - the magic keyboard strikes again!!
I just don't know how that happened lol :D
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I said that about my first child.
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Hi all, thanks to all for the help and ideas some more illuminating than others!! Seems as though the Barras and our coolbox were made for one an other. Anyone know whether its possible to e mail the owners at all with a request for a pool view room, our son, 13, has energy to burn at the pool, the option of being able to keep an eye out from our balcony would be a bonus.
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email address for Barras is: barras@otenet.gr hope that helps. Enjoy your hols I am sure you will.
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Many thanks for the link Lesley,our unexpected holiday really taking shape now, first time we have been in the main part of the village as in the past always up cardiac hill at the Romanza, will miss the views for sure but it may be nice to forget about the slog up the bank!
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George and family will take good care of you there - we enjoyed our stay there, apartments are quite large.
Very friendly and good food.